Senior Corporate Counsel Director, Vantage Data Centers
Capital Markets, North America
$175-190k
+ Bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Customizable enterprise data center solutions
Open for applications
Customizable enterprise data center solutions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$175-190k
+ Bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To design, build and operate resilient, sustainable digital infrastructure for the world’s leading technology companies with a relentless focus on customer experience.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be an autonomous self-starter who is capable of getting results without constant direction
- You should have a professional-growth mindset and be willing to bring forth ideas that can benefit Vantage
- JD from an ABA accredited law school and admission to a State Bar
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience
- Some in-house experience preferred but not crucial
- Experience within the data center or telecommunications industry preferred, but not required
- Good knowledge of and experience in drafting and negotiating debt transaction documents
- Executive presence and effective interpersonal skills
- Well-rounded corporate and commercial lawyer who is also a practical and business-minded executive
- Strong interpersonal skills, including verbal and written comprehension skills. Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills and customer management
- Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative manner
- Ability to analyze sophisticated business concepts and documents
- Ability to effectively respond to sensitive issues, sophisticated inquiries or complaints in a timely manner
- Flexible, adaptable and self-directed; able to work in a variety of circumstances, e.g. remotely, across multiple time zones, cross functionally, by project, etc
- Successful candidate must be a great teammate, able to work with a variety of people
- Excellent organization and problem-solving skills that enable the successful candidate to balance multiple responsibilities at once and consistently meet tight deadlines
- Outstanding integrity, credibility, character and ethics
What the job involves
- The Legal team is responsible for managing the company's legal affairs from compliance through litigation, collaborating with departments such as Sales, Operations, Human Resources, and Innovation along the way
- The Legal team also works closely with external law firms to develop a comprehensive legal strategy and manages these partners to address issues efficiently and effectively
- Unlike many other companies where legal roles are purely advisory, Vantage distinguishes itself by granting our legal staff the authority to directly influence business decisions
- This empowers our internal team to align legal strategies with long-term operational goals, risk management, and cost efficiency to deliver outcomes that support corporate objectives
- This approach allows each team member to make significant, impactful decisions, driving substantial results for the company
- Vantage is seeking a diligent, analytical, initiative-driven colleague to assist with the legal aspects of debt capital raising (acquisition financing, construction financing, securitizations) and related M&A and real estate matters
- You will support the SVP, Capital Markets and Regional General Counsel (NA) directly and interact with the Chief Financial Officer (Global), CFO NA, Chief Legal Officer (Global), and Chief Investment Officer, and the teams supporting them
- Debt Capital Raising Initiatives:
- Assist in the preparation and negotiation of term sheets
- Loan Agreements:
- Participate in negotiations of loan agreements and provide comments to loan agreements prepared by Vantage’s counsel
- Confirm that Vantage can operationally align with the representations, warranties, covenants, and other terms of the loan agreement
- Post-closing, ensure compliance with lender consent rights and notification requirements (e.g., change in project scope, budget amendments, new tenant leases, etc)
- Ensure compliance with any Conditions Subsequent
- Process Implementation and Improvement:
- Implement and improve processes to capture information on any borrower or project changes that may require lender consent or notification
- Implement processes to ensure compliance with ongoing loan terms and fulfillment of conditions subsequent
- Drive standardization of loan agreements, including representations, warranties, reporting, and lender consent rights
- Collaboration and Negotiation:
- Interact with the internal tax team on organization (re-)structuring and impact on loan agreements (or other material agreements governed by the loan agreements.)
- Assist with the preparation and negotiation of amendments and waivers
- Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Advise on transfer, assignment, split, and change in control issues relating to loan agreements
- Act as a point of contact on loan terms
- Legal Services and Risk Management:
- Be a key part of the Legal team in delivering high-quality legal services and risk management, ensuring group-wide requirements are embedded in processes delivering Vantage’s data center developments and operations
- Provide practical, proactive, business-focused, solutions-oriented, and sound legal advice to support Vantage in achieving its business and strategic objectives whilst fully and appropriately managing legal risk
- Outside Counsel:
- Instruct and manage outside counsel, particularly for legal advice related to the specific laws of various jurisdictions
- Handle additional duties as assigned by Management
Our take
AI technology is scaling, demanding more powerful and expensive facilities to store the data of the companies that are spearheading this acceleration. Because AI tech demands higher-powered cooling requirements, extra effort must go into keeping these data centers carbon neutral, which is why Vantage Data Centers designs facilities that are efficient, scalable, and sustainable.
Such a rapidly growing market means the facilities and infrastructure supporting it must be flexible and suitable for expansion. Vantage keeps this in mind, designing scalability into its centers. It now operates 32 hyperscale campuses across the globe, serving several leading technology companies. In 2017, it was acquired by Digital Bridge Holdings, and has surpassed Unicorn status with a valuation of $15 billion.
With VC awarded at the start of 2024, Vantage is extending and accelerating its capabilities across North America and the EMEA regions. As cloud computing and AI companies grow at a breakneck pace, Vantage has established itself as the obvious data-storage choice for hyperscaling companies, which sets it up for great success in the future.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2024
$6.4bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2023
$1.5bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $11.6bn
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life and AD&D
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance
- Participation in a 401k program that includes company match
Company values
- We are committed to providing world-class customer service
- Operational excellence is our foundation and way of life
- Without employee and client safety, nothing else matters
- Security, for both clients and employees, is a top priority—always
- We engineer to meet customer needs while maintaining cost effectiveness
- We innovate, iterate and automate in the relentless pursuit of continuous improvement
- We incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles across our business to create long-term value
- By valuing diversity and inclusivity, we collaborate to build better solutions
- Accountability to our customers and transparency in our metrics show proof of performance
- Honesty is the only policy: we communicate openly no matter the risk or reward
Company HQ
Cherry Creek, Denver, CO
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Leadership
Sureel Choksi
(CEO, not founder)Was previously on the Board of Directors at Vantage before being promoted to CEO in 2013. Alongside his work at Vantage, Choksi is on the Board for Scala Data Centers, Zayo Group and Strada Education Foundation.
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