Senior Counsel, Corporate

The role

The Senior Counsel, Corporate will own a broad portfolio of corporate matters including corporate governance, board and stockholder matters, strategic transactions, and corporate financing. This person will provide advice to the executive team and cross-functional leaders.

What you will do

• Serve as a senior legal partner on corporate matters, providing practical, commercially grounded advice to the executive team and cross-functional leaders.
• Advise on corporate governance matters for Generate and its subsidiaries, including board and committee materials, resolutions, approvals, and corporate records.
• Advise on stockholder and capitalization matters, including governance rights, equity issuances, reorganizations, and amendments to key corporate agreements.
• Lead and support strategic transactions, including corporate M&A, investments, joint ventures, restructurings, and asset sales, from diligence and structuring through negotiation and closing.
• Partner with Capital Formation, Capital Markets, Finance, Tax, Investment and Development teams on corporate financing and capital-raising transactions, including equity and debt financings.
• Help maintain and improve corporate policies, approval frameworks, signing authorities, and legal processes.
• Manage outside counsel and other legal service providers with clear accountability for scope, quality, timing, and cost.
• Support the broader legal team on complex or time-sensitive matters.

Required qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school
• active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• 6+ years of relevant legal experience
• Strong corporate transactional experience developed through a leading law firm and/or an in-house legal team
• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting M&A, strategic investments, joint ventures, and corporate financing transactions
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and project-management skills
• Commercially minded and solutions-oriented
• Comfort operating with significant autonomy
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and handle both strategic matters and the detailed execution required to complete them well
• Collaborative working style, intellectual honesty, and strong judgment under ambiguity
• A genuine interest in Generate's mission and in supporting the development, financing, and operation of critical energy infrastructure

Nice to have

• prior in-house experience
• experience with power or digital infrastructure transactions

Benefits

• health care benefits
• retirement benefits
• benefits permitting paid days off (including sick leave, parental leave, and paid time off or vacation benefits)
• other benefits that must be reported for federal tax purposes

About the company

Generate Capital is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or handicap, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.