Crux modernizes how capital is raised and deployed for clean energy and critical infrastructure – advisory, investments, intelligence, and technology.
About the role
Crux is seeking an Assistant General Counsel, Transactions — a mid-level project finance lawyer who will serve as the day-to-day transactional attorney across Crux’s investment and financing activity. The role covers the full range of transactions Crux originates, structures, and executes: tax equity and preferred equity investments, transferable tax credit purchases and forward commitments, and debt facilities, as well as Crux’s own corporate-level financings and strategic transactions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 3-6 years of transactional experience , with a significant portion in the projects, energy, or infrastructure finance practice of a leading law firm. In-house experience at a developer, investor, or lender is a plus but not required
- Working fluency in the federal energy tax credit framework (Sections 45, 48, 45Y, 48E, 45X, and 6418), including qualification, bonus adders, and recapture risk, and the judgment to know when to bring in tax counsel
- Ownership and judgment. You take responsibility for outcomes, make pragmatic risk-weighted calls informed by business needs, and know when to escalate
- Clear communication with lawyers and non-lawyers, in writing and in real time. You can explain a complicated structure to an investment principal in plain terms and hold your own with counterparty counsel
- Comfort with pace and ambiguity. You work effectively on several transactions at once, build process where none exists, and are comfortable fielding questions from across the business
- JD and admission in good standing to the bar of at least one U.S. state (New York or DC preferred), with eligibility for in-house registration where required
More about this role
Travel: 5-10% (team offsites, transaction meetings, industry conferences, and in-person legal events)
We’re financing the future of energy
Crux is the capital platform for clean and critical infrastructure. We combine advisory, investments, markets, and research with proprietary intelligence and technology to modernize capital raising and deployment.
Our team is composed of experts in energy, tax, finance, government, and technology. We have raised $77 million in capital from some of the best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lowercarbon Capital, New System Ventures, Overture, Ardent Venture Partners, QED, Canapi, and others. These funds are joined by strategic investors including Pattern Energy, Clearway Energy, EDF Renewables, Intersect Power, LS Power, Orsted, Hartree Partners, Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and OMERS Ventures.
Energy demand is growing for the first time in decades, driving an urgent need for more affordable and reliable electricity. More electricity requires new clean energy infrastructure and strong domestic supply chains for minerals and components — as well as large amounts of capital.
Traditional project financing is...
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