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Assistant General Counsel, Capital Markets

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Company Description

Recognized by Forbes as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, Palmetto believes that choosing to source clean energy from renewable resources like solar power should be a right, not a privilege. As such, we connect homeowners with renewable energy options such as solar power and energy storage systems. Through our marketplace business model, we empower solar sales professionals and solar installation companies with access to our proprietary design platform, financing, customer management system, logistics, and project management. Our #1 focus is a phenomenal experience for our customers and partners, evidenced in our industry-leading Net Promoter Score.

Our employees are our most valuable resource. Palmetto has a promote-from-within culture for talent development. We offer excellent benefits such as unlimited vacation/PTO, medical, dental, and vision coverage, parental leave, and retirement plans.

The role:

Reporting to our President & General Counsel, the Assistant General Counsel, Capital Markets, will be a key leader and trusted advisor on Palmetto’s Capital Markets team. The successful candidate will have a “builder” mentality with a willingness to roll up their sleeves to support and build critical legal and compliance functions and be a key player in developing cutting edge financial products and technology.

You will:

  • Be a key leader and trusted advisor on Palmetto’s Capital Markets team
  • Lead the negotiation and execution of complex transactions including credit facilities, purchases and sales of financial assets, joint ventures, tax equity financing, securitizations, and other complex transactions
  • Be responsible for ongoing corporate governance of multiple complex entity and debt structures including deconsolidated joint venture entities, tax equity partnerships and other operating entities
  • Lead the development of the company’s capital markets legal standard operating policies and procedures
  • Support the company’s consumer finance business, starting with a focus on Third Party Ownership of assets and eventually consumer financial products
  • Keep up-to-date with changes in relevant laws and regulations, and advise the company on any necessary adjustments to its capital markets practices
  • Have strong leadership ability – can build and lead a team
  • Provide clear and concise guidance to business units, particularly on novel and complex legal issues
  • Proactively collaborate with stakeholders across the enterprise, including compliance, technology, risk, financial operations, and other key partners
  • Support new product development and implementation
  • Manage relationships with external legal counsel and other third-party service providers

Technical Skills:

  • Hold a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from an accredited U.S. university
  • Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. state
  • 7+ years (minimum) of legal experience, either with a recognized U.S. law firm or in-house with a financial institution or renewable energy company
  • Strong working knowledge of complex capital markets transactions
  • Experience of working with consumer finance laws and regulations, compliance and risk management
  • Experience in structured finance (Asset Backed Securities preferred), warehouse lending, securitizations, in-house experience in the renewable energy industry preferred
  • Possesses the ability to anticipate legal issues/risk and guide accordingly, including seek creative, innovative solutions for complex business matters
  • A broad based skill set, including exposure to corporate governance and public company issues is a plus

Personal Skills:

  • Embraces teamwork and contributes to a supportive inclusive work environment
  • A strong leader who has the ability to build and lead teams, as well as coordinate the work of external counsel
  • A strong leader who has the ability to build and lead teams, as well as coordinate the work of external counsel
  • High degree of professional ethics and integrity and exceptional attention to detail
  • Excellent judgment, analytical skills and decision making
  • Possesses outstanding oral and written communication and research skills (with ability to communicate effectively with senior management)
  • Independent self-starter

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Palmetto embraces diversity and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

 

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