As legal head of Google Inc.’s $1.3 billion renewable energy and alternative investments portfolio, Yana Kravtsova has helped the tech giant pour money into solar and wind projects around the globe. Kravtsova came to the legal profession back in her home country of Russia in the 1990s. “At that time it was a very dynamic field. The country was going through many political and economic changes, and the legal system had to reform itself to meet the demands of a new society,” she says. “I found that fascinating and wanted to be part of that change in the rules.”
When she moved to the U.S. and began practicing in Washington, D.C., she wanted to focus on transactional work, where she was drawn to the tangible impact. After practicing at firms for nearly a decade, she went in-house, joining First Wind as associate general counsel in 2010. She left for Google a year and a half later. Chelsea Allison spoke to her about her experience there. An edited version of their conversation follows.
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