Associate - Energy (Mid-Level) (Nuclear & Fusion Energy)

Location: Washington, DC, United States

Salary: $260,000–$365,000 per year

Company

Legal practice serving energy, infrastructure, finance, restructuring, commercial, and regulatory matters.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial, procurement, development, supply, and other project agreements.
• Support energy project development, financing, commercial transactions, and nuclear fuel and supply arrangements.
• Work on advanced nuclear, small modular reactor, fusion, and other emerging energy and infrastructure projects.
• Support regulatory, licensing, adjudicatory, appellate, compliance, and export control matters.
• Manage substantive workstreams and assume increasing responsibility for matters and client relationships.
• Collaborate with attorneys across practices and offices on complex domestic and international matters.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor or foreign equivalent; an LL.M. may be considered in lieu of a J.D.
• Approximately 3–5 years of relevant legal experience in complex transactions, energy, infrastructure, project development, project finance, commercial contracting, or related work.
• Admission to and good standing with the District of Columbia Bar, or eligibility to waive in.
• Strong analytical, research, drafting, legal writing, judgment, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work across multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities, and maintain professional ethics and conduct standards.
• Excellent academic credentials.

Nice to have

• Experience at an Am Law 100 firm.
• Experience with nuclear energy, advanced reactors, fusion, or highly regulated infrastructure.
• Military experience or security clearances.
• Engineering or other technical background.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work across energy, infrastructure, commercial transactions, and regulation.
• Collaboration with attorneys across practices and offices.
• Exposure to domestic and international matters.
• Increasing responsibility for substantive workstreams and client relationships.