Sr. Legal Ops Manager & Paralegal

ContourGlobal, a KKR Company, led by CEO Antonio Cammisecra, is an established Independent Power Producer (IPP) developing, acquiring, and operating electricity generation and storage assets worldwide. The company currently manages 5.3 GW of installed capacity across different power generation technologies and asset categories, with an additional 1 GW of renewables under construction and a further 9.8 GW under development. 

The operational footprint of the company extends to 18 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America. The company has committed to speed up the decarbonization of its portfolio with a sustainable transition of its thermal fleet, the repowering of existing renewable assets and the organic development of new renewable projects. ContourGlobal boasts 20 years of a strong collaboration with communities, institutions, and customers that benefit from its electricity supply through long-term contracts or innovative PPAs, coupled with energy management solutions.

Job Summary

As Sr. Legal Ops Manager & Paralegal, you will join our Legal team! In this role, you will report to General Counsel and will have the opportunity to support the design, creation and implementation of an efficient and effective legal function for our stand-alone storage, hybrid storage, and distributed generation solar business. The Sr. Legal Ops Manager & Paralegal will be responsible for designing, managing, and executing processes related to our legal function, and will also advise on general corporate matters including corporate entity structure and management, compliance, and corporate policies. The candidate will engage directly with various internal business units, including business development, investment, asset management, strategy, engineering, and operations teams in their day-to-day functions. Join us to drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all!

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, create, implement, improve, and run processes and tools that support a growing legal department, overseeing a variety of operations — managing a legal control environment, contract approval and repository technology, managing legal e-billing, and budgeting.
• Legal entity management of U.S. and international subsidiaries; liaise with Accounting, Tax, Treasury, and other departments to provide documentations related to subsidiary management and respond to audit requests.
• Negotiate draft and review NDAs based on company template and guidelines.
• Due diligence for financing, M&A deals, and other corporate transactions, business activities, and special projects.
• Develop and implement metrics and dashboards of outside counsel expenses, manage project budgets, and provide expense control, collaborating with accounting team (and FP&A, if applicable) to analyze and conduct spending trends.
• Facilitate contract lifecycle process and day-to-day management, collaborate with IT to simplify tracking, retention, and coordination of execution.
• Manage and coordinate Board of Directors, Shareholders, and other Committee meeting preparation, retention of secure records and distribution of materials, if required.
• Create templates or standard forms for recurring agreements.
• Draft and review vendor agreements, amendments, and other legal documents.
• Support internal lawyers with legal research, project management, filing, and other ad-hoc assignments as instructed.
• Support, as needed on litigation, employment/immigration, compliance/regulatory support and legal research needs.
• Collaborate with and support HR and employment counsel on investigations, coordinating company-wide employee training.
• Draft and maintain sensitive documents and records with discretion; and
• Support the internal legal team, as required.

Qualifications and Skills: 

Your profile is a natural match if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university required. Advanced degree(s) preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in paralegal and/or legal operations roles, with increasing responsibility.
• Experience in designing and managing implementation of legal processes for a new legal department.
• Experience with power, energy, and/or infrastructure companies and projects.
• Demonstrated exceptional ability to use industry standard technical programs, including but not limited to excellent Microsoft Office skills, Westlaw and Lexis Nexus legal research programs and contract management software.
• Strong command of the nexus of accounting and legal compliance.
• Fluency and exceptional writing skills in the English language, Spanish skills a plus; and
• Public company reporting and controls experience preferred

What drives your application forward:

• Self-starter who is passionate about Energy Transition and mitigating legal risk;
• A practical thinker known for choosing simple, robust solutions where more complicated approaches would deliver the same results.
• A curious professional who wants to use their solid skills to advance exciting business opportunities.
• A patient puzzle-solver; you have the composure and skill to approach a problem from many angles over time until you can unlock a solution.
• Ethical and highly principled; knowledgeable about the most rigorous standards for ethical relations with government and counterparties, which you exemplify in all situations
• Adept at identifying and mitigating risks in management of a legal department.
• A systematic and highly organized professional who takes personal accountability for tracking numerous activities across workstreams and driving them all to successful conclusions.
• Keen understanding of what drives key stakeholder decisions.
• Effective in a fast-moving and complex environment.
• Superb writer with exceptional understanding of contracts and corporate legal issues, as well as effective persuasive techniques with internal and external business clients.
• Well organized, systematic, detail oriented and calm under pressure.
• Highly skilled communicator who has proven success in translating complex concepts into persuasive advocacy to non-legal audiences
• Adaptable/Flexible - You can easily adjust to new routines, systems, situations, procedures and people.

Our Values

«We» is our greatest asset

We respect and protect the environment

We are doers, committed to doing things right

We act with integrity and transparency

We think and act like entrepreneurs

You can find here more about our Purpose, Mission and Values.

Working@CG:

As a globally integrated team, we push boundaries, work collaboratively, and remain agile in the pursuit of excellence. With an entrepreneurial mindset, we encourage initiative and innovation. At ContourGlobal you are an employee, and you are also an owner. Our Employee Ownership Program allows our employee-owners to make a difference and drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all!

We foster a culture where individuals are empowered to succeed, contribute and shape the future of sustainable energy.

Cross-border collaboration shapes our way of working: our diverse workforce reflects the multicultural environment we embrace every day.

We offer a competitive compensation package: we believe in meritocracy and rewarding meaningful contributions.

We enjoy making the most of our shared spaces to foster teamwork and collaboration. At the same time, our flexible working policy allows us to prioritize results while supporting wellbeing and a healthy work-life balance.

Interested in joining our company?

We know that skills and experience come in different forms, and we value diverse perspectives. 

If you’re excited about this role but you think you still need to learn some of the required skills, we’d still love to hear from you. You are much more than your CV, so come as you are and tell us who you aspire to become! The most important skills are collaboration, respect, trustworthiness and execution. So go ahead—apply, and let’s contribute to the new energy transition together!

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of our society and the markets in which we operate.

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of the society we live in and markets we operate.