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Senior Counsel or Assistant General Counsel (Corporate & Securities)
Entergy
New Orleans, Louisiana
Title: Senior Counsel or Assistant General Counsel (Corporate & Securities)
Date: Apr 14, 2021
Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC
Description:
• The new employee must have the ability to perform well in team-oriented environments and be comfortable interacting with members of senior and executive management.
• The candidate should have excellent academic credentials; strong interpersonal and communication skills; a solid work ethic; and demonstrated success in prior employment.
• The position offers opportunities for advancement, leadership responsibility, and close collaboration with core team members who value attorney input.
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, including 8,000 megawatts of nuclear power. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.9 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Tracing its history to 1913 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, Entergy has annual revenues of $11 billion and more than 13,000 employees.
The company’s utility business provides electric retail and wholesale power to customers in four states through five utility operating companies: Entergy Arkansas, LLC; Entergy Louisiana, LLC; Entergy Mississippi, LLC; Entergy New Orleans, LLC; and Entergy Texas, Inc. Entergy also delivers natural gas services to 200,000 customers in New Orleans and parts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Entergy is winding down its wholesale generation business, which provides power to wholesale customers primarily from our two remaining nuclear facilities located in the northern United States.
The electric utility industry is rapidly changing, and Entergy is entering an exciting period of growth as we prepare for the future. We are building the premier utility, a utility that delivers sustainable value to all its stakeholders – our customers, employees, communities, and owners – as measured by strong net promoter scores, high levels of service, superior and affordable products and services, highly skilled and engaged employees, and industry-leading financial performance. We are focusing our sights on three key priorities – customer centricity, continuous improvement, and creating a culture of belonging for our employees. Join us as we take the next step on our journey to building the premier utility.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
The new employee will be hired as Senior Counsel or Assistant General Counsel, depending upon qualifications and experience. The successful candidate will be charged with responsibility for providing a broad range of legal support to clients in a variety of areas, including:
The new employee will be hired as Senior Counsel or Assistant General Counsel, depending upon qualifications and experience. The successful candidate will be charged with responsibility for providing a broad range of legal support to clients in a variety of areas, including:
- Assisting with potential public and private securities offerings as well as other corporate financing matters including credit agreements, commercial paper programs and other Treasury matters;
- Assisting with mergers, acquisition, divestitures, joint ventures and venture capital and start-up investments;
- Assisting with the preparation and review of reports filed with the SEC including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, the proxy statement and Section 16 reporting, as well as related-NYSE rules and regulations;
- Assisting with managing securities laws compliance programs; and
- Managing complex and sensitive projects with cross-functional teams.
Minimum Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Broad-based knowledge and experience in the regulated utility and unregulated power business (particularly with MISO and other RTOs and ISOs) is a strong plus.
• The new employee must have the ability to perform well in team-oriented environments and be comfortable interacting with members of senior and executive management.
• The candidate should have excellent academic credentials; strong interpersonal and communication skills; a solid work ethic; and demonstrated success in prior employment.
• The position offers opportunities for advancement, leadership responsibility, and close collaboration with core team members who value attorney input.
Minimum Experience Required:
• Counsel, Sr: 6+ years in a law firm or in-house in one or more applicable areas of expertise, such as Regulatory (federal and/or state), Corporate/Commercial, and Nuclear.
• Asst General Counsel: 9+ years in a law firm or in-house in one or more applicable areas of expertise, such as Regulatory (federal and/or state), Corporate/Commercial, and Nuclear.
• Experience in capital markets, securities law or M&A work is required.
• Prior employment at a nationally recognized law firm is preferred.
• Membership in good standing of a state bar.
Minimum Education Required:
• Juris Doctor is required
• Counsel, Sr: 6+ years in a law firm or in-house in one or more applicable areas of expertise, such as Regulatory (federal and/or state), Corporate/Commercial, and Nuclear.
• Asst General Counsel: 9+ years in a law firm or in-house in one or more applicable areas of expertise, such as Regulatory (federal and/or state), Corporate/Commercial, and Nuclear.
• Experience in capital markets, securities law or M&A work is required.
• Prior employment at a nationally recognized law firm is preferred.
• Membership in good standing of a state bar.
Minimum Education Required:
• Juris Doctor is required
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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT-NBU
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 102111
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT-NBU
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 102111
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%
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