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Optimized legal expertise in general commercial matters, providing in-house legal advice and counsel to identify and mitigate legal risks associated with a wide variety of complex business issues and challenges faced by multiple operational businesses and support functions. - Supplied commercial legal advice and counsel to bp wind energy in the permitting, joint venture partnering, financing, refinancing, operation, maintenance, management and growth of wind energy projects. - Served on the bp wind energy leadership team, providing valuable legal expertise and insight to guide the team in its planning, management and leadership of the business. - Aligned as part of the global corporate legal team to deliver legal advice and counsel to multiple internal business units throughout the bp group, including M&A, US biofuels, low carbon energy, remediation management, Castrol, refineries, group real estate, and office complex property management. - Administered line manager responsibilities and provided day-to-day management and guidance to bp wind energy's land team, supporting property administration, GIS and land title and lease analysis.

Provided legal advice and counsel in the negotiation, drafting and execution of a variety of agreements in connection with leasing, construction and financing of wind energy and solar energy projects.Managed paralegal staff supporting legal, project development and electric regulatory compliance teams.

Counseled commercial clients in variety of land use and development agreements including build to suit leases, shared site and shared services agreements, and wind energy leases, transmission and other easement agreements. Assisted clients through multiple phases of project development and project operation for office, retail and mixed-use facilities, including negotiation of agreements regarding acquisition, construction, leasing, financing, operations, management and disposition.