Commercial Counsel

Department: 209100 : Enter.Legal.Enterprises Job Category: Professional Other Job Code: Business Relationship Manager II:Business Relationship Manager II Job Title: Commercial Counsel Keywords: Number of Positions: 1 Remaining Positions: 1 Duties: Job Summary: Serve as NSCE's primary legal partner for commercial activity across the renewables lifecycle, with a focus on procurement and project delivery contracting (development, EPC/construction, long-lead equipment, supply, services, O&M, and strategic vendor relationships). Lead negotiation strategy and drafting to achieve disciplined risk allocation, enforceable performance protections, and repeatable contracting outcomes. Partner closely with Procurement, Project Delivery, Engineering, and Finance to enable execution, reduce friction, and prevent disputes through clear positions, playbooks, and scalable contracting processes. Key Responsibilities: Lead drafting, review, and negotiation of complex commercial agreements (EPC/construction, supply, services, MSAs/SOWs, NDAs, O&M, technology/software) across NSCE's portfolio. Provide practical legal advice on risk allocation (remedies, schedule/performance protections, payment structures, warranties/defects, limitation of liability, indemnities, insurance, dispute resolution). Serve as primary counsel to Procurement for sourcing execution, including RFP/bid terms, supplier onboarding requirements, contracting pathways, and procurement governance. Partner with Project Delivery and Engineering to align scopes, specifications, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and change management with contractual protections and enforceability. Identify and escalate material commercial/legal risks early; recommend mitigation options, tradeoffs, and credible escalation paths for executive decision-makers. Support templates, clause libraries, playbooks, preferred/fallback positions, and approval authorities in partnership with Associate General Counsel and Legal Operations to accelerate repeatable contracting. Support dispute prevention and pre-dispute positioning through clear drafting, correspondence strategy, and contract administration guidance; coordinate escalations as needed. Partner with Finance, Tax, Insurance & Risk, and Asset Management to align commercial terms with project economics, risk transfer strategy, and operational realities. Support adoption of contracting workflows/technology (e.g., CLM), maintain clean contracting records, and contribute to dashboards/metrics as requested. Coordinate outside counsel for specialized commercial matters or disputes (as needed), including scope control, deliverable quality, and cost management. Other non-essential duties as assigned or may be necessary. Skills: Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Deep commercial contracting and negotiation skills in contract-intensive industries (renewables/energy/construction/infrastructure preferred). Strong understanding of procurement and vendor management levers (performance standards, warranties, remedies, limitations of liability, indemnities, insurance). Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and construction agreements that are clear, enforceable, and operationally usable. Strong understanding of risk allocation in major capital projects and escalation judgment, including dispute avoidance and pre-dispute positioning. Negotiation strength with calm execution and credible guidance on tradeoffs and fallback positions. Continuous improvement mindset: building templates/playbooks and capturing lessons learned to increase repeatability and reduce friction. Strong communication and stakeholder management, enabling business teams while protecting NSCE's risk posture. Commitment to integrity, confidentiality, and legally sound decision-making. Education: Position Requirements: Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school is required Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction, in good standing is required 7+ years of relevant commercial contracting experience drafting and negotiating complex agreements with sophisticated counterparties, ideally in renewables, energy, construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, or similarly contract-intensive industries; experience partnering closely with procurement/supply chain and supporting time-sensitive deal cycles, is required Attachments: Location Client Location Country: United States State/Province: Michigan City: Ann Arbor Address: NorthStar Clean Energy, 2373 Oak Valley Drive, Suite 150 POSTAL CODE: 48103 Work Location Same as Client Location Other Client Location Work Completed Offsite Schedule Start Date: 03/30/2026 Hours Per Week: 40.00 Est. 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Created: 2026-04-02