Senior Counsel
Usa, Illinois, Chicago
Fulltime: 40 hrs a week
Experience: 6-9 Years
Renewable Energy
Introduction
What are you going to do
The RoleWe're seeking a Senior Counsel to join a growing legal and compliance team, reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer. This is a broad, business-facing role covering transactional, corporate, employment, compliance, and dispute-related matters, supporting wind turbine sales, installation, service, and operations across the region. You'll act as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams and have real input into how the legal function scales alongside the business. Level and title will be confirmed based on the successful candidate's experience.
What You'll Do
- Advise internal stakeholders on commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment, regulatory, and compliance matters
- Draft, review, and negotiate a range of agreements: domestic and cross-border wind turbine supply, installation, service and maintenance, logistics, procurement, vendor, contractor, and confidentiality agreements
- Support the build-out of company policies, governance processes, and internal controls
- Advise on litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other disputes, including managing external counsel
- Lead legal due diligence, flag risk areas, and support transaction structuring and closings
- Track legal and regulatory developments (trade, ethics, compliance) and turn them into practical guidance for the business
- Take on special projects as they come up
Essential skills and knowledgeÂ
What You'll Need
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school
- Licensed and in good standing to practice law in Illinois
- At least 5 years of relevant legal experience, ideally with meaningful transactional work in-house, at a firm, or both
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, with the ability to give clear, practical, risk-based advice
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities independently in a fast-moving environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and the judgment to work across legal and non-legal teams
- Proficient in Microsoft 365
- Able to travel domestically and internationally as needed
Nice to Have
- Experience drafting and negotiating wind turbine supply, installation, or service agreements
- Background in dispute resolution, internal investigations, or compliance matters
- Exposure to cross-border transactions, international trade, or ethics and compliance frameworks
What we offer
What's on Offer
- Annual bonus potential
- 100% company-paid medical and dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents from day one
- Affordable vision plan from day one
- 401(k) with company match, fully vested from day one
- Life, accident, critical illness, and short/long-term disability coverage
- Paid maternity benefits
- FSA options (healthcare, dependent care, transit, parking)
- Generous PTO plus 15 paid holidays
- Professional development reimbursement