Director, Legal, Corporate

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Job Summary

Our global legal team may span 5 continents, but we are One Legal - a truly cohesive global team, working together across borders in support of shared strategic objectives. We work hard but take time to celebrate our accomplishments – both professional and personal - with a healthy dose of fun thrown in along the way. We look forward to coming to work each day to support Equinix and each other and highly value the team first culture we have created. We are looking for Director, Legal, Corporate to be part of our APAC legal team with a focus on serving the real estate, energy, infrastructure and construction needs of Equinix’s Asia Pacific region.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and develop a team of legal counsels serving the real estate, energy, infrastructure and construction needs of Equinix’s Asia Pacific region.

• Collaborate effectively with legal counsels and professionals within the Real Estate Global Practice Group, leading the effort for the Asia Pacific region within that group, in ensuring a consistent practice globally.    

• Partner with senior leadership in the real estate, construction and energy fields to design and deliver effective legal services in support of the business objectives of those teams.

• Independently lead negotiations and manage all types of real estate transactions, both core business and hyperscale (xScale), including purchases, sales, leases, development agreements, management agreements, financing.

• Interpret contracts, provide legal advice and resolve disputes arising with respect to existing real estate portfolio, energy projects and construction projects.

• Provide power-related advice, including negotiating power purchase agreements, overseeing substation construction arrangements, and assisting with regulatory advice regarding power capacity and campus structuring.

• Provide general legal support to the organization, including review and negotiation of licenses, supplier contracts, power purchase agreements, and infrastructure agreements.

• Effectively and efficiently manage outside counsels. Adapt to and understand local customs with respect to real estate and infrastructure transactions.

• Work with and coordinate activities among individuals in various departments around the world, including tax, finance, compliance, regulatory, design and construction, real estate and corporate development.

• Navigate competing workflows, set appropriate priorities with clients and deliver results within agreed timelines.

• Think creatively and devise solutions to challenging problems, including making and articulating determinations regarding risks and benefits.

• Exercise mature and reliable judgment while enjoying Equinix’s enthusiastic, informal and fast-paced environment.

• Flexibility and desire to work on challenging and new projects to support a lean and highly efficient legal team.

• Willingness to develop and handle new areas of expertise and solve problems, especially in growth and emerging markets in the region.

Qualifications

• 10+  years of relevant law firm or in-house experience, with at least 8 years of dedicated transactional real estate and/or infrastructure practice.

• Demonstrated ability to lead, inspire and develop teams of legal professionals.

• Experience as the point person responsible for negotiating and closing complex, high value transactions.

• Previous experience regarding energy law and power-related agreements, in particular renewable power related agreements, is a plus.

• Experience or familiarity with data centers and the colocation and telecommunications services industries a plus.

• Strong communication, leadership and organizational skills.

• Ability to work at pace, and problem solve issues using a risk-based approach.

• Demonstrated ability to manage a demanding workload.

• Ability to review and/or draft in another Asian language other than English a plus as this role will provide legal support to APAC region.

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