Corporate Counsel Job in Houston 77001, Texas US
Location: Houston, Tx
Just Energy, a leading North American energy retailer is looking for an energy and corporate/commercial attorney to join its team in Houston, Texas. We require an attorney with 3 to 5 years of energy related legal experience and preferably with related corporate and commercial legal experience. The attorney will work in a challenging environment, playing a key role in providing legal and business advice on key decisions and the implementation of the company’s strategic objectives.
Why you should join Just Energy:
Energy, opportunity, and growth: You can realize your potential here at Just Energy.
We are a North American market leader in green energy, retail energy, and home services, with a market capitalization of $2 Billion, and 1.8 million customers across North America. We provide an energetic and engaging work environment that is focused on professional and business growth, and where our colleagues have opportunities to excel and be rewarded for our mutual success. We guide ourselves in all our efforts by our vision to revolutionize how our customers use energy, and to uphold critical corporate values of integrity, innovation, customer-centricity, responsibility, enrichment, and excellence. If you are interested in being part of one of the largest energy retailers and renewable energy providers in North America, then join us.
- Collaborating with internal business groups to navigate the legal requirements related to new and existing market expansion and development
- Drafting, reviewing and editing business documentation such as contracts, marketing materials, commercial agreements and documents with respect to acquisitions as required
- Preparing legal briefs on topics related to issues that impact the company’s business, with thorough analysis and recommendations on mitigating activities that can be taken to prevent legal action against the company
- Assisting internal litigation counsel with matters as they arise
- Contract negotiation and administration, Labor Law, Corporate matters
Your qualifications:
- A license to practice law in Texas
- 3-5 years of energy relations legal experience, preferably with related corporate and commercial legal experience.
- Licenses in other jurisdictions would be an asset, but is not required
- A breadth and depth of technical legal knowledge, excellent business judgment and strong analytical and drafting skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, strong initiative and the ability to work well on his/her on and on a variety of teams
- Strong organizational, project management and leadership skills, and the ability to handle multiple priorities
- Ability to travel as needed
For more information on our company please visit us at justenergy.com and justenergygroup.com
NOTE TO STAFFING AGENCIES or SEARCH FIRMS: Please note we are not accepting candidates from third parties at this time. Please refer to our corporate website www.justenergy.com/careers.html for information regarding our Preferred Staffing Partner Program.
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