Legal Consultant - Infrastructure Projects

Trellis Group; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company based in Singapore is seeking an Infrastructure Legal Consultant to join their growing team. The role involves leading on leases for data centre conversions, drafting and negotiating key agreements, and advising on regulatory and security issues on a regional level. Ideal candidates will have strong data centre or telecoms experience, a proven track record in leasing agreements, and the ability to work collaboratively across time zones. A competitive compensation and benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Health benefits

Paid time off

Professional development resources

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data centres or telecoms infrastructure.
• Proven track record in data centre leasing and colocation deals.
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead on leases for data centre conversions.
• Draft and negotiate colocation and network agreements.
• Embed power and cooling requirements in contracts.
• Advise on IT and physical security issues.

Skills

Data centre experience

Telecoms infrastructure knowledge

Contract negotiation

Ability to work independently

Job description

Overview

We are currently looking for an Infrastructure Legal Consultant to join our growing team! This role requires someone who lives and breathes physical infrastructure, particularly data centres and telecoms, and is comfortable working very closely with the business.

Responsibilities

• Lead on large office/industrial leases for conversion into data centres, including full fit-out (cages, racks, servers) and sole-tenant / powered data centre arrangements.
• Draft and negotiate colocation agreements, MSAs, SLAs, and contracts for edge network and telecoms infrastructure.
• Embed requirements around power availability, cooling, redundancy and resilience in all key contracts.
• Advise on IT and physical security, incident response and relevant regulatory / telecoms issues (with a focus on Asia-Pacific).
• Work closely with technical, real estate and operations teams to deliver commercial, practical solutions.

Qualifaions

• Strong data centre and/or telecoms infrastructure experience from a major operator / telecoms / tech business.
• Proven track record in data centre leasing, powered shell, build to suit, and colocation deals.
• Comfortable working at pace, with minimal supervision, and hitting the ground running.
• Passionate about infrastructure, happy with early mornings and cross time zone work, especially in Asia.

Compensation, Benefits & Location

This role offers a range of competitive compensation and a highly competitive benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace that includes health benefits and paid time off. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites work both / either remotely or on site with our clients, depending on theirs and client’s preferences.

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