Associate, Legal (Infrastructure)

Nscale; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Nscale is seeking an Associate, Legal (Infrastructure) — US, an early-career US-based counsel role. You will support the VP, Legal (Infrastructure) on construction, design and consultancy, equipment supply, real estate, and power workstreams for Nscale's US data centre campuses.

As you draft and refine agreements and run first-turn reviews, you will help maintain templates, oversee contract administration, and coordinate with insurance teams and outside counsel, building deep expertise over time.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of construction, real estate, commercial, or infrastructure legal experience.
• Strong drafting and attention to detail.
• Curiosity and bias to ownership.
• Comfortable managing multiple workstreams at pace.
• Qualified attorney admitted in at least one US state in good standing.

Responsibilities

• Draft and revise construction, design, consultancy, and equipment supply agreements, work orders, amendments, and change orders on Nscale's templates, under guidance.
• Run first-turn reviews of counterparty markups: identify departures from house positions, prepare issues lists, and propose responses.
• Help maintain Nscale's infrastructure contract templates and playbooks, tracking house positions and lessons learned across negotiations.
• Support contract administration through delivery — notices, change orders, payment and holdback issues, warranty claims, and closeout — and keep contract trackers and records current.
• Support real estate and power workstreams, including diligence on site acquisitions and leases and review of utility, interconnection, and power purchase documentation.
• Coordinate insurance and bonding deliverables and vendor compliance requirements with the insurance team and counterparties.
• Coordinate outside counsel on discrete matters, including scoping, budgets, and invoice review.
• Build deep expertise in data centre construction, equipment, real estate, and power contracting, taking on increasing ownership of negotiations over time.

Skills

Drafting

Attention to detail

Ownership mindset

Multitasking

Curiosity

Job description

About Nscale

Nscale is taking on the hyperscalers by building a vertically integrated GenAI cloud platform. We own the data centres, software, and applications that power today's AI stack using sustainable technology solutions. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Collaboration is key, and we work together swiftly and respectfully, embracing adaptability and resilience in all we do.

About Nscale

Nscale is taking on the hyperscalers by building a vertically integrated GenAI cloud platform. We own the data centres, software, and applications that power today's AI stack using sustainable technology solutions. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you'll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Collaboration is key, and we work together swiftly and respectfully, embracing adaptability and resilience in all we do.

About the role

The Associate, Legal (Infrastructure) — US is an early-career, US-based counsel role supporting the VP, Legal (Infrastructure) on construction, design and consultancy, equipment supply, real estate, and power workstreams for Nscale's US data centre campuses. Reports to the VP, Legal (Infrastructure.

What you'll be doing

• Draft and revise construction, design, consultancy, and equipment supply agreements, work orders, amendments, and change orders on Nscale's templates, under guidance.
• Run first-turn reviews of counterparty markups: identify departures from house positions, prepare issues lists, and propose responses.
• Help maintain Nscale's infrastructure contract templates and playbooks, tracking house positions and lessons learned across negotiations.
• Support contract administration through delivery — notices, change orders, payment and holdback issues, warranty claims, and closeout — and keep contract trackers and records current.
• Support real estate and power workstreams, including diligence on site acquisitions and leases and review of utility, interconnection, and power purchase documentation.
• Coordinate insurance and bonding deliverables and vendor compliance requirements with the insurance team and counterparties.
• Coordinate outside counsel on discrete matters, including scoping, budgets, and invoice review.
• Build deep expertise in data centre construction, equipment, real estate, and power contracting, taking on increasing ownership of negotiations over time.

What you need

• 2–5 years of construction, real estate, commercial, or infrastructure legal experience, in‑house or law firm.
• Strong drafting and attention to detail.
• Curiosity and bias to ownership.
• Comfortable managing multiple workstreams at pace.
• Qualified attorney admitted in at least one US state in good standing.

Nice to haves

• Top‑tier construction, real estate, or projects associate experience.
• Exposure to data centre, energy, or large‑scale construction projects.
• Interest in technology, infrastructure, and energy.

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