General Counsel

Overview

This role involves leading the legal, governance, and compliance functions for a company focused on developing and operating hyperscale data centers. The General Counsel will act as a trusted advisor to the CEO, Board of Directors, and senior leadership, ensuring legal risk is managed, regulatory requirements are met, and strategic growth is supported.

Responsibilities

Governance & Compliance

• Maintain corporate legal structure, records, board resolutions, and shareholder matters.
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations including corporate, securities, environmental, privacy, employment, and antitrust.
• Draft, update, and enforce internal policies to meet legal obligations.

Risk Management

• Advise on insurance coverage and manage claims.
• Lead legal response during emergencies such as data breaches, service outages, SLA breaches, and on-site incidents.

Advisory & Leadership

• Provide objective, practical legal counsel to senior leadership.
• Support Board of Directors meetings, agendas, and materials; advise on fiduciary duties.

Real Estate & Development

• Lead legal strategy for site and land acquisition, zoning, permitting, and entitlements.
• Draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, ground leases, build-to-suit leases, easements, and joint venture agreements.
• Oversee title reviews, boundary disputes, and environmental assessments.

Customer Leasing & Commercial Contracts

• Structure and negotiate hyperscale data center lease agreements, master service agreements (MSAs), and service level agreements (SLAs).
• Ensure compliance with data privacy, cybersecurity, and operational risk standards.
• Support customer onboarding and manage contract lifecycle.

Energy Strategy & Utility Contracts

• Advise on power procurement strategies including power purchase agreements (PPAs), utility interconnection agreements, and take-or-pay provisions.
• Evaluate and structure on-site generation projects such as solar, battery storage, microgrids, and renewable energy co-location.
• Navigate regulatory frameworks for energy tariffs, grid reliability, and sustainability reporting.

Corporate & Strategic Transactions

• Lead due diligence and execution of mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.
• Support financing activities including construction loans, recapitalizations, and structured transactions.
• Manage corporate governance, board matters, and investor relations.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
• Admission to practice and in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Minimum 10 years of broad-based legal experience, ideally including in-house General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel roles.
• Proven expertise in data center leasing transactions, land acquisition, and real estate development.
• Deep knowledge of corporate governance, commercial contracts, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with energy strategy, utility agreements, and large-scale development projects is strongly preferred.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage complex, high-value transactions.
• Exceptional business acumen with the ability to balance legal risk and commercial priorities.
• Demonstrated success in building and scaling legal and compliance programs in growth-oriented organizations.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $260,000 - $350,000.
• Comprehensive health coverage with 90% of premiums paid for employees and dependents.
• Up to 8 weeks of paid time off annually, including holidays, PTO, and sick time.
• 401(k) plan with immediate eligibility, no vesting requirement, and employer match contributions up to 6%.
• Annual bonus program.
• Remote work stipend and phone allowance.

Location

Remote/Hybrid work arrangement.