Senior Legal Counsel

Sharon AI, Inc; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Birthday leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Novated leasing

Referral program

Employee of the month

Global footprint

Make an impact

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Sharon AI, Inc is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel in Australia to support AI infrastructure growth across data centre and energy partnerships. You’ll draft and negotiate broad commercial contracts, advise commercial and tech teams, and help structure financing and transactions with the Chief Legal Officer.

The role requires hands-on drafting and strong business acumen in a fast‑growing, technically complex environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or JD from an Australian or equivalent institution.
• Admission as a solicitor in an Australian state/territory.
• 7–8 years’ PQE with top-tier or large firm background.
• In-house experience in technology, data, infra, data centre or energy sectors is valued.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts including customer and data centre agreements.
• Provide timely legal advice to commercial, operations, finance and technical teams.
• Support contract lifecycle management and renewals to reduce ad hoc terms.
• Assist with corporate and commercial transactions and financing work with senior leadership.
• Elevate high-risk matters and contribute to team knowledge management.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Commercial contracts

Data privacy

Infrastructure contracts

Cross-functional

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Education

Australian LLB/JD

Solicitor admitted in Australia

Job description

Sharon AI is an Australian neocloud, delivering trusted AI infrastructure organisations need to build, train and run AI at scale. We support customers across the full AI lifecycle, from training through to inference and agentic AI, drawing on a strong ecosystem of technology and co-location partners to deliver capability where it's needed. As the first neocloud to join NVIDIA's AI Compute Program, we're growing quickly, scaling our AI Factory platform to meet rising demand for advanced compute.

The Role

As we continue to grow, we're looking for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel at approximately 7 to 8 years' PQE, with top-tier or large commercial law firm training and meaningful in-house experience, ideally in sectors where technology meets physical infrastructure, such as data, AI, energy or construction projects.

We are interested in hearing from lawyers who have been hands‑on with technology, data centre, infrastructure and platform contracting, ideally in a high‑growth or product‑led business. Any data privacy exposure, project finance and/or energy law background is highly regarded.

You'll be a highly capable commercial lawyer, able to work closely with Sales, Business Development, Procurement, Finance and technical teams to support Sharon AI's continued growth across AI infrastructure, energy partnerships and data centre operations. This is a hands‑on role suited to a lawyer who is commercially minded and comfortable operating without a large legal team. You'll be a confident drafter and negotiator who enjoys partnering closely with commercial and technical stakeholders in a fast‑growing, technically complex environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts, including customer agreements, data centre and colocation arrangements, supply and procurement contracts, energy and infrastructure transactions, MOUs and confidentiality agreements.
• Provide timely, pragmatic legal advice to commercial, operations, finance and technical teams on day‑to‑day contractual and legal questions.
• Support contract lifecycle management, including renewals, variations and expiry tracking, working with the business to reduce reliance on ad hoc, individually negotiated terms.
• Support corporate and commercial transactions, financing arrangements and structuring work as required, working alongside the Chief Legal Officer and Deputy General Counsel team.
• Apply sound risk judgement to elevate higher‑risk or precedent‑setting matters, while handling lower‑risk work independently.
• Proactively contribute to the Legal team's documentation, knowledge management and process improvement.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) from a recognised Australian or equivalent overseas institution. Current admission as a solicitor in an Australian state or territory, with a valid practising certificate.
• Not less than 7 to 8 years' PQE, with training at a top-tier or large commercial law firm.
• Demonstrated in‑house experience; exposure to technology, data, privacy, infrastructure, data centre, telecommunications or a comparable sector is highly regarded, as would any technology project finance or energy law background.
• Full Australian working rights (citizenship, permanent residency, or an appropriate visa); this role is not expected to be sponsored in the first instance.
• Willingness to be based from Sharon AI's primary Australian office, with occasional travel to data centre sites as required.
• Current, unrestricted practising certificate, with no unresolved professional conduct matters.
• Commercial contract drafting and negotiation, across a range of contract types and counterparties.
• Strong commercial and business judgement, with the ability to give advice that is legally sound and practically workable.
• Risk assessment and escalation judgement, knowing what can be resolved independently and what needs to go further.
• Ability to spot legal issues outside of own core competencies and to identify when to seek specialist inputs.
• Clear, plain‑language communication, able to translate legal risk for non‑lawyer stakeholders.
• Financially literate.
• Stakeholder management across commercial, operations, finance and technical teams.
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision, appropriate to a Senior Associate equivalent level.
• Strong organisation and time management, able to prioritise a varied caseload in a fast‑moving environment.
• Comfort with ambiguity, able to operate effectively where process and precedent are still being built.
• Collaboration and teamwork, both within Legal and across the wider business.
• Genuine interest in, or willingness to build, sector knowledge in technology, AI or data centre infrastructure.
• Accuracy and attention to detail, including under time pressure or competing deadlines.

Why Join Sharon AI?

• Join one of Australia's fastest-growing sovereign AI infrastructure companies
• Work on complex, high-value customer, supplier, hardware, colocation and technology agreements within a rapidly scaling AI infrastructure business
• Partner with Sales, Infrastructure, Business Development, Procurement, Finance, technical teams and executive leadership
• Work at the intersection of AI, GPU infrastructure, cloud and data centre operations
• Grow your career within an innovative, rapidly scaling technology business

Hybrid working – flexibility between our office and working from home

Birthday leave – take some extra time to celebrate your day

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – confidential support when you need it

Exposure to AI and next‑generation technology – work in one of the fastest‑moving areas of technology

Learning & development – we support your career growth with approved conferences, professional memberships & courses

Novated leasing – a tax‑effective way to finance and run your car

Bounty referral program – generous rewards for successfully referring new talent to Sharon AI

Employee of the month – recognition plus a $500 gift card

Growing global business – be part of an Australian technology company with an expanding international footprint

Make an impact – join at a stage where your work can have a visible influence on how we build and grow

Collaborative culture – work alongside talented people across technical, commercial and corporate teams

Our Values

Integrity | Innovation | Collaboration | Wellbeing | Inclusion

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we're unfortunately not always able to provide individual feedback to unsuccessful candidates. We appreciate your understanding and want to assure you that every application will be reviewed with care.