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Project Development Associate at Latham & Watkins in Houston, TX
ExperiencedOn-siteFull-timeHouston, TX$225k–$435k/yr
Job Description
Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers globally and offer unmatched expertise and resources to help you grow from an intellectually curious self-starter into an exceptional lawyer. If you aspire to be the best, this is where you belong.
Latham’s premier Project Development & Finance Practice ranks among the largest and most active in the world. We bring technical sophistication, industry knowledge, commercial focus, and global coverage to our representation of project lenders and sponsors in nearly every industrial sector and geography.
Tracing our roots to the representation of developers of independent power projects in the United States in the early 1980s, Latham continues to pioneer financing structures that shape the market. We regularly execute more than 100 project financings worth billions of dollars in aggregate every year, including many “deals of the year” in markets around the globe.
At the outset of any project matter, we work with clients to uncover potential pitfalls in the proposed transaction and map out solutions to each one. Drawing on the experience and foresight of regulatory and industry-focused colleagues around the globe, we spot issues and opportunities, particularly related to energy transition, few others can see. This approach, paired with Latham’s vast global resources, allows us to efficiently drive the most complex project finance transactions to completion.
Our experience also yields insight into what is at market, and helps us work with both lenders and sponsors to structure the transaction to provide maximum value and security. For sponsors, we know what similarly situated parties are able to achieve in the market, which allows us to structure transactions that are financeable with terms and conditions that provide ongoing value. For lenders, we position the transaction for successful syndication. By representing parties on both sides of the table, we fully understand all aspects of a deal and know how to find a middle path to deal execution.
Tracing our roots to the representation of developers of independent power projects in the United States in the early 1980s, Latham continues to pioneer financing structures that shape the market. We regularly execute more than 100 project financings worth billions of dollars in aggregate every year, including many “deals of the year” in markets around the globe.
At the outset of any project matter, we work with clients to uncover potential pitfalls in the proposed transaction and map out solutions to each one. Drawing on the experience and foresight of regulatory and industry-focused colleagues around the globe, we spot issues and opportunities, particularly related to energy transition, few others can see. This approach, paired with Latham’s vast global resources, allows us to efficiently drive the most complex project finance transactions to completion.
Our experience also yields insight into what is at market, and helps us work with both lenders and sponsors to structure the transaction to provide maximum value and security. For sponsors, we know what similarly situated parties are able to achieve in the market, which allows us to structure transactions that are financeable with terms and conditions that provide ongoing value. For lenders, we position the transaction for successful syndication. By representing parties on both sides of the table, we fully understand all aspects of a deal and know how to find a middle path to deal execution.
The Project Development & Finance Practice is seeking a highly qualified mid-level or senior associate with experience representing US and/or international energy and infrastructure clients on project development transactions.
Lateral Recruiting — Finance
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Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.
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Please click here to review your rights under U.S. employment laws. In accordance with Latham & Watkins policies, associates in this role must protect and maintain any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains either as part of the legal services the Firm provides to clients or for internal purposes.
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Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. An employer that violates this law may be subject to fines and/or a private right of action for $500 in statutory damages “for each such violation,” among other things.
Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.
We periodically provide demographic data to legal publications, bar associations, civic and community organizations, and in some instances, to local, state, and federal government agencies as required by law or contract. So that the firm can provide this information accurately, we request that you consider self-identifying.
Please click here to review your rights under U.S. employment laws. In accordance with Latham & Watkins policies, associates in this role must protect and maintain any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains either as part of the legal services the Firm provides to clients or for internal purposes.
Los Angeles: Latham & Watkins LLP will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO). Please click the link above to review the Ordinance.
San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Please click the link above to review the Ordinance.
Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. An employer that violates this law may be subject to fines and/or a private right of action for $500 in statutory damages “for each such violation,” among other things.
Associate Base Salary
Discretionary bonuses may be available depending on application circumstances and position.
| Class of | US Payroll |
| 2026 | $225,000 |
| 2025 | $225,000 |
| 2024 | $235,000 |
| 2023 | $260,000 |
| 2022 | $310,000 |
| 2021 | $365,000 |
| 2020 | $390,000 |
| 2019 | $420,000 |
| 2018 | $435,000 |