Legal Counsel, Real Estate and Development
Listed on 2026-09-17
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Real Estate/Property
Real Estate Attorney -
Law/Legal
Real Estate Attorney
Note: This role is open to both candidates based in the United States who are able to work fully remote and candidates based within commuting distance of Toronto who are able to work on a hybrid basis.
About Solar Provider GroupSolar Provider Group (SPG) is a global solar developer with offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands and active projects across North America and Europe. This role is part of the Company’s North American team, which is focused primarily on the development of solar and BESS projects in the United States and Canada, with most current activity in the United States.
We identify, secure, and advance high-quality sites through the full development cycle, from early-stage land acquisition to construction readiness. Our team combines technical expertise, financial insight, and strong local relationships to deliver projects that accelerate the clean-energy transition and create lasting value for landowners and communities.
We are seeking a practical, business-minded, and highly organized Legal Counsel, Real Estate and Project Development to support the Company’s U.S. development platform, with a primary focus on title, survey, curative, project closings, and related real estate matters, while also supporting broader development and project specific legal work streams as needed. Reporting to the General Counsel, this role will work closely with internal development, engineering, land acqisition, finance, and executive stakeholders, as well as outside counsel, title companies, surveyors, and other third parties, to help identify, assess, and resolve real estate and project-related legal issues across the portfolio.
This role is ideal for a lawyer who combines strong U.S. commercial real estate fundamentals with sound commercial judgement and a solutions-oriented approach. The successful candidate will be expected to manage day-to-day title and real estate legal work streams with increasing independence, while also supporting project transactions and related in-house legal work as needed. This role requires substantive experience with U.S. real estate practice.
This role is fully remote for U.S.
-based candidates and hybrid for Toronto-based candidates, with at least three days per week in the Company’s Liberty Village office. Occasional travel within the United States may be required.
- Oversee the review of title commitments, exception documents, surveys, and related due diligence materials, working with the Real Estate Specialist to identify key legal and commercial risks, and advise on appropriate next steps.
- Oversee the review of property surveys, development materials, and related project documents, working with the Real Estate Specialist to identify easement and access issues, crossing requirements, encroachments, and other matters that may affect project viability, marketability, or financeability.
- Help manage title curative work streams across the project portfolio, including surface, mineral, and other title issues, and coordinate with internal teams and outside service providers to advance issues toward resolution.
- Work closely with development, engineering, and other internal stakeholders to identify and resolve title, survey, access, and curative issues in a practical and commercially reasonable manner.
- Assist in developing and refining internal trackers, tools, and processes relating to title review, curative, survey matters, and closing readiness to support scalable and efficient execution.
- Review leases, lease amendments, easements, crossing agreements, access agreements, and other site‑control or real‑estate‑related documents, with a view to legal…
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