Legal Counsel, Climate

Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies - from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups - use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About the team

Frontier is an advance market commitment to buy $1B+ of permanent carbon removal by 2030. Frontier aims to send a strong demand signal to researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors that there is a growing market for their technologies. Frontier was founded by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta and McKinsey, and operates as a subsidiary of Stripe.

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, most climate models agree the world will need ~6 billion tons of carbon removal a year by 2050. If successful, we’ll increase the likelihood that the world has the portfolio of carbon removal solutions needed to reach these climate goals. Read more about our approach here.

What you’ll do

Frontier is looking for an enthusiastic, highly organized, and resourceful transactional attorney to join our team. In this role, you’ll provide legal support to Frontier and play a key role in facilitating the purchase of permanent carbon removal under commercial offtake agreements, provide legal and strategic advice to Frontier’s business leads, and work closely with internal stakeholders in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate complex offtake agreements and revise existing agreements, and facilitate closing the transactions
• Monitor executed offtake agreements to ensure ongoing compliance and achievement of milestones and other obligations
• Support the development of online tools for tracking offtake agreements and related obligations under the agreements
• Assist with corporate filings and corporate governance matters relating to Frontier
• Support other Frontier legal projects and initiatives

Who you are

We're looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a law firm or in-house
• Experience negotiating complex transactions and driving deals from start to finish
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to provide succinct, practical advice on complex issues
• Comfortable with a daily high volume of tasks and projects, and can quickly shift priorities as needed
• Flexible, responsive, proactive, resourceful, and highly organized, with great attention to detail, a strong ability to execute, and practical judgment 
• Curious and enthusiastic about helping Frontier meet our goals, enjoy overcoming challenges, and react well under pressure or ambiguity
• Low ego, with a proven track record of working well across teams and with external partners
• J.D. from an accredited law school and bar membership (CA preferred)

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working in the carbon removal or renewable energy space
• Experience working with start-ups or other early stage companies