Senior Counsel

The Senior Counsel will play a critical role supporting the Company's project development work across the business. This person will support ongoing projects, including providing legal support pre-construction efforts, environmental reviews, state and local regulatory needs, tax incentive work, procurement support, and additionally helping out with other legal needs across the company as they arise.

• Support our growing list of projects across their life cycle, including supporting with pre-construction, construction, environmental, commercial, and tax needs
• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial, procurement, supply chain, partnership, vendor, and license agreements
• Assist with state and local regulatory needs, including supporting our government affairs and community affairs teams with permitting needs
• Help us mature our legal practices and approach, including with respect to routine commercial and operational matters

This role contributes to Oklo's mission of developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale, establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes, and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy.

• A J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and admission to practice law in at least one U.S. state (with a preference for Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, or Idaho, given the location of our core projects)
• 5-7 years of transactional experience at a large law firm or in-house legal department
• Experience with environmental permitting, compliance, and regulatory considerations affecting construction or development projects
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements
• Experience working at or supporting companies that build things (ideally complicated, heavily regulated things)
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage and prioritize multiple matters simultaneously

Oklo offers flexible time off, bonus, equity, competitive pay, 401k, health insurance, FSA, flexible work hours, and other benefits. Salary range: $190,000-$210,000.

Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy.