Job Title:
Corporate Attorney I

Company: Treehouse Management, LLC

Location: minneapolis, MN

Created: 2024-04-20

Job Type: Full Time

Job Description:

"Investing in Change, Cultivating Climate Solutions"Treehouse Management is a minority-owned management company with multiple lines of business related to decentralized infrastructure. Our mission is to make strategic investments focusing on community-scale renewable energy projects and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investment opportunities, which inspire and promote change in the way the world invests. Headquartered in Minneapolis, we are a small but fast-growing company of highly skilled professionals with knowledge ranging from development financing to renewable energy operations. We value diversity and take pride in our culture of integrity, equality, and honesty. Our emphasis on a healthy work-life balance, generous benefits, and competitive compensation highlights these values. Learn more about who we are & what we do at SummaryTreehouse's Corporate Attorney I will identify legal issues, support contractual and regulatory compliance, and provide advisory and guidance across departments, the company, and its lines of business. Day-to-day tasks include in-depth legal research and analysis, reviewing legal documentation, making recommendations, and serving as the point of contact with external legal counsel to deal with claims as they arise.Essential Functions:Reviewing and analyzing contracts, long and short agreements, negotiations, NDAs, internal and external policies, and other legal documentation.Conducting in-depth legal research and analysis, reviewing legal regulations, dissecting critical points and preparing memorandums for management. Identifying legal issues, preparing issues list and contractual checklist for agreements, creating redlines, and making suggestions to management and external counsel. Ensuring that the company and its lines of business legal documentation remain in compliance with regulatory mandates, laws, and permits. Interfacing with external counsel, and serving as point of contact for legal claims.Protecting the organization's rights in contract negotiations, hearings, settlements, and litigationProviding legal advice and services on issues concerning the rights, obligations, and privileges of the organization.Performing other duties as needed. Job Requirements: Excellent legal analysis, writing, and editing skills, attention to detail, planning and organizing skills, and complete multiple tasks of varying complexity. Ability to express, orally and in writing, complex legal issues in clear and succinct language.Proficient in MS Office and Mac applications. Ability to use software applications to conduct legal research and document preparation.Team player, conscientious, self-starter, unafraid of criticism.Education and Experience:JD and licensed to practice law in the state of Minnesota. 3+ years of in-house legal experience preferred. Location, hours, benefits:This is an on-site, full-time role at the Company's headquarters located in Uptown Minneapolis. Strong culture of worklife balance. While we expect the candidate to generally work from the office during business hours, the candidate will very rarely work more than 40 hours a week. Health, Dental and vision insurance. Offered salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.