Legal Counsel (Real Assets) (APAC)

STACK Infrastructure; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

STACK Infrastructure seeks a seasoned in-house lawyer to support APAC on-site acquisition, development, power, utilities and grid connection for data center projects. You will handle NDAs, SPAs, leases, and regulatory approvals, coordinating with global GC, finance and engineering teams.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years PQE with real estate and infrastructure experience, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, lean in-house environment within Singapore.

Qualifications

• Strong background in real estate, infrastructure, power, utilities and large development projects.
• Experience with land acquisition, development approvals, leases and easements.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and issue-spotting skills.
• Proven ability to manage external counsel across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate real estate and power-related contracts including NDAs, LOIs, HOAs, SPAs, leases, and licenses.
• Support due diligence on title, zoning, planning, utilities, and environmental issues.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external counsel to structure transactions and complete closing deliverables.
• Translate legal advice into practical commercial strategies for APAC stakeholders.

Skills

Real estate

Infrastructure

Power & utilities

Project development

Due diligence

Negotiation & drafting

Education

Law degree (Singapore/UK/Australia)

Job description

Company Overview

STACK Infrastructure builds, owns, and operates hyperscale and colocation data centers that power the world’s most ambitious technology companies. With a rapidly expanding footprint across APAC, STACK combines deep development expertise, flexible capital, and operational discipline to deliver critical digital infrastructure at scale.

Role purpose

• This role will be based in Singapore and will support STACK Infrastructure’s APAC business across markets including Australia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.
• This role will support STACK Infrastructure APAC on site acquisition, development, power, utilities, transmission, distribution, grid connection and related infrastructure workstreams.
• The role is intended to provide dedicated legal capability across the land / power interface, which is foundational to data centre development. It will support the business from early-stage site evaluation through due diligence, transaction structuring, acquisition documentation, power procurement, connection arrangements, approvals, and completion.
• The successful candidate will work closely with the General Counsel, investment and acquisitions team, development team, power / utilities team, finance team, local business teams and external counsel across APAC.

Key responsibilities:

The role will cover:

Site acquisition and real estate

• Review and negotiate NDAs, LOIs, HOAs, term sheets, exclusivity arrangements, option agreements, sale and purchase agreements, contracts of sale, leases, licences and brokerage agreements.
• Support legal due diligence on title, zoning, land use, easements, access rights, encumbrances, environmental issues, planning constraints, development approvals, utilities access and subdivision / amalgamation issues.
• Support transaction execution, including CP structure, CP satisfaction, completion / settlement, closing mechanics, funds flow, payment mechanics, completion deliverables and post-closing obligations.
• Coordinate with external real estate, planning, tax, foreign investment and local counsel.

Power, utilities and grid connection

• Support power, utility, transmission and distribution workstreams for data centre developments.
• Review and negotiate electricity design services agreements, substation construction agreements, electricity supply agreements, transmission services agreements, transmission design contracts, transmission works contracts, distribution works contracts and utility connection agreements.
• Support the business on grid connection, power availability, capacity reservation, energisation milestones, security deposits, connection obligations, termination rights, suspension rights, fees and charges, outage / interruption rights and regulatory interface.
• Support legal review of land / power interface issues, including easements, cable routes, substation land, access rights, utility corridors, step-in / assignment rights, third-party consents, landlord / utility / government interface.

External counsel and stakeholder management

• Manage external counsel on local real estate, power / regulatory, foreign investment, tax / structuring, title and land / utility matters.
• Translate local legal advice into practical commercial decision points for management.
• Work closely with the General Counsel on escalation of material legal, commercial, regulatory, or execution risk.
• Build and maintain templates, playbooks, and checklists for site acquisition, power and related real asset workstreams.

Ideal candidate profile:

• Approximately 8+ years’ PQE, although we are open to strong candidates outside that range.
• Strong real estate, infrastructure, power, utilities, development or projects background.
• Experience with land acquisition, site development, real estate due diligence, leases, easements, planning / zoning or development approvals.
• Experience with power, grid connection, transmission, distribution, electricity supply or regulated infrastructure would be highly attractive.
• Experience in data centres, renewables, infrastructure, utilities, industrial real estate, or major development projects would be preferred.
• Strong external counsel management skills across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong ability to work with commercial, development, finance, technical and engineering stakeholders.
• Practical, commercially minded and able to give clear recommendations rather than purely technical legal advice.
• Strong drafting, negotiation and issue-spotting skills.
• Comfortable operating in a lean, fast-moving in-house environment.

Background:

• Real estate / development teams at major law firms from Singapore, UK, Australia.
• Infrastructure / energy / utilities teams.
• Data centre, renewables, logistics, industrial or real estate platforms.
• In-house legal teams at infrastructure developers, real asset funds, data centre operators or large property developers.
• Private practice candidates are acceptable, but they must show clear commercial maturity and ability to transition into an in-house environment.
• Must have law degree from either Singapore, UK, or Australia university.

Equal Opportunity Employer

STACK Infrastructure provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.