FLSA Classification: Non-exempt
Salary: $25.00/hour
Location: Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid)
About The Company:
NineDot's name derives from the classic mathematical puzzle for sparking out-of-the-box solutions. As a leading community-scale, clean energy developer with a growing portfolio of projects across a range of technologies, NineDot Energy is creating innovative energy solutions that support a more resilient electric grid, deliver economic savings, address environmental justice and reduce carbon emissions. Our pipeline includes more than 1 GW of clean energy projects designed to strengthen local power grids and provide clean, reliable and resilient power to the communities we serve.
With the backing of Manulife Investment Management and The Carlyle Group - two of the world’s leading infrastructure investors - NineDot is continuing to expand its core battery energy storage pipeline, deliver enhanced products and services, explore new regions and consider potential acquisitions all to advance the decarbonization of New York’s grid. This is an exciting opportunity to build a platform from the ground-up with a world-class team of developers and innovators.
Job Summary
NineDot Energy is seeking a Legal Intern to gain hands-on experience with the legal work behind developing, financing, and operating community-scale battery energy storage projects in New York City. Working closely with our attorneys and business teams, you will support commercial agreements, real estate transactions, project financing, and legal operations while helping improve the tools and processes that support our growing business. This internship offers a law student the opportunity to contribute to substantive projects and see how an in-house legal team helps advance the clean energy transition.
Responsibilities:
- Assist attorneys with drafting, reviewing, and organizing commercial agreements, including nondisclosure agreements, vendor contracts, and service agreements.
- Support real estate transactions by assisting with letters of intent, site control agreements, and access agreements.
- Help coordinate due diligence for project development and financing, including organizing documents, tracking outstanding requests, and maintaining transaction records.
- Conduct legal and regulatory research and summarize findings to inform the legal team’s advice to business partners.
- Collaborate with internal teams to gather information, track legal requests, and support timely completion of legal and compliance activities.
- Help develop contract playbooks, guidance materials, and training resources that make legal requirements and processes easier for business teams to understand and apply.
- Assist with drafting and updating internal legal policies and standard operating procedures, including insurance administration processes and related training materials.
- Support the development and implementation of contract lifecycle management tools and workflows to improve how agreements are requested, reviewed, signed, and stored.
- Coordinate document execution and maintain complete, organized records of signed agreements.
- Contribute to additional legal, compliance, and operational projects as business needs evolve.
- All other duties as assigned.
Core Competencies:
- Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Drives Results - Constantly achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Interpersonal Savvy - Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
- Manages Ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.
- Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both success and failures as learning fodder
- Plans and Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
- Tech Savvy - Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.
Required education and experience:
- Current law school student enrolled in a relevant degree program with an interest in renewable energy, real estate, corporate law, or regulatory affairs.
- Strong research and analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Prior experience in energy law, contracts, or environmental law is a plus.
Additional Information:
- Internship duration: Approximately 6 months
- Hours: Part time, approximately 20 hours per week
- Hybrid work model based out of our office in Brooklyn, NY
- Opportunity to gain exposure to industry professionals, cutting-edge technologies, and New York’s clean energy initiatives.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
At NineDot Energy, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation and are the foundation of our success. As such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, age, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
