Senior Corporate Counsel, Datacenters – Infrastructure

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $204.8k - $256k / year

⏰ Full Time

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⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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DigitalOcean

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

☁️ SaaS

SaaS • Cloud Computing

DigitalOcean is a cloud infrastructure provider that offers a suite of products and services for developers to build, deploy, and scale applications. Their platform provides comprehensive tutorials, reference material, and support documentation to assist users in managing resources effectively using their API and CLI tools. With features like Droplets (virtual machines), managed databases, Kubernetes, and a marketplace for third-party applications, DigitalOcean focuses on simplicity and performance. They cater to both individual developers and larger organizations looking for cloud solutions that are easy to implement and manage.

📋 Description

• Serve as a trusted partner and primary legal contact to drive datacenter-related agreements to signature • Draft, review, and negotiate agreements for building, deploying, and operating datacenters • Handle datacenter capacity leasing, colocation, design/build, facilities, operations and maintenance, and infrastructure procurement agreements • Support procurement of GPUs, compute hardware, integrated server systems, network equipment, power equipment, and other datacenter infrastructure • Collaborate with datacenter procurement, engineering and operations, finance, tax, and compliance teams on deal structuring • Provide business-focused counseling on risk allocation, supplier risk assessments, and supplier/product performance and remediation • Support international expansion by adapting requirements for new jurisdictions and coordinating with local counsel • Build scalable legal tools, including templates, playbooks, fallback positions, and approval matrices • Assist with other high-priority legal work for the lean Legal Department

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school • Active bar membership in at least one U.S. state • 8+ years of legal experience • 3+ years of significant in-house experience supporting datacenter or similar large-scale infrastructure projects • Proven experience with datacenter contracts from a developer/provider or tenant perspective, including single tenant and/or colocation deals involving modified-gross, triple net or other lease structures • Experience with facilities agreements and operations-and-maintenance contracts • Familiarity with datacenter operational requirements, tax incentives, and financing structures • Experience managing multiple projects with minimal oversight and meeting aggressive timelines • Strong business judgment in calibrating business and legal risk • Ability to translate complex legal advice into actionable guidance • Superlative communication and collaborative problem-solving skills • Ability to build positive, influential relationships with cross-functional partners and senior leadership

🏖️ Benefits

• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education • Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses • Employee Assistance Program • Local Employee Meetups • Flexible time off policy • Bonus eligibility based on company and individual performance • Equity compensation, including equity grants upon hire • Option to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Program