Principal Attorney Energy Advisory

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Job Overview

A company seeks a Principal Attorney – Energy Advisory in Houston, Texas, to provide legal and commercial guidance for a residential solar business. The attorney will manage customer disputes, regulatory inquiries, government investigations, consumer protection matters, contracts, and compliance issues involving solar transactions and financing. This role requires identifying legal and regulatory risks, developing mitigation strategies, and advising business leaders on operational decisions while independently managing multiple complex matters.

Duties

• Manage customer complaints, disputes, legal inquiries, and claims arising from residential solar operations.
• Draft and negotiate responses to legal claims, regulatory inquiries, government investigations, consumer protection complaints, and Attorney General matters.
• Advise business leaders on legal, regulatory, commercial, and operational issues affecting residential solar activities.
• Oversee compliance with state and federal consumer protection requirements applicable to residential solar transactions.
• Provide guidance on consumer financing arrangements, marketing practices, required disclosures, collections, and customer communications.
• Monitor regulatory developments and advise stakeholders on emerging compliance risks and operational implementation requirements.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks, develop mitigation strategies, and support business decision-making.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, vendor agreements, and other agreements supporting residential solar operations.
• Handle litigation-related matters and assist with dispute strategy and resolution.
• Manage multiple complex legal matters and projects while delivering timely and high-quality legal services with limited supervision.
• Provide written and oral legal advice and anticipate potential legal risks involving the organization.
• Manage legal matters efficiently, support budget compliance, and seek to minimize unnecessary reliance on outside counsel.
• Ensure potentially material legal issues are appropriately communicated to senior leadership.

Requirements

• At least two years of relevant legal experience.
• Litigation experience is preferred.
• Experience involving consumer finance, consumer protection, commercial transactions, and regulatory compliance is preferred.
• Experience in the residential solar or broader energy industry is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of state and federal consumer protection requirements affecting financing, marketing, disclosures, collections, and customer communications.
• Ability to evaluate regulatory developments and translate legal requirements into practical operational guidance.
• Ability to independently manage multiple complex matters and competing priorities.
• Strong legal judgment and ability to identify, evaluate, and mitigate legal and regulatory risks.

Education

• Juris Doctor degree.
• Bachelor's degree.
• High school diploma or GED.

Certifications

• Active membership in good standing with a state bar.

Skills

• Consumer protection and consumer finance law.
• Litigation and dispute resolution.
• Regulatory compliance and government investigations.
• Commercial contract drafting and negotiation.
• Residential solar and energy regulatory matters.
• Legal risk assessment and mitigation.
• Regulatory analysis and operational implementation.
• Written and oral legal communication.
• Stakeholder and vendor management.
• Independent matter and project management.

Benefits

• Benefits supporting employees and their eligible family members.

Company info

BCG Attorney Search
10777 Westheimer, Suite 1100
Houston
Texas
United States 77042
Phone : (713) 270-1199
Fax : (213) 895-7306