Date Posted:
October 25, 2026
Position Title:
Senior Legal Counsel
Office/Company:
Recurrent Energy
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Job Number:
HC-13798
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Austin, TX
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Description:
At Recurrent Energy, our mission is to power the world with solar energy and create a better and cleaner Earth for future generations. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., we are a leading global developer, owner, operator, and asset manager of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects. Through Recurrent Energy Power Services, we provide operations, maintenance, monitoring, engineering, and asset management services that support renewable energy facilities across North America. With a proven track record spanning six continents, Recurrent Energy brings together experts across every stage of the renewable energy lifecycle, from project origination, development, financing, and construction to operations, maintenance, and long-term asset management. Our work is helping shape a cleaner, more resilient energy future worldwide. Backed by the innovation, strength, and global reach of Canadian Solar, we are helping accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future while creating meaningful opportunities for our employees to grow, innovate, and make a lasting impact. Guided by our values of Trust, Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, and Inclusiveness, we are building a cleaner world for generations to come. If you’re passionate about renewable energy and driven to make a difference, join Recurrent Energy to power the world with clean energy and create a better, cleaner future for generations to come. Reporting to the Legal leadership team, the Senior Legal Counsel will be a key member of the North America Legal Team, providing practical, business-focused legal support for the company’s established and growing utility-scale solar energy and energy storage development pipeline and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) business across the United States and Canada. This is a broad, high-impact role spanning real estate and land acquisition, environmental and permitting matters, project development, O&M contracting, subcontracting, warranty matters, corporate and commercial law, and related governance and litigation management. The Senior Legal Counsel will collaborate regularly with Project Development, Project Finance, Construction, Operations, Business Development, Procurement, Finance, Tax, IT, and other functional teams. The ideal candidate is a strong technical lawyer, pragmatic business partner, clear communicator, and creative problem-solver who can translate complex legal issues into actionable advice.
Responsibilities:
• Act as a primary legal partner for North American renewable energy development and O&M activities, providing timely, practical, and commercially focused advice.
• Lead strategic real estate legal support for site control, project finance, and M&A transactions, including due diligence and the drafting, review, negotiation, and management of real estate provisions in letters of intent, term sheets, real estate agreements, and closing deliverables.
• Review title commitments, title pro formas, title policies, and surveys, and oversee title curative work connected with project development, financing, construction, and operations.
• Provide legal support across project development matters, including project design, site control, real property tax abatements, permitting and environmental matters, interconnection, offtake, and financing opportunities.
• Draft and negotiate O&M agreements, services and supply agreements, subcontracts, warranties, requests for proposal documents, non-disclosure agreements, and related security arrangements, including bonds, letters of credit, and guarantees.
• Support due diligence in M&A and other strategic transactions as the development and O&M businesses grow.
• Advise Operations, Business Development, Procurement, Finance, Tax, IT, Project Finance, Construction, and other internal stakeholders on corporate, commercial, operational, and risk matters.
• Review regional contract documents for alignment with global legal framework requirements and company policies, codes, and procedures.
• Coordinate litigation matters, provide clear instructions to outside counsel, and manage external legal resources efficiently.
• Interact with title companies, environmental and tax consultants, outside counsel, customers, regulators, lenders, investors, and other external counterparties.
• Provide general corporate real estate support relating to corporate facilities and assist with corporate governance matters, policies, and procedures.
• Develop and oversee practical internal legal processes and create efficient, scalable solutions for the delivery of legal services to internal clients.
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Recurrent Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
