Commercial Counsel

Highland Electric Fleets is a comprehensive turnkey solutions provider that delivers electric school buses (EVSB) to school districts and third-party managed fleet providers (3PMs).

We offer a model involving financing, infrastructure, vehicle deployment, and maintenance in an easily digestible, economic format that enables EVSB acquisition at traditional diesel cost of ownership.

Our mission is to eliminate the barriers to better student health and cleaner air.

We aim to mitigate risk for our customers, increase EVSB market penetration, and deliver positive impacts across a broad spectrum of stakeholders: students, communities, school districts, fleet operators, manufacturers, and utilities.

Job Description:

We seek a commercial counsel with an entrepreneurial mindset. Reporting to the Director, Legal, the ideal candidate has 2-4 years of legal experience, which may include law firm, in-house, and/or government experience. The candidate should be comfortable drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, with some experience in either fleet contracts or energy services transactions, such as power purchase agreements or energy savings contracts.

The candidate will work in fast-paced startup environment and will be comfortable taking on an array of matters. However, the primary focus in this role will be to collaborate with Highland’s sales team and counterparties to drive the sales process from solicitation response to executed contract.

Responsibilities

Draft and negotiate transportation equipment services agreements;

Draft and negotiate other contracts supporting sales (LOIs, NDAs, teaming arrangements);

Provide pragmatic, business-minded guidance on contract-related issues;

Assist with special projects, including RFP responses for vehicle electrification-as-a-service; and

Support development of contract lifecycle management software.

Develop support materials and provide trainings to educate the sales and channel teams on contract terms and other legal issues;

Establish scalable contracting strategies and tools in coordination with sales team;

Support financing and M&A matters, including response to due diligence inquiries; and

Support Fleet Operations team on project development and construction matters

Qualifications

2-4 years as practicing attorney;

Excellent commercial negotiation and contract drafting skills;

Excellent business and legal judgment and the abilities to work flexibly with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and to manage multiple matters simultaneously;

Ability and availability to work at least two (2) days a week in-office at the company’s Beverly, MA, headquarters; but, for highly qualified candidates, fully remote work may be considered;

JD, with membership in at least one U.S. state bar (MA preferred);

Eligible to work in the United States (visa support not provided).

What You Can Expect from Highland:

· Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus program

· A supportive, highly collaborative, team-oriented environment

· Opportunities to make a difference, be heard, add value, and be recognized

· Growth and development with a leader in this new and exciting industry

· Ability to work with bright, innovative, and forward-thinking colleagues

· Health, Vision, and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents

· Life insurance, public transportation assistance

· Generous Paid Time Off

· 401(k) program and company match

Highland Electric Fleets provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Highland Electric Fleets complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.