Senior Attorney (Regulatory) | Palo Verde

Senior Attorney (Commercial & Regulatory Law) | Palo Verde

Join a high-performing legal team supporting one of the most complex and critical operations in the country. We're seeking a Senior Attorney with strong experience in commercial, regulatory, and contracts law to provide strategic legal counsel to senior leaders and help guide company policy and operations at the Palo Verde Generating Station.

In this dynamic and highly visible role, you'll advise on commercial agreements, regulatory matters, and corporate compliance. You'll work closely with internal stakeholders across multiple departments to deliver sound, business-aligned legal guidance that supports both operational and strategic objectives.

What You'll Do:

• Advise on a wide range of commercial contracts and regulatory filings, with an emphasis on procurement, licensing, and vendor agreements.
• Support the company's compliance with relevant state and federal regulations by monitoring legal developments and translating them into actionable guidance.
• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements to support large-scale operations and ensure risk mitigation.
• Partner with senior leadership to assess legal risk and guide complex legal projects from negotiation through resolution.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external stakeholders on matters of corporate governance, compliance, and regulatory reporting.

What We're Looking For:

• Proven experience in corporate or commercial law, ideally in a highly regulated industry.
• Strong understanding of contracts, compliance, and regulatory frameworks at the state and federal level.
• A practical, solutions-oriented approach to legal counsel with the ability to align legal strategy to business goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to advise senior executives.
• Experience working in-house or as outside counsel to large organizations is preferred.

Senior Attorney (Regulatory) | Palo Verde

• Degree from an accredited law school; Licensed state bar member in good standing
• May be required to become a member of the State Bar of Arizona;
• PLUS five (5) years of experience with significant exposure to corporate clients and the types of legal issues regularly faced by large public companies.

1) Independently perform a variety of legal services, which involve a high level of complex and difficult legal and/or factual issues in connection with every phase of the Company's operations.
2) Counsel officers and senior management in the development of strategy regarding negotiations, disputes, claims, litigation/administrative proceedings, etc., by recommending specific courses of action based on extensive research, investigation, analysis, and experience.
3) Provide preliminary instruction, monitor performance of assignments, review soundness of approach/arguments and application of legal principles of outside counsel retained by the company.
4) Direct and coordinate the workflow of project teams, while maintaining positive working relationships with internal and external customers

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.

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In compliance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988, the Company is committed to a work environment that is free from the effects of alcohol and controlled substances, and free from the abuse or inappropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications. The Company requires employees to be subject to drug and alcohol testing that is job-related and consistent with business necessity, regulatory requirements and applicable laws.