Senior Corporate Counsel
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Remote, USAFull-TimeSenior
Salary80,000 - 200,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8–12+ years
- Required Skills
- Risk Management
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree
- Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 8–12+ years of experience in commercial real estate law
- Experience with data center, energy, or infrastructure transactions
- Experience in large law firm and/or in-house environment
- Demonstrated experience leading complex real estate negotiations and closings
- Advanced knowledge of commercial real estate law and transaction mechanics
- Deep understanding of contract structuring and legal design principles
- Ability to align legal frameworks with business strategy and financial models
- Strong negotiation skills in high-value, multi-party transactions
- Understanding of capital structures, investment vehicles, and return metrics
Responsibilities
- Lead the legal structuring of end-to-end data center real estate transactions, including land acquisitions, ground leases, build-to-suit developments, sale-leasebacks, and joint ventures.
- Translate business objectives into legally enforceable frameworks that align risk allocation, capital deployment, and operational control.
- Draft, review, and negotiate sophisticated real estate agreements, including Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSAs), ground leases, data center leases, and development agreements.
- Drive negotiations with counterparties including developers, land owners, utilities, municipalities, and investors.
- Oversee comprehensive real estate due diligence, including title, survey, encumbrance analysis, environmental assessments, and land use compliance.
- Partner with internal stakeholders across real estate, development, finance, operations, and engineering.
- Coordinate external counsel, brokers, and consultants to ensure alignment and efficiency in deal execution.
- Manage transaction timelines from initial term sheet through closing and post-closing obligations.
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