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 knowledge 

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

Closing: September 05, 2026

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Vacancy reference: PR-295952

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