Full-Time
Sr Staff Attorney
Commercial Transactions
Posted on 9/18/2025
Consolidated Edison
5,001-10,000 employees
Delivers electricity to NYC and Westchester
No salary listed
New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in the office; candidate must be NY based due to location requirement; license in NY; travel within service territory as needed.
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- Juris Doctorate and Admission to the New York State Bar required.
- Minimum of four (4) years relevant transactional experience, including structuring and analyzing transactions, reviewing, negotiating and drafting contracts, and advising clients regarding same, required.
- Ability to manage, with appropriate level of supervision, all aspects of a transaction, including, structuring and analyzing the transaction, reviewing, negotiating and drafting transaction documents and advising internal clients regarding same, required.
- Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as excellent negotiation, presentation, analytical and interpersonal skills, and must be able to adopt a proactive customer-centric mentality, required.
- A writing sample is required and should include an example of contract drafting and an example of narrative writing to explain a legal issue or key contract terms and conditions and recommendation, required.
- Must be flexible and able to handle busy work environment, required.
- Must possess a good working knowledge of contract and commercial legal principles, required.
- Licenses and Certifications: Driver's License Required
- Core Responsibilities section indicates Hybrid 3 days in office; Review, negotiate and draft contracts and other legal instruments; Analyze and structure transactions; Counsel and advise internal clients; Perform legal research and write legal memoranda; Review, analyze, prepare comments and advise on proposed rules, regulations and legislation; Perform administrative functions; Perform other legal services.
- Review, negotiate and draft contracts and other legal instruments.
- Analyze and structure transactions.
- Counsel and advise internal clients and Company management regarding these legal services.
- Perform legal research and write legal memoranda.
- Review, analyze, prepare comments and advise on proposed rules, regulations and legislation.
- Perform administrative functions relating to operation of the Law Department.
- Perform other legal services, tasks and assignments as required.
- All of the foregoing is expected to be handled with a high level of supervision.
- Familiarity with renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives; design-build/engineering, procurement and construction transaction models and contracts; privacy issues; cyber security issues; government contracting; intellectual property legal principles, transactions, rules, regulations and filings; mergers and acquisitions transactions and contracts, preferred.
Consolidated Edison supplies electricity to more than 10 million people and businesses in New York City and Westchester. Its work centers on reliable delivery of power and expanding access to energy services. The company also pursues a net-zero future by 2050, aggressively reducing fossil fuel use and investing in clean energy, infrastructure, and new technologies. It runs energy-efficiency programs that have cut carbon emissions by 11 million metric tons since 2009, and is undertaking long-term projects to strengthen resilience against extreme weather. Its approach differs from many competitors through a strong commitment to affordability, equity, and environmental justice, collaboration with customers, regulators, engineers, and policymakers, and a continuous focus on practical infrastructure and technology investments to support a cleaner energy system.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1823
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Adjusted earnings rose 6.5% to $5.40 per share in 2024 from $5.07 in 2023.
- 7-million share offering funds subsidiary growth investments through 2025.
- Sustainability report details clean energy infrastructure progress supporting decarbonization.
What critics are saying
- Net income fell 28% to $1,820M in 2024 after Clean Energy Businesses divestiture.
- Q4 2024 adjusted EPS dropped 2% to $0.98 amid rate case pressures.
- New York net-zero mandate by 2050 demands capex outpacing regulatory rate approvals.
What makes Consolidated Edison unique
- Con Edison partners with First Student on Brooklyn solar microgrid for bus electrification.
- Con Edison collaborates with Logical Buildings on real-time emissions monitoring for NYC buildings.
- Con Edison deploys ULC Technologies' robotic MV cable splicing for infrastructure efficiency.
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Benefits
Flexible Work Hours
Paid Sick Leave
Remote Work Options
Company News
Consolidated Edison (CECONY) secured a $500 million loan to repay existing debt due November 2025. The 364-Day Senior Unsecured Term Loan Credit Agreement includes covenants that could affect financial stability. The latest analyst rating for ED stock is a Sell with a $98 price target. Despite a neutral technical trend, the stock is considered reasonably priced with an attractive dividend yield. Current market cap is $36.15 billion.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) (NYSE: ED) today reported 2024 net income for common stock of $1,820 million or $5.26 a share compared with $2,519 million or $7.25 a share in 2023. Adjusted earnings (non-GAAP) were $1,868 million or $5.40 a share in 2024 compared with $1,762 million or $5.07 a share in 2023. Adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share in 2024 exclude adjustments to the gain and other impacts related to the sale of all of the stock of Con Edison's former subsidiary, Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Inc. (the Clean Energy Businesses) in 2023 and the effects of hypothetical liquidation at book value (HLBV) accounting for tax equity investments
Con Edison announces strategic 7-million share offering with JP Morgan, securing future capital for subsidiary investments through flexible settlement options by 2025.
Con Edison launches public offering of 7 million shares.
School transportation firm First Student is working with New York utility Con Edison on developing a solar microgrid to support fleet electrification for buses in Brooklyn.