Legal Counsel, Real Estate Financing & Joint Ventures
Lead contract drafting, negotiation, and execution for real estate acquisitions, joint ventures, project finance transactions, financing, recapitalizations, customer leases, and data center service agreements. Coordinate legal due diligence, maintain standardized legal documents, and advise cross-functional stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Review, negotiate, and execute real estate agreements from inception to closing
- Support financing, debt raises, and large-scale recapitalizations
- Conduct and coordinate legal due diligence for construction loans and joint ventures
- Draft, negotiate, and execute customer leases and data center service agreements
- Support legal execution of structured financial transactions
- Develop and maintain standardized legal documents, templates, and clauses
- Partner with Power Engineering, Construction, Finance, and Tax
- Present complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders
Requirements
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
- Active bar admission in any state
- 5–7 years of experience focused on real estate acquisitions, project finance, or power procurement
- Strong knowledge of construction financing and loan due diligence processes
- Excellent negotiation and drafting skills
- Strong judgment and analytical abilities
- Experience with data centers or large-scale industrial development projects is preferred
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off, paid holidays and leave of absence programs
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement
- Mental health and wellness support
- Commuter benefits for parking and transit
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
- Global travel insurance and emergency assistance
- Daily meals allowance
- Additional perks and programs specific to location