Legal Counsel

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa CrossBoundary Full time

**Project Attorney**

**CrossBoundary - Group, Energy & Access Platforms**

**About the Firm**

**Who We Are**

**Who You Are**
- Self-starter who is passionate about creating lasting change in developing markets
- A practical thinker known for choosing the simple, robust solutions where more complicated approaches would deliver the same results
- Legal expert within a commercially minded, solution-oriented team
- Adept at identifying and mitigating risks introduced by key terms in PPA, EPC, O&M, financing and other project contracts as well as project structuring and implementation
- A patient puzzle-solver; you have the composure and skill to approach a problem from many angles over time until you can unlock a solution. You persevere and find a way
- Networker skilled at building and maintaining professional relationships across countries, personalities, and the political spectrum to achieve positive impact
- Ethical and highly-principled; knowledgeable about the most rigorous international standards for ethical relations with government, which you exemplify in all situations
- A systematic and highly-organized lawyer; takes personal accountability for tracking numerous activities across workstreams and driving them all to successful conclusion
- Keen understanding of what drives key stakeholder decisions
- Effective in a fast-moving and complex environment
- Well organized, systematic, and calm under pressure

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Assist in reviewing, drafting and negotiating key project documents for CBE / CB Access projects in our expanding markets
- Ensure legal compliance of all project agreements in the numerous countries in which CrossBoundary is present or has project interests
- Work closely with the investment, business development, regulatory and engineering teams to help drive business development strategy, identifying risks that arise
- Assist in reviewing, drafting and negotiating key finance documents such as Share Purchase Agreements, Shareholders' Agreements, Loan Agreements and other finance documents for CBE and CB Access
- Support on corporate compliance of CrossBoundary Group entities established in various markets globally
- Advise internal teams on strategic and contractual matters
- Update and improve precedent agreements over time, as appropriate
- Monitor project agreement compliance across jurisdictions
- Collaborate with outside counsel on specific projects
- Work autonomously to identify, prioritize, and address commercial, regulatory and legislative hurdles across markets
- Support additional policy priorities in areas relevant to CrossBoundary’s evolving business development needs

**Qualifications**
- 3+ years’ post admission experience in a premier law firm and/or an in-house legal department
- Experience with PPAs, EPC contracts, O&M agreements, project sale and acquisition agreements, project structuring for renewable energy facilities, and the development of renewable energy facilities in emerging markets

**Required skills and qualifications**:

- 3+ years’ post-admission experience in a premier law firm and/or an in-house legal department focused on energy projects
- Experience working on PPAs, EPC contracts and other project documents
- Experience with projects in multiple jurisdictions
- Good understanding of project finance concepts and structures
- Proficiency in corporate compliance
- Familiarity with drafting, reviewing and negotiating finance documents, share purchase agreements and shareholders agreements
- Law degree with strong academic credentials from an accredited university
- Bar admission
- Fluency in the English language, additionally French language skills would be a benefit
- Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

**Location / Travel**

**Equal Opportunity Employer**

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