Christian Bedortha

About Christian Bedortha

My passion is working with the best of the best to solve complex problems and move the business forward. Bringing out the best in my team in the most fair and transparent way possible leads to greater communication and a collective effort to supercharge the bottom line.Retail Energy - Wholesale Power - Natural Gas - Renewables - Decarbonization - PPAs - VPPAs - EV Chargers - Community Solar - Deregulation - Deregulated Markets - Business Development - Corporate Structuring - Litigation Management - Commercial Contracts - Secured Transactions - M&A - Corporate Governance - Regulatory - Privacy - Compliance - EEIs - NAESBs - ISDAs - Dispute Resolution - Contract Negotiations - Strategic Planning - Operational Development - Project Management - Artificial Intelligence Platforms

Experience

1. Senior Attorney

   NextEra Energy Resources

   Apr 2023 — Present

   Lead Team member of NextEra Energy Resources\' Consulting Group (Usource/NextEra Energy Solutions) and Power Wizard. Member of Legal Team supporting NextEra Energy Resources family of companies. Brand names include Gexa, NextEra Energy Services, Frontier Utilities, and Gexa Energy Solutions. The NextEra Retail group sells retail electricity in 13 states and the District of Columbia, and provides comprehensive energy solutions nationwide. The Consulting group services customers throughout the US and Canada. Advising national client groups and serving as the day-to-day legal lead for significant retail electricity transactions potentially involving multiple contracts, counterparties, and stakeholders. Negotiating national retail electricity sales, energy brokering, consulting, energy efficiency agreements, and renewable contracting. Partnering with internal clients on legal-related sales, partnerships, and marketing matters, including RFP responses, general inquiries from prospective clients, channel partner, and referral partner relationships, internal policies and processes, intellectual property matters, etc. Counsel for compliance-related issues working with the Regulatory Department in researching, analyzing, and reporting on state and federal regulatory requirements in the areas of electricity and gas sales and consumer law. Supporting M&A activity, including contract and legal due diligence and oversight.

Education

• Quantic School of Business and Technology

  Executive MBA

• Universidad de Salamanca

  Minor - Spanish

  1999 — 1999

• St. Mary's University School of Law

  Juris Doctor, Law

  2001 — 2004

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  1997 — 2000

Skills

• Management
• Contract Management
• Compliance
• Corporate Law
• Legal Compliance
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Advertising
• Natural Gas
• Commercial Litigation
• Business Planning
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Writing
• New Business Development
• Corporate Governance
• Energy Industry
• Energy
• Customer Service
• Trial Practice
• Team Leadership
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Business Analysis
• Contract Negotiation
• Energy Law
• Intellectual Property
• Leadership
• Legal Advice
• Due Diligence
• Startup Development
• Strategic Planning
• Electric Power
• Electricity Markets
• Research
• Business Strategy
• International Law
• Marketing Strategy
• Marketing
• International Business