Assistant General Counsel – Environmental Finance - Us Bank

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description

U.S. Bank is seeking an experienced attorney with renewable energy experience to join the Law Division to support the Environmental Finance business team, which provides project financing, tax equity investments and tax equity syndications for renewable energy projects. The Environmental Finance team is a business line within U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance and the successful candidate will report directly to the Chief Counsel of Impact Finance and engage in meaningful collaboration with the broader Law Division team that supports Impact Finance.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Lead legal advisor to Environmental Finance business team
2. Document or manage outside counsel on project finance, tax equity investment, and syndicated finance transactions for renewable energy projects
3. Conduct legislative research related to the renewable energy industry and provide policy analysis and advocacy on behalf of Impact Finance, as needed
4. Negotiate engagement agreements for transaction advisory services
5. Provide monitoring-period legal advice
6. Maintain ancillary form agreement templates and related internal processes and procedures
7. Advise non-lawyer client groups on complex contractual provisions
8. Assist in maintenance of compliance with bank regulatory requirements applicable to renewable energy transactions with training and support
9. Respond to litigation matters of limited complexity that affect the Environmental Finance business line

Location Expectations

The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

Basic Qualifications
- Licensed by and in good standing with the appropriate state bar association or other appropriate state attorney licensing authority

Preferred Skills/Experience

1. Eight or more years of renewable energy project finance or tax equity finance experience at a law firm or in-house legal group
2. Ability or potential to implement equitable practices into daily work
3. Commitment to continuous improvement in systems and processes
4. Demonstrated experience with, or potential to gain current knowledge of, state and federal tax credit laws and regulations and commercial lending laws
5. Ability to collaborate confidently and effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders
6. Experience managing other legal professionals and working with outside counsel
7. Excellent attention to detail
8. Solutions oriented
9. Excellent oral and written communication skills
10. Ability to work effectively as an individual and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
11. Ability to lead tasks with minimal oversight after receiving training
12. Desire to learn and to solve complex and novel problems
13. Commitment to legal ethics and ethical business practices
14. Willingness to respond to written and oral interview questions

Successful candidates for a position in the U.S. Bank Law Division support U.S. Bank’s core values, which guide what we do every day:
- We do the right thing.
- We power potential.
- We stay a step ahead.
- We draw strength from diversity.
- We put people first.

In the U.S. Bank Law Division, we honor those values through our mission: “we guide our clients to remarkable results with expert legal counsel and ethical leadership.” Our commitment is evident in the work we do, not only for the Bank, but for our communities. The Law Division has received several awards for its pro bono contributions, including the Minnesota Corporate Pro Bono Council’s “Excellence in Pro Bono Award,” and we encourage our legal professionals to contribute time and expertise to pro bono work as part of their role. In addition, the Law Division has been recognized for its leadership and engagement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives.

Benefits:

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

EEO is the Law

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors. Applicants can learn more about the company’s status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the federal KNOW YOUR RIGHTS EEO poster.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about theE-Verify program.