Corporate Counsel – Contracts Negotiation and Administration

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⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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CEG Solutions LLC

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 1998

⚡ Energy

☁️ SaaS

🏛️ Government

Energy • SaaS • Government

CEG Solutions LLC is a consulting firm focused on providing comprehensive energy and water solutions for facilities. They design, implement, and finance turnkey projects aimed at enhancing energy efficiency and sustainability, often at no upfront cost to clients. With a strong emphasis on long-term savings and ongoing performance monitoring, CEG Solutions customizes solutions that target operational savings, resilience, and compliance with environmental standards for both government and commercial clients.

📋 Description

• CEG is seeking an in-house attorney to serve as a practical legal resource to the business. • Owning contract intake, legal review, redlines, internal alignment, approvals, and signature. • Leading negotiations and driving execution across our portfolio, including prime contracts, subcontracts, vendor agreements, and proposal/RFP terms. • Providing general business legal support across the company (day-to-day legal guidance, issue-spotting, and coordination with outside counsel as appropriate). • Review third-party contracts, including prime agreements, RFPs/solicitation terms, subcontracts, purchase orders, professional services agreements, consulting agreements, and change order/amendments. • Identify and clearly communicate legal, financial, schedule, and operational risks. • Propose specific, actionable redlines aligned to CEG’s risk framework. • Coordinate internal reviews and approvals (project team, operations, finance, risk/insurance, leadership, and outside counsel when needed). • Ensure all approved redlines are correctly reflected in the final execution copies and attachments/exhibits. • Support subcontract negotiations and ensure subcontract and vendor agreements appropriately flow down applicable prime contract obligations and protections. • Support proposal/RFP responses by reviewing T&Cs, developing exceptions/clarifications, and aligning commercial positions with pricing, schedule, and delivery assumptions. • Provide day-to-day legal support and contract compliance management on broader business matters, as needed (e.g., corporate governance, employment-related issues spotting in partnership with HR, vendor disputes, compliance/ethics questions, etc.).

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited law school required. • Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (in good standing) required. • 5–10+ years of relevant legal experience (in-house and/or law firm), including commercial and government contracting and negotiation in construction, energy services, energy consulting, etc. • Exceptional written communication, redline discipline, and ability to synthesize complex risk into clear recommendations. • Highly organized and comfortable building and maintaining contract trackers, dashboards, and contracting workflows. • Demonstrated ability to balance AI tools for speed while validating accuracy and applying independent judgement. • Preferred: experience in ESCO/EPC/construction environments, public-sector or federal contracting, and/or contract flow-downs. • Preferred: Familiarity with bonding/surety concepts and risk/insurance coordination.