Senior Counsel, Energy Vault
Project Finance & Commercial
$146-234k
+ Annual bonus plan + RSUs
Office located in Westlake Village, CA
Renewable energy storage
Be an early applicant
Renewable energy storage
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$146-234k
+ Annual bonus plan + RSUs
Office located in Westlake Village, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To pioneer a faster journey to the decarbonization of our planet by reducing the cost of abundant clean energy, delivering valuable, grid-scale energy storage solutions, and efficiently solving the demanding requirements of a clean energy future.
Role
Who you are
- J.D. from an accredited law school
- Member of a state bar in good standing
- 8–15 years of project finance experience, with significant exposure to energy, battery storage, infrastructure, or data center financings
- Demonstrated track record closing complex project finance transactions from term sheet through financial close, including tax equity structures (ITC and/or PTC)
- Working knowledge of IRA incentive structures, domestic content and FEOC compliance requirements, and how they interact with project financing and tax credit eligibility
- Experience with construction financing and term conversion is highly valued
- Corporate finance or capital markets experience is a plus
- Proven ability to manage a high-volume workload — multiple active deals, competing priorities, and tight deadlines — with composure and sound commercial judgment
- Commercially minded with strong instincts for practical risk allocation; able to distinguish issues worth fighting for from those that are not
- Excellent drafting and negotiation skills; confident advising and presenting to senior leadership and external counterparties
- Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally, up to 10%
- Comfortable thriving in fast-paced, rapid growth environments
- A passion for sustainability, our mission, and our vision is a bonus!
- Must successfully pass a pre-employment background check
- Energy Vault participates in E-Verify
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Counsel with substantial project finance experience to lead the financing of our renewable energy, battery storage, and data center infrastructure projects
- This is a fast-paced, high-volume role requiring someone who can manage multiple live transactions simultaneously, operate with a high degree of independence, and engage commercially with lenders, investors, and internal business teams
- The right candidate is not just a strong lawyer — they are a pragmatic problem-solver who moves quickly, communicates clearly, and keeps all deals on track
- Project Finance:
- Lead end-to-end legal structuring and negotiation of project finance transactions, including construction loans, term debt, tax equity, back-leverage facilities, and permanent financing for battery storage, renewable energy, and data center projects
- Draft and negotiate credit agreements, security packages, depositary and accounts agreements, consent and assignment agreements, and all related financing documents with lenders, tax equity investors, and institutional counterparties
- Advise on financing structures for build-own-operate (BOO) assets, including collateral structures, security interests, and intercreditor arrangements
- Manage lender due diligence processes and coordinate with lenders' counsel through financial close
- Advise on IRA tax credit structures, including investment tax credits (ITC) and production tax credits (PTC), domestic content requirements, energy communities, and Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) compliance as it relates to financing eligibility and tax credit qualification
- Support refinancings, amendments, waivers, and ongoing lender compliance matters post-close
- Simultaneously manage multiple transactions at varying stages of execution without loss of quality or attention to detail
- Corporate Finance:
- Support corporate-level debt facilities, revolving credit lines, and other balance sheet financing activities
- Advise on entity structuring and capitalization for project-level subsidiaries and holding company arrangements
- Assist with corporate governance matters tied to financing transactions
- Commercial Support:
- Familiarity with EPC contracts, equipment procurement agreements, PPAs, and interconnection agreements is a plus, primarily in the context of bankability review and lender consent processes
Our take
Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power are often unreliable, so it is necessary to store their output to even out fluctuations in power supply. However, battery production is also polluting, and there are questions about whether supply can keep up with demand.
Energy Vault develops gravity-based storage systems - enormous structures that lift an immensely heavy weight using energy generated by renewable power sources, and release it by lowering the weight over time. Compared to conventional batteries of the same capacity these are far cheaper and simpler to construct, do not need expensive and toxic materials, and can be sited anywhere there is space for them. These batteries yield up to 70% energy savings compared to current technologies, and can hold their charge indefinitely with no degradation unlike chemical batteries.
The company has constructed a major energy storage facility in China and India, with an energy storage capacity of 100 megawatt-hours (enough to power 3,400 homes), and another smaller one in Texas. Energy Vault has also developed newer iterations of its storage systems, which it plans to roll out to the wider market following the success of its initial projects.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$50m
LATE VC
Aug 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $280m
Company HQ
Westlake Village, CA
Leadership
Robert Piconi
(Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman)Was Founder & CEO of Pantheon Heathcare Group, and Group Executive of Danaher Corporation.
Andrea Pedretti
(CTO)Is also Managing Director at p quadrum Engineering. Before that was Co-founder & CTO of Airlight Energy.
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