Attorney-Advisor (Climate & Clean Energy Investments)

This position is located in the Office of General Counsel (OGC), United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the U.S. Government's development finance bank. The successful candidate will serve as an Assistant General Counsel and advise on the legal and policy aspects of all, one, or more of DFC's finance, equity investment, and/or political risk insurance programs.

Duties:

Investment and Transaction Policy Attorneys will work across DFC product lines with a primary focus on climate and clean energy projects and may work with other DFC policy programs or transactions as needed. Work includes project vetting and due diligence; identification of early-stage barriers to bankability for relevant projects; assessment and structuring of climate finance mechanisms such as carbon credits or blue/green bonds; negotiation of tender and regulatory language with governments aimed at overcoming barriers to DFC financing; identifying and implementing creative solutions to complex market- and industry-based challenges in supporting climate and clean energy projects in developing countries; and drafting and/or negotiating transaction or other relevant documents leading to closing. The types of DFC products the Attorney will support may vary, and include project finance, political risk insurance, infrastructure loans, guarantees, and equity. DFC loans can be high or low in dollar values, but often involve complex negotiation and documentation. DFC's equity investment program includes direct investment in portfolio companies as well as private equity investment funds. DFC's political risk insurance program offers coverage against political violence, currency inconvertibility, and expropriation and includes specialized capital markets products that insure against sovereign and sub sovereign risk. Projects are always located in one or more a low-income, lower middle-income, or upper middle-income countries.