Legal Director

ACCIONA is a global company, leading in the development of regenerative infrastructure that creates a positive impact on society. Our workforce consists of more than 65,000 professionals, present in more than 40 countries across the five continents, all contributing in our mission to design a better planet. Are you a passionate individual who wants to make a difference, promote sustainable development, and find solutions to the biggest global challenges including climate change, overpopulation, and water scarcity? Come and join us in building the infrastructure our planet needs to achieve a sustainable future.

Acciona offers a competitive salary, relocation assistance where relocation is required and approved, 401(k) retirement plan, medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability benefits, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and more.

The Legal Counsel will provide legal advice and leadership across CAI’s business lines in the U.S., with a special focus on claims management, contract administration in execution-phase projects, and ANA Concessions. This role will ensure compliance with laws and regulations, safeguard the company’s interests, and support business development, asset management, and dispute resolution.

By delivering expert legal guidance, the Legal Counsel will mitigate risks, optimize resources, and enhance regulatory and contractual compliance, ensuring CAI’s sustainable growth and operational success in the U.S. market.

Additionally, this role will provide the company with critical time to assess the evolving legal needs of the North America Legal Team, ensuring well-informed, strategic hiring decisions for long-term legal support.

Job Description Key Responsibilities:

Business development and project Advisory: Offer legal guidance throughout all phases in infrastructure projects under PPPs schemes—origination, bidding, acquisition, partnerships, awarding, financing, construction, operation, and divestment.

General Legal advice: Provide legal advice to various in-house departments, crafting strategies aligned with legal requirements and regulatory frameworks. Identify associated risks to support informed decision-making. Provide training to management as required on selected topics.

Regulatory Compliance: Advise on regulatory matters and interactions with regulatory bodies, ensuring legal compliance to avoid penalties.

Risk Anticipation & Contractual Compliance: Anticipate legal risks and ensure timely compliance with all contractual obligations, including coordination of financial obligations (e.g., financial closings, guarantees), fulfillment of precedent conditions, and other contractual deliverables.

Tender Process Participation: Actively participate in all tender stages of various contract models, especially PPPs, including: (i). reviewing bid documents and concession contract models; (ii). drafting and negotiating consortium agreements, confidentiality agreements, service agreements, construction and O&M contracts, etc., and (iii). advising on the incorporation of necessary entities for project execution and assisting in financial structuring during the commercial and financial closure phases.

M&A : legal support throughout M&A operations, conducting due diligence, and preparing and negotiating non-binding and binding offers, share purchase agreements (SPAs), asset purchase agreements (APAs), and other key commercial agreements.

Corporate Legal Support: Provide support in corporate matters, including preparation of corporate documents (entity formation, changes, registrations, etc.), preparing and reviewing internal approval forms, constitutions, trust deeds etc. Liaison and integration of work with commercial, corporate and tax advisors

Asset Management: Advise on claims against clients or third parties, refinancing processes, and concession contract termination procedures, providing legal support to formal communications with concession-granting authorities, regulators, contractors, etc.

Claims Management: Manage and coordinate claims (financial and timeline-based), ensuring proper argumentation and validation.

Dispute Resolution Strategy: Support legal strategy in dispute resolution, assess alternative scenarios, and select consultants accordingly.

Litigation & Arbitration Oversight: Monitor and coordinate judicial, administrative, and arbitration processes, providing strategic legal guidance.

External Counsel Management: Appoint, negotiate, and manage external law firms following internal procedures, standards, and company policies, including work scope, delivery requirement and advisory costs in respect of own projects.

Reporting: Provide regular updates to senior management and legal department heads (both business and corporate) and business unit leaders (e.g., Directors and CEOs) as required.

Team Management: Supervise and manage legal team, if applicable.

Document & Archive Management: Ensure rigorous documentation and archiving of all relevant legal documents throughout project participation and corporate activities.

Governance: Promote and enforce adherence to internal policies, procedures, and compliance standards within the company.

Knowledge Management – contributing to the development and maintenance of the business’ precedent documentation and other legal resources and updating them to take account of developments of law

Resource Optimization: Foster efficient use of allocated resources, promoting cost savings and optimization of expenditures and investments.

Other Responsibilities: Undertake any additional responsibilities related to the position as assigned.

Knowledge/Experience Required Skills and Competencies Education: Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school in the United States. Active member of the Bar in at least one common law U.S. state.

Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience in legal practice, preferably in the infrastructure or concessions sector and both as in-house counsel and in a law firm. Proven track record in project finance, M&A, and asset management within a multinational environment.

Skills

ACCIONA has been given the Top Employer 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 certification in US, as well as the Top Employers North America 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 seal, which certifies the company's commitment to excellence in human resources management and those who focus on putting their people first through their exceptional HR policies. As a company that values diversity as a source of talent, we work to foster an inclusive environment that promotes respect, belonging and engagement so that all people can participate on an equal opportunity basis. We invite everyone to apply regardless of origin, circumstances, background or condition.