VP, Corporate Counsel - Hyperscale Data Center Leases

fleet; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401K program

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Fleet Data Centers seeks a senior VP, Corporate Counsel to guide data center leasing and corporate matters. You will draft and negotiate complex data center agreements, manage outside counsel, and coordinate with Commercial Management to align legal terms with delivery and strategy.

You will lead negotiation strategy, structure deals including joint ventures and land purchases, and build scalable legal processes to support rapid growth and compliance.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and bar in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 10+ years of experience in large law firms and in-house roles.
• 5+ years negotiating hyperscale and enterprise data center leases.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal expertise for drafting and negotiations of data center agreements (hyperscale and enterprise data center leases, service agreements, change order forms, etc.).
• Support deal structuring on terms including joint ventures and land purchase, and leasing terms including remedies, force majeure, change of control, security/audit rights, insurance, waiver of subrogation, indemnification and confidentiality provisions.
• Partner cross-functionally with Commercial Management to align legal positions with delivery realities and business strategy.
• Draft and negotiate related agreements (MSAs, ancillary site documents, LOIs/terms sheets, NDAs).
• Build scalable legal infrastructure: templates, playbooks, clause library, fallback positions, approval matrix, negotiations process.
• Manage outside counsel with discipline: scoping, supervision, budgets, deliverables.
• Take on high-priority legal work to stand up a lean Legal Department (compliance and risk management, key vendor and operations agreements).

Skills

Data center leases

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Multi-jurisdictional matters

CLM / legal ops

Vendor management

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

Fleet Data Centers seeks a senior VP, Corporate Counsel to guide data center leasing and corporate matters. You will draft and negotiate complex data center agreements, manage outside counsel, and coordinate with Commercial Management to align legal terms with delivery and strategy.

You will lead negotiation strategy, structure deals including joint ventures and land purchases, and build scalable legal processes to support rapid growth and compliance.