Lead Counsel, Commercial Leasing and Real Estate Development

Are you an experienced Real Estate Attorney with extensive practice in commercial leasing, insurance work, and related specializations? Are you seeking a challenging and dynamic role that allows you to apply your legal expertise across multiple states, with a particular focus on data center agreements, commercial real estate financing, and technology/cloud services?

As Lead Counsel for Commercial Leasing and related fields for a hyper-growth cloud services provider, you will be responsible for:

• Commercial Leasing Expertise: Utilize your extensive experience in commercial leasing to negotiate, draft, and review a wide range of commercial real estate leases, licenses and colocation agreements across multiple states.
• Insurance Work: Provide legal counsel in matters related to insurance coverage, risk assessment, and policy review in the context of our data center footprint.
• Data Center Agreements: Strongly prefer experience in negotiating, drafting, and reviewing data center agreements, including colocation and data hosting contracts.
• Commercial Real Estate Financing: Strong preference for experience in commercial real estate financing, including the ability to structure, review, and negotiate financing agreements, loans, and related documents.
• Tech/Cloud Services: Prefer experience in technology and cloud services agreements, with the ability to advise on contractual issues related to technology and data center providers.
• Legal Research and Compliance: Stay up-to-date with federal and state real estate laws and regulations, as well as state incentive programs, ensuring full compliance and providing proactive counsel to mitigate risks.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and a valid license to practice law, with a strong emphasis on commercial real estate agreements in multiple states.
• A minimum of 4-5 years of focused practice in commercial leasing, with a track record of successfully handling complex transactions.
• Extensive experience in related insurance work, including coverage analysis and risk assessment.
• Strong preference for hands-on experience with data center agreements, colocation, and data hosting contracts in multiple states.
• Strong preference for practice in commercial real estate financing, including loan agreements, mortgages, and related financial instruments.
• Preference for experience in tech/cloud services agreements and a solid understanding of technology-related legal issues.
• Exceptional negotiation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple projects simultaneously and coordinating efforts of our security, opps, capacity planning and government affairs teams.