Sunny Forecast for GC Jobs in Clean-Tech Industry

• Posted by Law.com on September 16th, 2008


• Filed in Careers (In-house Jobs)

As the hot, young clean-tech industry matures, companies are hiring and searching for general counsel that have the hard-to-come-by blend of energy business and startup lawyer skills. Ausra Inc., a solar company in Palo Alto, Calif., recently hired energy-industry veteran Debra Olson as its first general counsel. “We are all migrating toward this — it’s a phenomenal opportunity, it’s a tremendous career,” said Olson, who previously worked at Calpine and a wind-energy company.

Sunny Forecast for GC Jobs in Clean-Tech Industry