Deputy General Counsel, Real Estate - Battery Storage

Company Overview

Plus Power is an energy storage market leader, with a market-leading 10+ GW portfolio across more than 25 states that will transform North American electric grids into cleaner and more versatile critical infrastructure.

Standalone energy storage is rapidly transforming the North American energy markets, because it is cheaper than new natural gas plants, faster to build than fossil peakers or transmission, and able to perform diverse energy services. Plus Power partners with electricity system operators, utilities, and investors to originate, develop, finance, own and operate standalone energy storage projects that provide critical services to the wholesale electric market.

Plus Power’s team applies an intentional mindset to energy storage development by using a data‑driven approach to development and operations.

At Plus Power, we are focused on solving hard climate problems, profitably. We are growing fast, and value candidates who, like us, share a focus on setting high expectations, owning and learning from mistakes in the spirit of radical transparency, and are committed to internal partnering as a key element of our ideas meritocracy. Our team praises Plus Power’s culture and excels through our game‑changing mission and supportive ecosystem.

We are looking for a Deputy General Counsel, specializing in Commercial Real Estate, to join the Legal team. This qualified individual would work under the guidance of the General Counsel to lead the legal counsel and guidance to the Real Estate Team (which sits within the Development Department) and to Plus Power more broadly, with the support of one report (Counsel, Real Estate) and a paralegal dedicated to the Real Estate Team.

In this role, this individual will be responsible for supporting legal drafting for site acquisition efforts, supporting real‑estate de‑risking activities, and representing real‑estate legal in Plus Power’s project financings and tax equity investments. This role will also have opportunities to support and collaborate with teams across Plus Power’s functional groups, including the broader Development team, as well as the Permitting, Interconnection, EPC, Finance and O&M teams.

• Represent Plus Power’s Real Estate Team to address the evolving real estate priorities within Plus Power’s project portfolio, all with the support of the Counsel, Real Estate
• Draft and negotiate options to purchase agreements, options to lease agreements, purchase and sale agreements, leases, easements, crossing consents, amendments and various other real property agreements
• Support the Real Estate Team in finding resolution to complex title and survey issues
• Support the Real Estate Team in site acquisition closings
• Support the Finance and Real Estate Teams in providing Legal representation for all real estate matters for project financings and tax equity investments
• Lead and mentor the Counsel, Real Estate, empowering them to succeed and grow in their career
• Select, engage and oversee local counsel and other external counsel

• J.D. required; with ideally a at least 8+ years of overall experience leading real estate initiatives in an Attorney or Counsel capacity
• At least 2-3 years of experience within a top‑tier law firm in a commercial real estate practice group
• At least 3-5 years of experience supporting real estate efforts for utility scale renewable energy‑related development
• Extensive experience drafting, negotiating, and advising on purchase and sale agreements, option agreements, ground lease agreements, easements, amendments and other real property agreements
• Strong experience in title and survey review, risk identification and risk resolution
• Extensive experience negotiating title insurance policies, in particular, with energy title policies secured for renewable energy and/or energy storage projects
• Strong track record supporting real estate matters in complex project financings
• Deep experience advising on real estate aspects of complex M&A transactions
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a cross‑functional environment with both technical and non‑technical…