Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Edged is a fast-growing provider of sustainable data centers and energy infrastructure. The Senior Counsel – Real Estate and Finance will be a valued member of the Legal team, providing legal advice on real property matters, leading negotiations, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
- Responsibilities
- Act as primary counsel to the Edged site acquisition and development teams
- Advise on a wide range of real property matters, including title and environmental issues, zoning and entitlements, acquisitions and dispositions, easements, covenants, tax incentives, development agreements, and joint ventures
- Lead negotiations of purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, and joint venture agreements
- Advise on a wide range of debt financing transactions, including project finance and real estate construction loans and stabilized financing vehicles (ABS and CMBS)
- Produce and maintain best-in-class contract forms and standards
- Manage and maintain relationships with outside counsel
- Work with business leads, the General Counsel and the senior executive team to continually refine processes
- Serve as a trusted thought partner to business leads, the General Counsel, and the senior executive team
- Support other corporate and commercial matters identified by the General Counsel, as needed
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and company policies
- Skills
- Juris Doctor from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials
- Membership of the Bar of at least one U.S. state or the District of Columbia
- 7+ years of legal experience, including meaningful experience in real estate development and finance matters. Experience at a major law firm and as in-house counsel is highly preferred
- Self-directed, able to make decisions, and manages time well
- Effective, tactful, friendly, and high-integrity negotiation skills, both verbally and in writing
- Able to build genuine, trusting relationships with business leads
- Analyzes and balances legal risk with an eye towards the ultimate business goal
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills, good listener, and always receptive to constructive feedback
- Enthusiastic about challenges, comfortable with change, and eager to learn
- Works well under pressure, meets deadlines, and sees projects through to completion
- Experience at a major law firm and as in-house counsel is highly preferred
- Experience in the data center/digital infrastructure industry will be viewed positively but is not a strict requirement
- Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Flexible spending and HSA accounts
- Paid holidays
- PTO
- Employee assistance program
- Other company benefits
- Company Overview
- Edged is an information technology company that launches a global network of sustainable data centers and energy infrastructure. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.edgedenergy.com.
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