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Job Overview Responsible for providing legal assessments, interpretations, and recommendations on a variety of legal, regulatory, governance, transactional, and policy matters affecting UAMPS. Counsels and advises internal departments regarding legal rights, obligations, risks, and compliance requirements. Prepares, reviews, and negotiates legal documents, agreements, resolutions, governance materials, and other correspondence.
Supports project development, public governance, records, transparency, financing, transmission, compliance, and risk-management initiatives. Represents the organization in judicial, regulatory, administrative, or other appropriate forums as needed. Maintains confidentiality of documents, legal matters, and case information. Coordinates with outside counsel to support organizational objectives. Responsibilities and Duties Assumes responsibility for providing legal assessments and advice.
Provides legal assessments, interpretations, and recommendations on a variety of legal issues. Counsels internal clients on legal rights, obligations, risks, and compliance. Reviews facts, laws, regulations, policies, and organizational needs to develop practical legal guidance. Advises management and internal departments regarding legal considerations affecting organizational operations and decision-making.
Assumes responsibility for providing general corporate legal support. Drafts, reviews, and negotiates vendor agreements, master service agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and other commercial contracts. Provides legal support to Human Resources on employment-related matters, including review of policies, agreements, disciplinary actions, and compliance with applicable employment laws and regulations.
Prepares materials for governance approval, including resolutions, agreements, summaries, and supporting documentation for consideration by the Board of Directors, and Project Management Committees. Represent the organization in judicial, regulatory, or administrative proceedings as appropriate. Ensure legal documents, reports, correspondence, and related materials are accurate, factual, timely, and properly formatted.
Assumes responsibility for providing legal support for project development. Assists with the negotiation, drafting, and review of contracts and agreements related to the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of electricity generation projects. Supports project development by identifying required approvals, permits, licenses, and authorizations and coordinating with internal departments and outside counsel to obtain them.
Assists in preparing and reviewing materials required for governance approval of project-related agreements and development activities. Provides legal support related to land use, property interests, access rights, and related project development issues, as applicable. Assumes responsibility for supporting compliance with public governance, records, and transparency requirements. Assists the organization in complying with GRAMA, including classification of records, response obligations, and coordination of records requests.
Provides legal guidance regarding governance requirements applicable to political subdivisions of the state of Utah, including compliance with enabling statutes, interlocal cooperation laws, and other applicable public-entity requirements. Coordinates with the Chief Legal Officer, internal departments, and outside counsel as necessary to ensure consistent and legally compliant governance practices.
Maintains effective control and confidentiality of records, legal documents, and related materials. Assumes responsibility for providing legal support for financing transactions. Assists with legal support for bond financings, prepay transactions, and other financial arrangements in coordination with outside counsel and the Chief Legal Officer. Reviews bond, financing, and transaction documents prepared by outside counsel to ensure work product aligns wi