Legal Counsel Director, Crusoe Energy Systems
Real Estate Finance and Data Centers
$218-270k
Plus Bonus and RSU
5 days a week in office
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
Open for applications
Renewable-powered AI infrastructure
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$218-270k
Plus Bonus and RSU
5 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
- Licensure: Active bar admission in any state
- 5-7 years experience working on real estate transactions and lending
- Knowledge of real estate financing, equity JVs, synthetic leases and loan due diligence processes
- General awareness of construction financing and power procurement
- Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication skills
- Strong judgement, analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Self-starter who thrives in a dynamic and high-stakes business environment
- Experience with data center or large-scale development projects strongly preferred
What the job involves
- The Legal Counsel Director – Real Estate Finance and Data Centers will play a key role in supporting the company’s large-scale project financings and real estate developments
- Reporting directly to the Assistant General Counsel - Real Estate Development & Data Centers, the Legal Counsel will lead contract drafting, negotiation, and execution of project finance transactions and real estate acquisition matters and while working closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure timely and strategic legal support across all of Crusoe’s data center development projects
- This role will be based in San Francisco, CA, and require being in office 5 days/week
- Real Estate Development & Acquisitions
- Review, negotiate, and execute real estate transaction agreements from inception to closing, including site selection, letters of intent (LOIs), purchase and sale agreements (PSAs), options, easements, and synthetic/ground leases
- Conduct legal due diligence activities, including comprehensive reviews of title, survey, environmental assessments (Phase I/II), geotechnical reports, permitting, and zoning/land use matters to identify and mitigate risks
- Address title matters, property rights, and boundary disputes
- Draft, negotiate, and execute customer leases and data center service agreements
- Negotiate and execute power procurement and utility-related agreements
- Financing & Joint Ventures
- Support the AGC in financing and debt raises, as needed
- Support recapitalizations and other structured transactions
- Conduct and coordinate legal due diligence for construction loans and joint ventures
- Management and Legal Operations
- Present complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to non-legal stakeholders both in writing and during meetings
- Collaborate cross-functionally with internal departments including finance, tax, power and engineering, construction, project development, and operations to support legal and business objectives
- Develop and maintain a suite of standardized legal documents, templates, and contract clauses to streamline negotiations and ensure consistency
- Work closely with the real estate business team to continuously improve contracting processes and best practices
Our take
Crusoe is tackling one of the biggest challenges facing the digital age: the enormous energy demand of data centres and AI infrastructure. As AI models grow more powerful, they require immense computing power (and therefor electricity) to train and operate. This surge in energy use has put some pressure on power grids, driven up costs, and raised environmental concerns. Crusoe is on a mission to make this process more sustainable by finding smarter, cleaner, and more efficient ways to power the data centres that drive modern computing.
The company started out by putting wasted energy to work. Originally known as Crusoe Energy, it captured natural gas that would otherwise be burned off ("flared") at remote oil sites and used it to power modular data centres. Today, Crusoe has evolved into a major player in AI infrastructure, designing and operating large-scale data centres near renewable or stranded energy sources. It's now one of a handful of "neocloud" companies (next-generation cloud providers focused on flexible, efficient computing for AI workloads). And its facilities are helping tech giants like OpenAI handle the massive computing requirements of training advanced AI models.
Recently, Crusoe has attracted some huge investor attention, tripling its valuation to over $10B and raising $1.4B in its latest funding round. It's building OpenAI's first major US data centre campus and even experimenting with bold new frontiers. In partnership with Starcloud, Crusoe plans to deploy the world's first space-based cloud computing infrastructure, powered by solar energy and orbiting the Earth by 2027. If successful, this could redefine how and where computing happens, opening up a cleaner, virtually limitless source of energy for AI's next generation.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2025
$1.4bn
SERIES E
Dec 2024
$600m
SERIES D
Total funding: $2.5bn
Company benefits
- Health & wellbeing: Comprehensive health benefits designed to support your overall wellness
- Time away: Paid time off for vacations, family bonding, and unexpected needs
- 401(k) match: Build your financial future with our 401(k) matching program
- Mental wellness: Resources and support for your emotional wellbeing and navigating life's challenges
Company HQ
LoDo, Denver, CO
Leadership
Cully Cavness
(Co-Founder, COO & President)Began their career as an Energy Infrastructure Research Fellow before spending 3 years as a Business Development Manager at Recurrent Engineering and serving as CFO of Sword & Plough. They left their role as VP of Highlands Natural Resources to co-found Crusoe Energy Systems.
Chase Lochmiller
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Crusoe in 2018, Chase was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, a Quantitative Trade at Jump Trading Group, and a Managing Director of Algorithmic Trading at KCG Holdings.
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