Legal Counsel
ACT GroupAbout the Role
ACT Group is the world's leading provider of market-based sustainability solutions, helping organizations hit their climate targets across high-impact climate projects, green electricity markets, renewable energy, emission allowances, and carbon offsets. The Legal Counsel will join a growing legal team in the NYC office with a focus on contractual, regulatory, governance, and general corporate matters.
- Draft and negotiate commercial agreements (both domestic and international) to meet business and legal requirements.
- Negotiate with worldwide customers, partners, and suppliers.
- Collaborate with sales, finance, risk, compliance, and other departments to analyze business, regulatory, and legal contract terms; aid with transaction structuring and suggestions for mitigating legal and financial risk.
- Assist in the management of contract documentation flow, including reviews, approvals, reporting, and archiving, consistent with internal processes.
- Actively counsel and periodically provide training for senior sales, risk, compliance, operations, and finance staff on commercial law, key regulations, or significant legal developments.
- Develop creative and compliant solutions to resolve complicated business challenges and customer disputes.
- Aid with litigations, investigations, claims, or queries, as needed.
- Proactively support the legal team on a wide range of issues, such as real estate, IP, privacy, employment, and corporate governance issues.
Responsibilities
- Draft and negotiate commercial agreements (both domestic and international) to meet business and legal requirements.
- Negotiate with worldwide customers, partners, and suppliers.
- Collaborate with sales, finance, risk, compliance, and other departments to analyze business, regulatory, and legal contract terms; aid with transaction structuring and suggestions for mitigating legal and financial risk.
- Assist in the management of contract documentation flow, including reviews, approvals, reporting, and archiving, consistent with internal processes.
- Actively counsel and periodically provide training for the senior sales, risk, compliance, operations, and finance staff members on commercial law, key regulations, or significant legal developments.
- Develop creative and compliant solutions to resolve complicated business challenges and customer disputes.
- Aid with litigations, investigations, claims, or queries, as needed.
- Develop and maintain an understanding of evolving relevant areas of law and regulation, including commercial and competition laws, licensing issues, and regulatory matters, to identify potential impacts on the business.
- Liaise with management, staff, customers, suppliers, attorneys, public officials, etc.
- Proactively support the legal team on a wide range of issues, such as real estate, IP, privacy, employment, and corporate governance issues, as needed.
Requirements
- 2-4 years of experience in a law firm and/or as in-house counsel
- Knowledge of corporate and commercial law is required
- Knowledge of regulations related to trading and financial markets is preferable
- Advanced legal drafting and analytical skills
- Strong organizational skills, research, and document review
- Ambitious, pro-active, flexible, fast-paced, and responsible lawyer with commercial sense
- Resourcefulness and the ability to solve problems, including non-traditional or undefined problems, creatively and analytically
- Ability to manage and respond to a high volume of diverse requests
- Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with others at all levels, including external written and verbal communications with third-parties, regulatory agencies, and outside counsel
- Ability to communicate prioritization and deadlines with internal and external stakeholders, and build constructive, high-trust relationships across teams and functions
- Sound judgment and composure in high-pressure situations; display discretion and integrity in all interactions
- Environmental commodities experience a plus
- Experience using legal AI tools is a plus
- Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from a nationally recognized law school
- Admitted to the Bar of New York, or at least one state, and eligible for admission to the New York Bar as in-house counsel
What You'll Get
- $185k–$235k base salary
- Competitive Remuneration Scheme
- Business and Communication Related Trainings
- Exciting Quarterly Targets Incentives
- Fully covered medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401k match
- Challenging and Exciting Work Environment with a Flat Hierarchy