Posted July 28, 2026
Renewable Energy Financing Associate Attorney
Winthrop & Weinstine
Minneapolis, MN
Full Time
Compensation: $200,000 to $260,000 Annually
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Renewable Energy Financing Associate Attorney
Minneapolis, MN
The renewables financing group (team of approximately 15) helps build renewable energy in the U.S. by representing clients who provide funding to solar, battery storage, and other clean technologies. Most of our clients are tax credit buyers, investors, or lenders. We help finance approximately 150-200 impactful projects per year. We are seeking a smart, motivated, and friendly individual who wants to learn to finance renewable energy projects and help us close meaningful transactions. This is a partner track position, with significant financial and professional upside.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:
Minneapolis, MN
The renewables financing group (team of approximately 15) helps build renewable energy in the U.S. by representing clients who provide funding to solar, battery storage, and other clean technologies. Most of our clients are tax credit buyers, investors, or lenders. We help finance approximately 150-200 impactful projects per year. We are seeking a smart, motivated, and friendly individual who wants to learn to finance renewable energy projects and help us close meaningful transactions. This is a partner track position, with significant financial and professional upside.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE:
- Document Drafting & Management: Draft, review, and revise all necessary transaction documents for clients, ensuring they meet legal standards, regulatory requirements and any client-required terms and conditions.
- Advice & Counsel: Provide sound legal opinions and strategic counsel to clients regarding their transaction and the underlying renewable energy project.
- Negotiation: Respond to opposing parties’ comments to transaction documents, engage in negotiations with opposing parties, clients, and other stakeholders, aiming for successful outcomes while protecting the client’s interests.
- Project Diligence: Analyze property- and entity-related due diligence to confirm legal compliance, assess transaction risks, and support the successful acquisition, financing, and development.
- Client & Team Communication: Maintain consistent and clear communication with clients and internal team about the progress and status of assigned matters, ensuring all parties are informed.
COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES) REQUIRED:
- An excellent ability to communicate verbally and in writing, both internally and externally.
- Dependable, accountable, and consistently demonstrating a strong work ethic with a professional demeanor in all interactions.
- Ability to work effectively within a team environment.
- Skill in organizing and prioritizing work, and following assignments through to completion.
- Excellent grammar, proofreading skills, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work well under pressure with deadlines – possess a sense of urgency.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a variety of personalities and work styles.
- Ability to be flexible in schedule and adaptable.
- Ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and maintain organization.
QUALIFICATIONS, REQUIRED:
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice law in Minnesota, or eligible for admission to the Minnesota Bar within a specified period after hire.
QUALIFICATIONS, PREFERRED:
- Preference for candidates who have taken tax courses.
- Solid academic credentials.
- Prior transaction experience is a plus.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Primarily will be working in person in the Minneapolis office. Working remote is available only on a limited basis.
- Requires use of office equipment, such as computers, phones, and copiers.
- Requires sitting and computer-related activities for extended periods of time.
- Requires occasional lifting up to and exceeding 20 pounds.
- Work may require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.
SALARY & BENEFITS
Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $200,000 - $260,000 annually.
Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. Winthrop & Weinstine reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualifications of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
Winthrop & Weinstine offers a comprehensive benefits package for all regular full time employees including health insurance, paid parental leave, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid time off, and voluntary benefits.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Winthrop & Weinstine is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other basis protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.
