Senior Counsel, Real Estate

Location: Remote within the United States, with travel to the Santa Clara, California headquarters twice per quarter, occasional travel to project sites, and in-person attendance at headquarters during the first two weeks of onboarding.

Salary: $200,000–$225,000 per year

Company

Develops advanced fission power plants, nuclear fuel recycling technologies, and a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes.

What you will do

• Lead drafting, review, negotiation, and execution of acquisitions, dispositions, leases, options, easements, rights-of-way, licenses, and other site-control transactions.
• Oversee title and ALTA/NSPS survey diligence, including review of title commitments, exception documents, title policies, and curative work.
• Drive transactions from letters of intent through closing and post-closing obligations.
• Coordinate diligence covering zoning, land use, entitlements, environmental conditions, site access, utilities, and mineral rights.
• Manage outside counsel across projects, including scope, staffing, budgets, timelines, work product, and performance.
• Advise project deployment, business development, finance, operations, and other teams on real estate and related legal matters.

Requirements

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and admission to practice law in at least one U.S. state.
• 3–5 years of real estate transactional experience at a large law firm or in-house legal department.
• Independent experience leading complex acquisitions, dispositions, leases, easements, site-control arrangements, and real estate closings.
• Hands-on experience reviewing title commitments, exception documents, and ALTA/NSPS land title surveys.
• Experience advising cross-functional project teams and managing multiple matters with strong attention to detail.
• Must be U.S.-based and eligible under applicable U.S. export control laws as a U.S. person.

Nice to have

• In-house experience at a high-growth or startup company.
• Experience with complex construction projects, joint ventures, project finance, environmental matters, land use, zoning, utilities, or permitting.
• Experience in nuclear, energy, infrastructure, or another highly regulated industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, iterative startup environment with a lean legal team.
• Flexible time off, flexible work hours, and wellness credits.
• Equity, bonuses, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance with employer contribution, HSA, and FSA.
• Values include collaboration, humility, ownership, and pathfinding.
• Remote employees travel to headquarters for team meetings, off-sites, and other company events.