Counsel, Energy
Counsel will lead energy agreements and regulatory matters supporting Fluidstack’s large-scale data center expansion. The role requires an actively licensed attorney with substantial experience negotiating power, utility, generation, or related infrastructure agreements.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Structure, draft, and negotiate energy agreements supporting data center buildouts, including power purchase agreements, interconnection and transmission agreements, on-site and behind-the-meter generation agreements, and utility infrastructure and services agreements.
- Advise on energy regulatory matters involving FERC, state public utility commissions, and organized markets including ERCOT, PJM, MISO, and SPP.
- Shape engagement with utilities and regulators as large-scale data center loads come online.
- Lead complex negotiations with sophisticated counterparties while balancing legal risk and business speed.
- Manage outside counsel across multiple disciplines, including scope, quality, and spend.
- Coordinate transactions with energy, site selection, development, and delivery teams.
- Advise business leaders on legal and commercial issues and provide practical solutions.
Requirements
- Active license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction and ability to meet admission requirements where practicing.
- Experience independently structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements as lead attorney.
- Experience with agreements related to powering data centers, such as power purchase agreements, energy supply and hedging, interconnection and transmission, generation development, and utility infrastructure and services agreements.
- Demonstrated commercially pragmatic judgment in ambiguous, high-stakes situations.
- Experience overseeing outside counsel across multiple disciplines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex legal issues into executive decisions and next steps.
Nice-to-haves
- Combination of law firm and in-house experience.
- Experience using AI to improve legal work and efficiency.
- In-house experience at a data center developer, cloud company, utility, or independent power producer.
Skills
Energy Law, Power Purchase Agreements, Energy Hedging, Interconnection Agreements, Transmission Agreements, Ferc, Utility Regulation, Ercot, Pjm, Miso, Spp, Contract Negotiation, Outside Counsel Management, Artificial Intelligence
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