# Assistant General Counsel, Transactions at Crux Climate

- Company: Crux Climate
- What the company does: Crux modernizes how capital is raised and deployed for clean energy and critical infrastructure – advisory, investments, intelligence, and technology.
- Company website: https://www.crux.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $230K to $270K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-27
- Apply by: 2026-12-11
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cruxclimate/b406e2cd-99d9-43a6-822e-76cfc29f43fb?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/crux-climate-assistant-general-counsel-transactions/

## 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

Tags: Legal

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