Lead Counsel, Real Estate & Data Center Development

Hut 8; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Hut 8 is seeking an experienced Assistant General Counsel for Real Estate and Development in Miami to lead legal strategy for its data center portfolio. You will own development sites from early selection through commercialization, negotiating complex agreements and overseeing construction, financing, and operations.

Collaboration with development, operations, asset management, and strategic finance teams will be essential to balance speed with risk management.

Qualifications

• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. State and a member in good standing of one U.S. Bar.
• Minimum of 10 years of legal experience, with a significant portion in commercial real estate development, construction, and/or data center industries. In-house experience strongly preferred.
• Expertise in complex commercial real estate development transactions including joint ventures, sophisticated project finance transactions, leasing and construction.
• Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication (written and verbal) skills.
• Familiarity with data center specific legal issues, including triple net data center leases, colocation agreements and SLAs, is highly desirable.
• Strategic thinker with a practical, business-oriented approach to legal issues.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive legal strategy and maintain ownership of legal matters across all data center development phases, serving as the central legal point for the deal team.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders, including development, operations, asset management and strategic finance teams, to align legal strategies with the company’s business goals and project timelines.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex real estate agreements, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, joint venture agreements, loan documents, construction contracts, purchase options, easements, and access agreements.
• Supervise site diligence workstreams across title, survey, environmental, geotech, and zoning, coordinating directly with the development team and internal/external legal team members.
• Lead and support all legal matters related to project financing and debt raises.
• Provide legal counsel across all phases of data center construction, including design, execution, construction, construction management and commissioning.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex construction contracts including design build agreements and guaranteed maximum price contracts.
• Manage legal matters related to construction claims, liens, delays, defects, and site safety compliance.
• Direct outside counsel and manage project legal budgets
• Invest in training, mentoring, and scaling of the legal counsel and paralegal support resources.

Skills

Commercial real estate

Negotiation

Drafting

Contract law

Project management

Legal strategy

Education

Bar admission

Job description

Hut 8 is seeking an experienced Assistant General Counsel for Real Estate and Development in Miami to lead legal strategy for its data center portfolio. You will own development sites from early selection through commercialization, negotiating complex agreements and overseeing construction, financing, and operations.

Collaboration with development, operations, asset management, and strategic finance teams will be essential to balance speed with risk management.