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Project Finance M&A Attorney

Job Description

You got into energy and infrastructure because the deals are real — physical assets, actual construction timelines, capital stacks that matter if the power stays on or the pipeline gets built.

But at your current firm, you're one of three associates staffed on every deal, and your role hasn't changed since your second year. You draft the same ancillary documents, sit on the same status calls, and watch the same partner negotiate the credit agreement without you in the room. You know how a project finance deal works. You're just never the one running it.

Meanwhile, the energy transition is producing more project finance and infrastructure M&A activity than at any point in the last two decades — renewables, LNG, data center power, grid infrastructure, battery storage. The sponsors are deploying capital faster than most law firms can staff. You should be drafting credit agreements and negotiating acquisition documents, not redlining someone else's work product at midnight.

A AmLaw firm with a dedicated energy and infrastructure practice is adding a mid-level associate across multiple offices, with a strong preference for Denver. This isn't a generalist corporate group that happens to do the occasional energy deal. This is a team built around project finance and infrastructure M&A — and they want someone who can handle real responsibility on primary deal documents, not just support a partner's workflow.

The work includes:

  • Project finance transactions across energy, renewables, and infrastructure assets
  • Drafting and negotiating credit agreements, security packages, and intercreditor arrangements
  • M&A transactions involving energy and infrastructure targets — platform acquisitions, asset purchases, and portfolio deals
  • Direct client interaction with sponsors, lenders, and developers

What you bring:

  • 3-7 years of project finance and/or energy M&A experience at a major law firm
  • Ability to draft primary deal documents, not just review them
  • Interest in or exposure to the energy transition and infrastructure space
  • Bar admission in Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, or Georgia (or eligibility)

What you get:

  • A practice purpose-built around energy and infrastructure — not a side desk inside a generalist corporate group
  • Document drafting and deal responsibility that matches your experience level, not your class year minus two
  • Competitive compensation ($220K-$345K depending on class year)

Reach out directly or send your resume confidentially to srushing@laterallink.com