
Managing Counsel – Commercial & Infrastructure
Solutus Legal Search
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $230,000 - $265,000 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Own and negotiate the company’s highest-value infrastructure transactions, including data center capacity and colocation arrangements, hyperscaler relationships, and other strategic vendor agreements.
- Provide legal counsel for vendor transactions and projects supporting the company’s cloud infrastructure.
- Advise on and negotiate customer agreements for cloud compute services.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, operations, security, finance, and product teams to manage risk and translate complex technical concepts into clear legal frameworks that enable efficient decision-making.
- Support strategic growth initiatives by advising on new product offerings and evolving business models while ensuring legal frameworks scale with the business.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience, including direct experience working with or negotiating against data center providers and hyperscalers on compute or infrastructure transactions.
- Demonstrated track record of leading sophisticated, high-complexity commercial transactions and managing cross-functional deal processes.
- Familiarity with compute and infrastructure transactions, including the ability to negotiate technical and commercial terms related to hardware specifications, service level agreements, data center operations, and power and utilities requirements.
- Strong foundation in technology transactions, including hardware and infrastructure agreements, with the flexibility to adapt to evolving business needs in a fast-changing environment.
- Ability to quickly learn adjacent practice areas and contribute across a broad range of commercial matters.
- Collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- J.D. and active bar admission required.
- A mix of law firm and in-house experience preferred.
Benefits
- bonuses
- significant equity
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
infrastructure transactionsdata center capacity negotiationcolocation arrangementscloud compute services agreementshardware specifications negotiationservice level agreementsdata center operationspower and utilities requirementstechnology transactionscommercial transactions
Soft Skills
collaborative mindsetsolutions-orientedcross-functional collaborationrisk managementclear communicationadaptabilitydecision-makingleadershipnegotiationfast-paced environment operation
Certifications
J.D.active bar admission