Assistant General Counsel, Partner, Energy & Power Infrastructure

The role

This role provides drafting, diligence, and legal oversight for the company's energy and infrastructure strategy. You will negotiate power-related agreements and manage legal risks associated with generation, interconnection, and transmission capacity.

What you will do

• Drive negotiations for interconnection, shared facilities, transmission, and utility infrastructure agreements.
• Negotiate and structure power supply, energy service, and retail energy supply agreements.
• Support development and procurement of on-site and behind-the-meter generation.
• Represent company interests in utility tariff proceedings and regulatory dockets.
• Provide legal analysis of utility tariffs and rate structures.
• Manage regulatory compliance for FERC, NERC, and state public utility commission requirements.
• Negotiate energy trading and hedging documentation including ISDA, NAESB, and EEI.
• Support participation in demand response, curtailment, and ancillary services programs.
• Support negotiation of power-related provisions in customer agreements.
• Advise on renewable energy procurement and structures supporting customer sustainability.

Required qualifications

• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state and a member in good standing of one U.S. bar.
• Expertise negotiating power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, retail supply agreements, and utility infrastructure arrangements.
• Familiarity with FERC and state public utility commission regulatory frameworks.
• Experience supporting project finance transactions, including lender diligence and covenant negotiation.
• Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Strategic thinker with a practical, business-oriented approach to legal issues.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with NERC reliability standards and energy trading documentation (ISDA/NAESB/EEI)

About the company

Hut 8 builds infrastructure for AI and aims to be the defining physical infrastructure company of its generation by solving problems at the intersection of energy and technology.