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# Legal Intern at NineDot Energy

- **Company:** NineDot Energy
- **Location:** Brooklyn, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-11-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ninedotholdingsinc/jobs/4751961005

## Job description

FLSA Classification: Non-exempt

Salary: $25.00/hour

Location: Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid)

About The Company:

NineDot's name derives from the[classic mathematical puzzle](https://www.artofplay.com/blogs/articles/history-of-the-nine-dot-problem) for sparking out-of-the-box solutions. As a leading community-scale, clean energy developer with a growing portfolio of projects across a range of technologies, NineDot Energy is creating innovative energy solutions that support a more resilient electric grid, deliver economic savings, address environmental justice and reduce carbon emissions. Our pipeline includes more than 1 GW of clean energy projects designed to strengthen local power grids and provide clean, reliable and resilient power to the communities we serve.

With the backing of Manulife Investment Management and The Carlyle Group - two of the world’s leading infrastructure investors - NineDot is continuing to expand its core battery energy storage pipeline, deliver enhanced products and services, explore new regions and consider potential acquisitions all to advance the decarbonization of New York’s grid. This is an exciting opportunity to build a platform from the ground-up with a world-class team of developers and innovators.

Job Summary

NineDot Energy is seeking a Legal Intern to gain hands-on experience with the legal work behind developing, financing, and operating community-scale battery energy storage projects in New York City. Working closely with our attorneys and business teams, you will support commercial agreements, real estate transactions, project financing, and legal operations while helping improve the tools and processes that support our growing business. This internship offers a law student the opportunity to contribute to substantive projects and see how an in-house legal team helps advance the clean energy transition.

Responsibilities:

- Assist attorneys with drafting, reviewing, and organizing commercial agreements, including nondisclosure agreements, vendor contracts, and service agreements.
- Support real estate transactions by assisting with letters of intent, site control agreements, and access agreements.
- Help coordinate due diligence for project development and financing, including organizing documents, tracking outstanding requests, and maintaining transaction records.
- Conduct legal and regulatory research and summarize findings to inform the legal team’s advice to business partners.
- Collaborate with internal teams to gather information, track legal requests, and support timely completion of legal and compliance activities.
- Help develop contract playbooks, guidance materials, and training resources that make legal requirements and processes easier for business teams to understand and apply.
- Assist with drafting and updating internal legal policies and standard operating procedures, including insurance administration processes and related training materials.
- Support the development and implementation of contract lifecycle management tools and workflows to improve how agreements are requested, reviewed, signed, and stored.
- Coordinate document execution and maintain complete, organized records of signed agreements.
- Contribute to additional legal, compliance, and operational projects as business needs evolve.
- All other duties as assigned.

Core Competencies:

- Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Drives Results - Constantly achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Interpersonal Savvy - Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
- Manages Ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.
- Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both success and failures as learning fodder
- Plans and Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
- Tech Savvy - Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital and technology applications.

Required education and experience:

- Current law school student enrolled in a relevant degree program with an interest in renewable energy, real estate, corporate law, or regulatory affairs.
- Strong research and analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Prior experience in energy law, contracts, or environmental law is a plus.

Additional Information:

- Internship duration: Approximately 6 months
- Hours: Part time, approximately 20 hours per week
- Hybrid work model based out of our office in Brooklyn, NY
- Opportunity to gain exposure to industry professionals, cutting-edge technologies, and New York’s clean energy initiatives.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

At NineDot Energy, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation and are the foundation of our success. As such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, age, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

## About NineDot Energy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: NineDot Energy develops and operates community-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) to make the New York City metro area’s power grid cleaner, more resilient, and more equitable.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by institutional investors; total capital raised >$500M)
- **Headquarters**: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: David Arfin, Adam Cohen, Nalin Kulatilaka

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Clean energy – battery energy storage (BESS)
- **Target customers**: B2B / grid-level – utilities (Con Edison), municipalities, commercial/industrial subscribers (e.g., Starbucks as anchor subscriber), and local communities
- **Mission statement**: “To design and execute innovative solutions that leverage technology, policy, and markets to support a sustainable future.”  
  **Vision**: Aspire to have a positive impact on the environment and society, supporting New York State’s goal of 100% clean energy by 2040.

## Products & Services
- **Community-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)**: Grid-connected lithium-ion battery installations (often using Tesla Megapack) that store energy when abundant and dispatch it during peak demand, reducing reliance on fossil-fuel peaker plants. NineDot handles development, financing, construction, and long-term operation of these sites. Current portfolio includes 7 operating projects (26 MW) and 60+ projects in development or construction, targeting 400 MW by end of 2026.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total capital raised exceeds $500 million, including a $431 million financing with Natixis (Feb 2026), a $225 million equity commitment from Manulife and Carlyle, and earlier debt facilities from NY Green Bank, CIT, SMBC, and SolaREIT.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The Carlyle Group, Manulife Investment Management, Natixis, NY Green Bank (NYSERDA), CIT, SMBC, SolaREIT. Key grid partner: Con Edison.
- **Growth Signals**: On track to meet/exceed 400 MW goal by end of 2026; 80+ employees and growing; named #5 on Crain’s New York Business 2023 Best Places to Work; first Tesla Megapack site in New York; multiple sites live in Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Largest & most experienced community-scale BESS developer in NYC metro area** – deep local expertise with approvals from Con Edison, FDNY, and NYC Department of Buildings.
- **“Outside-the-box” innovation culture** – co-founders bring backgrounds from SolarCity (solar leasing), U.S. Department of Energy, and academic research, enabling creative solutions for urban energy challenges.
- **Vertically integrated** – handles everything from site selection and community engagement to financing, construction, and operations.
- **Strong financial backing** from blue-chip institutional investors provides capital for rapid scaling.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale pipeline**: Continue developing and constructing 400+ MW of community-scale battery storage across NYC, Westchester, and Long Island.
- **Grid resilience & equity**: Deploy storage in underserved communities to reduce pollution from fossil-fuel peaker plants and improve grid reliability.
- **Innovation**: Explore vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilots and other distributed energy solutions.
- **Support New York’s clean energy mandate**: Align with state goal of 100% clean electricity by 2040.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Values-driven (Excellence, Grit, Innovation, Learning, Respect, You). Inclusive environment recognized by NY-BEST Inclusive Energy Storage Workforce Award. Collaborative, “outside-the-box” thinking.
- **Hybrid work**: Flexible combination of remote and office work (Brooklyn HQ).
- **Benefits**: 20 paid vacation days + 3 floating holidays; 12 weeks 100% paid parental leave; comprehensive health insurance; 5% 401k company match; company-sponsored outings and team events.
- **Growth**: Opportunity to work on meaningful climate impact projects in a rapidly scaling company. Transparent hiring process with meetings across talent team, manager, peers, and leadership.
- **Recognition**: #5 on Crain’s 2023 Best Places to Work in NYC.

## Sources
1. [nine.energy](https://nine.energy/) – Company homepage
2. [nine.energy/about](https://nine.energy/about) – About page (history, mission, co-founders)
3. [nine.energy/about/work-with-us](https://nine.energy/about/work-with-us) – Careers page (benefits, culture, values)
4. [nine.energy/wp-content/uploads/NineDot-Energy-Overview-2026.pdf](https://nine.energy/wp-content/uploads/NineDot-Energy-Overview-2026.pdf) – Company overview PDF (pipeline, metrics)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/ninedotholdingsinc](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ninedotholdingsinc) – Active job listings

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