Analyst/Sr. Analyst – Legal & Compliance (Financing)

**About DESRI**

DESRI (formerly D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments) is a market-leading owner and operator of renewable energy projects throughout the United States. We have acquired or developed approximately 13 gigawatts of contracted capacity across a portfolio of over 85 renewable energy projects in 24 states. DESRI is run by a dynamic team with offices located at New York, Denver, and Hyderabad (India).

**About the role**

We are looking for a resourceful and driven professional to join DESRI, based out of the firm’s Hyderabad, India office. The successful candidate will be a part of a growing, inclusive, highly skilled team responsible for supporting DESRI’s portfolio of wind, solar and battery projects in an agile environment that values collaboration, thoughtful problem solving, and attention to detail.

**What you'll do**

In this role, you’ll support DESRI’s project finance workstream and partner closely with a dynamic commercial team. Working alongside deal teams, asset managers, lenders, tax equity and equity investors, and attorneys in other DESRI offices, you will:

• Support financing transactions across the portfolio, including construction-to-term conversions, refinancings, acquisitions.
• Review, draft, and negotiate financing documents and ancillary deliverables such as credit agreements, equity capital contribution agreements, amendments, waivers, and consents under existing financing arrangements (with debt, tax equity, and/or equity investors).
• Prepare closing checklists, certificates, resolutions, and conditions precedent packages that support each financing across the development, construction, and operating phases of our solar, wind, and storage projects.
• Review and negotiate pledge agreements, security agreements, mortgages/deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, and UCC filing packages.
• Review partnership/LLC agreements, side letters, flip structures, and tax equity investor consent packages.
• Assemble and maintain closing bibles, signature pages, and post-closing deliverables trackers.

**Qualifications**

• Candidates should have a degree in law with a proven record of academic achievement and 2-5 years of experience supporting project finance, mergers and acquisitions or corporate lending transactions, including financing documentation and closing deliverables with lenders and internal stakeholders.
• Familiarity with credit agreements, security and collateral documents, partnership/LLC agreements, amendments, consents, and closing checklists, and comfort tracking conditions precedent across multiple concurrent closings.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow structured review guidelines and escalation protocols, with a demonstrated capacity for tracking multiple deliverables and compliance requirements across concurrent transactions.
• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel, with experience using legal technology tools, including AI-based platforms and document automation systems, or demonstrated willingness and aptitude to quickly learn such tools.
• Ability to work effectively with US-based legal, finance, and deal teams, and with external lenders and counsel, in a cross-border environment.