Position: Associate General Counsel Location Global (Remote)
Experience: 8 - 10 years legal experience in the financial and technology sectors, with exposure to project finance advisory, technology products and company secretarial services.
Type: Full-time

About the Organization

We are a fast-growing climate-tech organization providing project finance advisory services to renewable energy and energy transition projects globally. Our platform supports sponsors, developers, and investors across the full project lifecycle. As part of our next phase of growth, the organization intends to evolve into a regulated financial institution which integrates innovative technology and AI driven products. To support this transformation, we are seeking an experienced Associate General Counsel to work closely with the executive team, project finance professionals, technology and AI teams, and external regulators.

About the Role

The Associate General Counsel (AGC) will be a senior in-house legal leader, reporting to the Chief Legal Officer. The AGC will provide strategic, commercial, and regulatory legal advice across all aspects of the organization’s activities, with a strong focus on project finance, financial regulation, technology products, AI, governance, compliance and cross-border transactions. This role combines hands-on transactional work with regulatory leadership and company secretarial services.

The successful candidate will be experienced in project finance advisory, within the technology sector, with a preference for exposure to climate, clean energy or sustainability-related sectors. A commitment to advancing global decarbonization efforts and addressing the climate crisis is essential. Our organization is focused on making it easier and faster for the industry to originate, structure and finance climate mitigation projects.

Key Responsibilities

Project Finance and Transactions

• Advise the project finance advisory team on renewable energy and infrastructure projects from origination through financial close, including: Senior and junior debt financing, Mezzanine financing, Convertible instruments, Equity investments, Refinancing transactions, Asset sales and acquisitions, Mergers, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.

• Advise on policies for achieving the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of sovereign nations as well as carbon trading and transactions

• Review, draft, and negotiate project finance and transaction documentation, including term sheets, mandates, NDAs, SPAs, shareholders’ agreements, and financing agreements and highlight legal risks and mitigation strategies

• Coordinate with external counsel, lenders, sponsors, investors, and other stakeholders across jurisdictions including Asia, Africa, Europe and North America

Technology, AI and Product launches

• Advise the technology and AI teams on new product development and launches including: regulatory compliance, financial services regulation, ESG, cybersecurity, data protection and AI governance, outsourcing and technology contracts and risks

• Ensure products are legally compliant across multiple jurisdictions prior to launch.

Regulatory and Licensing

• Support the organization’s regulatory strategy and compliance framework as it transitions to a regulated financial institution

• Advise on and support the application, licensing, and ongoing regulatory compliance with relevant authorities (e.g. EU, Luxembourg and other jurisdictions)

• Design and implement internal policies, governance frameworks, and compliance processes

• Support internal and external audits and regulatory reviews.

Corporate, Commercial and Governance

• Manage and advise on all cross-border commercial transactions including NDAs, Service Agreements, MOUs, contractor contracts etc.

• Develop and maintain contract templates and playbooks

• Oversee corporate secretarial matters, corporate filings, and group structure management

• Advise on corporate governance, board matters, and shareholder relations

• Support strategic initiatives, investments, and group expansions and restructuring

Leadership and Strategy

• Provide pragmatic, risk-based legal advice aligned with regulatory expectations and business objectives

• Help build and scale the in-house legal function

• Manage external counsel efficiently across jurisdictions

• Contribute to the company’s long-term strategic and regulatory roadmap

Qualifications and Experience

• Education: Fully qualified lawyer and law degree from a recognized institution

• Experience: Minimum of 8 -10 years relevant legal experience (law firm, in-house).

Demonstrated experience in:

• Project finance (renewables or infrastructure preferred) and carbon trading

• Financial services regulation and compliance

• In-house role within fintech, financial services, renewable energy, or infrastructure sectors (or top-tier law firm experience with strong in-house exposure)

• Commercial contracting and negotiation in cross-border, multi-cultural contexts.

• Corporate governance and compliance.

• Experience working on legal matters involving one or more Asian, African, European and North America jurisdictions.

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

• Excellent commercial judgment and stakeholder management skills

• Fluent English required; additional languages are a plus

Skills and Competencies

• Strong legal writing and drafting competencies.

• Commercially strategic and solutions-oriented mindset.

• Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy and integrity while handling confidential and sensitive information with absolute discretion.

• Excellent negotiation, communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work independently in remote and global environments.

• Comfortable working across multiple time zones.

• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.

• Commitment to sustainability and global decarbonization efforts.

Why Join Us?

• Work in a flexible, remote-friendly role with teams based in Luxembourg and globally.

• Be a core part of a mission-driven team solving the climate crisis.

• Participate in a co-op structure with shared upside and collaborative culture.

• Join an organization focused on solving the climate funding gap and making it easier for the industry to originate, structure, and finance climate mitigation projects.

Contact

If you are a senior legal professional with a passion for renewable energy, fintech and building regulated financial platforms in support of a climate-focused organization, please send your CV to info@sponsorgo.com

Job Description: Associate, Project Finance (Remote)

Position: Associate, Project Finance
Location: Remote
Experience: 3-5 years in climate mitigation project finance, financial modeling, or a related field
Type: Full-time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and analytical Associate to support our VP-Level Project Finance Deal Leads in structuring, analyzing, and executing climate mitigation project finance deals. This individual will play a crucial role in financial modeling, preparing materials such as information memorandums, and supporting customers through the financing process.

The ideal candidate will have experience in financial analysis, discounted cash flow (DCF) modeling, and project finance deals. A commitment to advancing global decarbonization efforts and addressing the climate crisis is essential. Our company is focused on making it easier for the industry to originate, structure, and finance climate mitigation projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support VP-Level Deal Leads in executing climate mitigation project finance deals from origination to financial close.

• Develop and maintain discounted cash flow (DCF) financial models to assess project viability and structure financing solutions.

• Assist in preparing investor materials, including information memorandums, presentations, and financial analysis reports.

• Conduct due diligence on financial, regulatory, and technical aspects of deals.

• Support customers by coordinating financing processes, gathering required documentation, and ensuring alignment with lenders and investors.

• Research industry trends, regulatory updates, and market developments to support decision-making.

• Work closely with internal teams, including legal, engineering, and business development, to facilitate smooth execution of deals.

Qualifications:

Growth Potential:

• Strong potential to become a future leader within the organization.

Finance & Analytical Expertise:

• 3-5 years of experience in climate mitigation project finance, investment banking, financial consulting, or a related field.

• Proficiency in financial modeling, particularly discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, and investment structuring.

• Strong analytical skills with experience conducting due diligence and risk assessments.

• Familiarity with project finance agreements, including term sheets, loan agreements, and power purchase agreements (PPAs), is a plus.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced, deal-oriented environment.

• Excellent communication skills to interact with internal teams, customers, investors, and external stakeholders.

• Ability to synthesize complex financial and regulatory information into clear and actionable insights.

• Commitment to sustainability and global decarbonization efforts.

Why Join Us?

• 100% remote work.

• Opportunity to work on high-impact climate mitigation projects for a mission-driven organization.

• Work with a team dedicated to solving the climate crisis.

• Participate in a co-op structure with shared upside and collaborative culture, rather than a traditional corporate hierarchy.

• Be part of an organization that is focused on solving the climate funding gap and making it easier for the industry to originate, structure, and finance climate mitigation projects.

Contact:

If you are passionate about leveraging your expertise in financial modeling and project finance to drive global decarbonization efforts, please send your CV to info@sponsorgo.com

Location: Remote

Experience: 5-7 years in climate mitigation project finance, including a mandatory minimum of 3 years' experience as a Project Finance Advisor (international experience required)

Type: Full-time

Reports to: SVP Project Finance Advisory

Company Description

SPONSOR is committed to scaling climate finance by addressing barriers that prevent clean energy projects from reaching financial close. Each year, thousands of viable projects face challenges due to a lack of bankability and risk visibility. Combining decades of project finance expertise with innovative technology, SPONSOR makes clean energy projects investment ready. We are driving the growth of the USD 1.8 trillion Climate Mitigation Project Finance industry.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced VP Project Finance Advisory to spearhead the structuring, negotiation and execution of climate mitigation project finance deals. This individual will play a critical role in leading deal execution and collaborating with key stakeholders to enable projects to reach financial close as quickly as possible.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in international climate mitigation project finance. A minimum of 3 years' experience as a project finance advisor is required for this role. A commitment to advancing global decarbonization efforts and addressing the climate crisis is essential. Our company is focused on making it easier for the industry to originate, structure, and finance climate mitigation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead climate mitigation project finance deals from origination to financial close, ensuring alignment with investment and risk management strategies.

• Structure and negotiate debt and equity financing arrangements for climate mitigation project finance deals.

• Manage relationships with lenders, investors, and financial institutions to secure optimal financing terms.

• Conduct due diligence on financial, regulatory, and technical aspects of deals.

• Develop financial models and risk assessments to support decision-making and investment strategies.

• Collaborate with internal teams, including legal, engineering, and business development, to ensure seamless execution of deals.

• Stay up to date on industry trends, regulatory changes, and market dynamics affecting climate mitigation project finance deals.

• Provide strategic insights to enhance capital structuring and financing strategies.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements (Mandatory)

• Minimum of 3 years' experience as a Project Finance Advisor.

Finance & Deal-Making Expertise

• 5-7 years of experience in climate mitigation project finance, with a strong international focus.

• Proven ability to execute complex deals, including debt structuring and investment analysis.

• Strong understanding of financial modeling, credit analysis, and risk assessment.

• Experience negotiating project finance agreements, including term sheets, loan agreements, and power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Leadership & Strategic Thinking

• Ability to lead deal teams and manage multiple climate mitigation project finance deals simultaneously.

• Ability to translate market trends, regulatory shifts, and portfolio performance into actionable input.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills to interact with investors, lenders, and internal stakeholders.

• Commitment to sustainability and global decarbonization efforts.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to lead climate mitigation projects for a mission-driven organization.

• Be part of an organization that is focused on solving the climate funding gap and making it easier for the industry to originate, structure, and finance climate mitigation projects.

• Join a mission-driven, cooperative organization structured around shared ownership rather than a traditional corporate hierarchy.

• 100% remote work.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a brief cover note to info@sponsorgo.com, referencing “VP Project Finance Advisory.”

Position: SVP Project Finance Advisory
Location: Remote, with periodic travel to our Luxembourg headquarters and to deal jurisdictions
Experience: 10+ years in climate mitigation project finance, including a mandatory minimum of 7 years' experience as a Project Finance Advisor and proven experience leading deal teams (international experience required)
Type: Full-time

Reports to: Head of Business Development and Investor Relations

Company Description

SPONSOR is committed to scaling climate finance by addressing barriers that prevent clean energy projects from reaching financial close. Each year, thousands of viable projects face challenges due to a lack of bankability and risk visibility. Combining decades of project finance expertise with innovative technology, SPONSOR makes clean energy projects investment ready. We are driving the growth of the USD 1.8 trillion Climate Mitigation Project Finance industry.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced SVP Project Finance Advisory to take senior ownership of our largest and most complex climate mitigation project finance deals, from origination through financial close. Beyond leading deals personally, this individual will continue to build and develop the Project Finance team, set the standards by which every project is structured and reviewed, and act as a senior representative of the organization with our most important clients and partners.

The ideal candidate combines deep, hands-on expertise in international climate mitigation project finance with a track record of building and leading high-performing teams. A minimum of 7 years' experience as a project finance advisor and demonstrated experience leading deal teams are both required for this role. A genuine commitment to advancing global decarbonization is essential. Our company is focused on making it easier for the industry to originate, structure, and finance climate mitigation projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the organization’s largest, most complex climate mitigation project finance deals, from origination to financial close, ensuring alignment with investment and risk management strategy.

• Structure and negotiate debt and equity financing arrangements, including the most structurally challenging transactions in the pipeline.

• Build, manage and mentor a team of VP and associate deal leads, providing coaching, quality and escalation support across the deal pipeline.

• Serve as a senior point of contact for key lenders, investors, development finance institutions, and strategic partners, deepening long-term relationships at the most senior level.

• Set and continuously refine the deal execution playbook, due-diligence standards, and risk frameworks used across the team.

• Partner with senior leadership on capital-raising strategy, platform growth, and the identification of new geographies, sectors or financing structures.

• Conduct or oversee due diligence on financial, regulatory, and technical aspects of deals, and review the financial models and risk assessments prepared by the team.

• Collaborate with internal legal, engineering, and business development leadership to ensure seamless execution across the full transaction lifecycle.

• Stay ahead of industry trends, regulatory change, and market dynamics affecting climate mitigation project finance, and translate them into actionable input for strategy.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements (Mandatory)

• Minimum of 7 years' experience as a Project Finance Advisor.

• Proven, hands-on experience leading deal teams, not solely individual deal execution.

Finance & Deal-Making Expertise

• 10+ years of experience in climate mitigation project finance, with substantial international experience.

• Demonstrated track record leading and closing large, structurally complex transactions, including debt, equity, and blended finance.

• Deep expertise in financial modeling, credit analysis, and risk assessment, at a level sufficient to review and quality-control the work of others.

• Extensive experience negotiating and closing project finance agreements, including term sheets, loan agreements, and power purchase agreements (PPAs), typically as the senior-most deal negotiator.

Leadership & People Management

• Proven experience building, mentoring, developing and leading a high-performing deal team, not only executing deals individually.

• Comfortable setting team-wide standards, workflows, quality benchmarks, and holding others to them.

• Experience managing accountability for a multi-deal pipeline delivered by others, not just one's own transactions.

 Strategic & Organizational Impact

• Ability to translate market trends, regulatory shifts, and portfolio performance into actionable input for firm strategy.

• Experience engaging directly with a Board, Investment Committee, or equivalent senior governance body.

• Strong track record representing an organization externally with lenders, investors, development finance institutions, and industry bodies.

• Genuine commitment to sustainability and global decarbonization, with the credibility to represent that mission publicly.

Why Join Us?

• Lead the highest-impact climate mitigation financings in our portfolio, with true ownership over deal strategy and outcomes.

• Build and shape a growing deal execution team from a senior leadership seat.

• Join a mission-driven, cooperative organization structured around shared ownership rather than a traditional corporate hierarchy.

• Participate in a co-op structure with shared upside and a collaborative culture.

• 100% remote-first culture, with the flexibility that comes with it and periodic travel as noted above.

• Be part of closing the climate finance gap at a pivotal moment for the sector.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a brief cover note to info@sponsorgo.com, referencing “SVP Project Finance Advisory.”