SDG&E is not just an energy company, we are the architects of a brighter, cleaner future. Our employees power everyday life for 3.7 million people – bringing the energy to support their passions, ambitions, and the heartbeat of our community.
We call Southern California our home. It’s where we chase our dreams and raise our families. That’s why the people who live here deserve an energy company unlike any other, and that’s why every day, SDG&E employees strive to be at the forefront of innovations to reduce emissions, modernize the electric grid, and enable our customers to make the transition to clean technologies. We’re redefining sustainability, advancing zero-emissions solutions, and driving the electric vehicle revolution.
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Primary Purpose:
SDG&E seeks an outstanding and experienced attorney to join the Commercial Law Department in the General Counsel’s Office at SDG&E’s headquarters in San Diego. This attorney will provide legal services to support a wide range of commercial and corporate activities of the company. This includes drafting and negotiation of contracts for large construction projects, procurement of major equipment, energy transactions (renewables, energy storage, electric vehicle infrastructure, emerging energy technologies), and legal counseling on a wide range of legal topics to all SDG&E business units. This attorney will also manage outside counsel as needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive legal counseling to SDG&E businesspersons at all levels of the company, including contract agents, managers, directors, and executives.
- Draft and negotiate complex contracts in a wide variety of contexts.
- Interact regularly and effectively with businesspersons at all levels of the company to understand the client’s goals and help them to achieve those goals in a compliant and lawful manner.
- Collaborate with company lawyers in the Commercial Law Department and in other practice areas (Regulatory, Litigation, Environmental/Real Estate) to solve complex legal problems.
- Manage outside counsel as needed.
- Ensure that Law Department management and business unit leadership stay informed regarding matters assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).