Mid-level Associate Attorney

Description:

Mid-Level Associate – Energy & Infrastructure Projects (3–6 Years)

Project Finance | Energy Transition | Infrastructure

📍 Houston | New York | Washington, DC | Toronto

🏢 Am Law 100 Platform | Hybrid

💰 Market-Competitive BigLaw Compensation + Bonus

💼 Associate | Energy & Infrastructure Projects

Career Staffing Talent (CST) has partnered with a top-tier Am Law firm to identify a Mid-Level Associate (3–6 years) for its nationally recognized Energy & Infrastructure Projects practice.

This is a financing-forward role within a sophisticated project finance platform representing developers, sponsors, lenders, and institutional investors on complex energy and infrastructure transactions.

Associates in this group work across a diversified portfolio of assets including renewable energy, power generation, LNG infrastructure, transmission, and emerging energy transition technologies.

What You’ll Be Doing

✔️ Draft and negotiate core project finance documentation including credit agreements, security packages, guarantees, and intercreditor agreements

✔️ Lead transaction closings, including managing checklists, signature packets, funds flows, and conditions precedent

✔️ Run financing workstreams across project finance, energy M&A, and joint venture transactions

✔️ Coordinate with specialist teams including tax, regulatory, and environmental counsel

✔️ Manage sponsor and lender due diligence streams, identifying issues affecting project bankability and financing structure

✔️ Review and negotiate project agreements including EPC contracts, O&M agreements, and power purchase agreements (PPAs)

What We’re Looking For

✔️ 3–6 years of transactional experience at a large law firm or comparable platform

✔️ Background in project finance, infrastructure transactions, or asset-heavy financings, ideally within the energy sector

✔️ Experience managing financing workstreams and transaction closings

✔️ Exposure to tax equity structures, tax credit monetization, or complex capital stack structures is a plus

✔️ Experience representing sponsors, developers, lenders, or investors in energy or infrastructure transactions

✔️ Strong academic credentials and bar admission (or ability to waive in) within the relevant jurisdiction

✔️ Strong communication skills and the ability to manage complex deal processes across multiple parties