Infrastructure & Energy Transaction Counsel

Lambda Labs; United States; On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

401k with 2% match

Generous equity compensation

Wellness and commuter stipends

Job summary

Lambda Labs, The Superintelligence Cloud, seeks an Energy & Infrastructure Counsel to own the structuring, drafting and negotiation of complex data center transactions. You will work with site development, power, engineering, procurement, and finance teams to execute multi-billion-dollar deals.

You will have a JD and active U.S. bar, 6+ years of experience in elite firms or tech companies, and thrive in fast-paced environments while delivering rigorous legal protection.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of legal experience in complex commercial transactions.
• Deep infrastructure expertise with track record of handling heavy workload and closing multi-million/billion-dollar deals.
• Strong understanding of data centers and energy markets like ERCOT, PJM.
• Proven ability to navigate high-stakes, ambiguous scenarios with definitive judgment.
• Elite communication bridging engineering needs with legal protections.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial negotiation and documentation of development deals, leases, and real estate transactions.
• Structure and manage PPAs, interconnections, behind-the-meter generation, and storage contracts.
• Draft, review, and negotiate construction contracts and design-build documents for large infrastructure projects.
• Support project finance elements, tax incentives, and complex lease arrangements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, security, and finance teams.
• Oversee outside counsel on regulatory or regional matters and maintain in-house judgment.

Skills

Legal experience

Infrastructure knowledge

Energy markets

Negotiation

Education

JD from law school

Job description

Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers. Our customers range from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers. Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence. One person, one GPU.

If you'd like to build the world's best AI cloud, join us.

*Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco or upcoming New York City office location 4 days per week; Lambda’s designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

As Lambda continues its rapid growth, and our data center footprint continues scaling, we are expanding our legal team is expanding its infrastructure, corporate development, and power capabilities. We are seeking an Energy & Infrastructure Counsel to act as a primary deal architect for our multi-billion-dollar-scale physical infrastructure investments.

You will take end-to-end ownership of the legal structuring, drafting, and negotiation of complex transactions across our portfolio of leased data centers, and data centers we will develop ourselves through land and power acquisitions. You will work cross-functionally with our site development, power, engineering, procurement, and finance leaders to execute the infrastructure deals that will help define Lambda’s future.

What You’ll Do

• Deal Negotiation & Structuring: Lead the commercial negotiation and documentation of development deals, complex site leasing, and real estate transactions.

• Power & Utility Management: Structure and manage specialized contracts critical to hyperscale deployments, including corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), utility interconnection agreements, behind-the-meter generation frameworks, and storage systems.

• Construction & Project Development: Draft, review, and negotiate construction contracts, engineering services agreements, and design-build documents tailored for infrastructure handling gigawatts of power.

• Finance & Incentive Support: Partner with corporate development, tax and other teams to support project finance elements, tax incentives, and intricate lease arrangements that enable massive capital deployment.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Align legal risk frameworks closely with technical engineering, security, business development, and strategic financial models.

• Outside Counsel Oversight: Direct and manage specialized outside counsel on complex regulatory or regional matters while maintaining strictly focused in-house strategic judgment.

You

• 6+ years of legal experience running complex commercial transactions, ideally split between an elite AmLaw law firm and an innovative, fast-moving infrastructure or technology company.

• Deep infrastructure expertise with a proven track record of managing a heavy workload, prioritizing risk efficiently, and closing multi-million or billion-dollar transactions on accelerated schedules.

• Strong technical and energy market literacy, displaying a clear understanding of data centers, wholesale electricity markets (e.g., ERCOT, PJM), utility interconnections, and emerging AI hardware stacks.

• Solution-oriented commercial mindset with an ability to demonstrate sound, definitive judgment in high-stakes, highly ambiguous situations.

• Elite communication abilities, with a demonstrated capacity to accurately and concisely bridge technical engineering needs with legal protections.

• A JD from an accredited law school and an active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.

• A lot of charge in the battery—thriving under pressure in an environment that demands high responsiveness, versatility, and absolute ownership.

Salary Range Information

The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

• Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast

• Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove

• We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG

• Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers

• We offer generous cash & equity compensation

• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents

• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles

• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)

• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.