Senior Corporate Counsel, Vantage Data Centers
Leasing, North America
$205-225k
This range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations. Plus bonus
Customizable enterprise data center solutions
Be an early applicant
Customizable enterprise data center solutions
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$205-225k
This range is based on Colorado market data and may vary in other locations. Plus bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To design, build and operate resilient, sustainable digital infrastructure for the world’s leading technology companies with a relentless focus on customer experience.
Role
Who you are
- JD from an ABA accredited law school and admission to a State Bar
- Working knowledge of commercial real estate
- 7+ years of relevant legal experience
- Experience within the data center industry strongly preferred
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Well-rounded lawyer who is also a practical and business-minded executive
- Strong communication, negotiation, and legal writing skills. Good interpersonal and management skills
- Excellent organization and problem-solving skills that enable the candidate to juggle multiple responsibilities at once and consistently meet tight deadlines
- Impeccable integrity, credibility, character, and ethics
- Travel required is expected to be up to 5% but may increase over time as the business evolves
What the job involves
- The Legal team is responsible for managing the company's legal affairs from compliance through litigation, collaborating with departments such as Sales, Operations, Human Resources, and Innovation along the way
- The Legal team also works closely with external law firms to develop a comprehensive legal strategy and manages these partners to address issues efficiently and effectively
- Unlike many other companies where legal roles are purely advisory, Vantage distinguishes itself by granting our legal staff the authority to directly influence business decisions
- This empowers our internal team to align legal strategies with long-term operational goals, risk management, and cost efficiency to deliver outcomes that support corporate objectives
- This approach allows each team member to make significant, impactful decisions, driving substantial results for the company
- The Leasing Attorney is responsible for legal support of client agreements in North America, including data center leases, service agreements, tenant order forms, and related documents
- In addition to providing excellent legal expertise and support, the Leasing Attorney brings a proactive, business, and solution-oriented mindset to legal matters, an enterprise lens, and a proven ability to work collaboratively across the organization
- The Leasing Attorney has data center or related technology expertise, in-house or law firm experience, strong business acumen, enterprise leadership, passion for growing a business, and experience in continuous improvement and driving enhancements that benefit the Company
- Provide legal guidance and negotiation expertise for data center transactions in North America
- Draft and negotiate data center agreements with hyperscalers, large wholesale, and enterprise clients, including, without limitation, tenant order forms, change orders, non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent, subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreements, service orders, lease agreements, colocation agreements, development agreements, master service agreements, and related documents
- Draft commencement notices, delay notices, and other correspondence relating to client agreements
- Prepare summaries and abstracts of client agreements and provide guidance on the terms of client agreements
- Review and revise after-action reports and similar documents for incidents and other circumstances related to client agreements
- Provide legal guidance with respect to compliance initiatives for client agreements
- Provide proactive and strategic-level advice that enables Vantage to achieve its business and strategic objectives while fully and appropriately managing and leveraging legal risk
- Work with cross-functional teams to gather input and consensus on technical, operational, and compliance aspects of data center transactions
- Serve as a strategic partner by providing practical, business-focused, and sound legal advice to North American Sales, Finance, Corporate Development, and Operations teams
- Assist with the development and updates to client-related agreement templates and provide counseling on the use of such templates
- Provide legal analysis of client agreements in support of certain business development and financing transactions, including document review and due diligence
- Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements related to client agreements
- Assist with all legal matters involving client relationships
- Support the development, implementation, and management of methodology improvements in the client negotiation process and resolve legal issues that arise in existing client relationships
- Support global legal strategy for client agreements, including contract management and governance
- Handle additional duties as assigned by Management
Our take
AI technology is scaling, demanding more powerful and expensive facilities to store the data of the companies that are spearheading this acceleration. Because AI tech demands higher-powered cooling requirements, extra effort must go into keeping these data centers carbon neutral, which is why Vantage Data Centers designs facilities that are efficient, scalable, and sustainable.
Such a rapidly growing market means the facilities and infrastructure supporting it must be flexible and suitable for expansion. Vantage keeps this in mind, designing scalability into its centers. It now operates 32 hyperscale campuses across the globe, serving several leading technology companies. In 2017, it was acquired by Digital Bridge Holdings, and has surpassed Unicorn status with a valuation of $15 billion.
With VC awarded at the start of 2024, Vantage is extending and accelerating its capabilities across North America and the EMEA regions. As cloud computing and AI companies grow at a breakneck pace, Vantage has established itself as the obvious data-storage choice for hyperscaling companies, which sets it up for great success in the future.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Sep 2025
$1.6bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jan 2024
$6.4bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $13.2bn
Company HQ
Golden Square Mile, Montreal, QC
Leadership
Sureel Choksi
(CEO)Previously on the Board of Directors at Vantage before being promoted to CEO in 2013. Alongside his work at Vantage, Choksi is on the Board for Scala Data Centers, Zayo Group and Strada Education Foundation.
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