Cerebras Managing Counsel for Data Center & Infrastructure leading legal strategy for data center acquisitions and infrastructure transactions. Negotiates complex leases and manages long-term infrastructure relationships.
Responsibilities
As Managing Counsel, Data Center & Infrastructure you will lead major data center acquisitions and development transactions. Working with the Global Data Centers team, this attorney will structure and negotiate complex deals, including financing components, and manage long-term infrastructure relationships.
This visible, hands-on role offers ownership of transactions central to the company’s growth and the opportunity to take on broader strategic responsibility as the business expands.
Lead the end-to-end legal strategy for data center acquisitions and other digital infrastructure transactions, including diligence, deal structuring, financing components, negotiation and closing.
Negotiate single-tenant, powered-shell and build-to-suit leases; colocation, capacity reservation, development and connectivity agreements.
Manage long-term legal relationships with data center operators and lessors, financing sources and customers purchasing capacity.
Advise on post-acquisition matters, including construction, design, long-lead equipment, supply chain, regulatory issues and disputes.
Advise on corporate structure, governance and risk in connection with infrastructure transactions.
Qualification
Experience with transaction diligenceWhy Join Cerebras
Required
10+ years of direct legal experience with or at data center providers, neo-clouds or hyperscalers on real estate and physical infrastructure transactions.
Experience negotiating complex leases or colocation agreements. Familiarity with single-tenant facilities and behind-the-meter power arrangements is particularly valuable.
Track record of leading sophisticated transactions across business and technical teams, managing interdependencies and moving deals forward with urgency.
Ability to negotiate technical terms involving compute infrastructure, hardware specifications, data center operations, equipment, power and utilities requirements.
Experience with transaction diligence, regulatory issues and dispute resolution, and the agility to learn adjacent practice areas.
Practical judgment and a hands-on approach as priorities evolve.
J.D. and active bar admission required. A mix of leading law firm and in-house experience is preferred.
Why Join Cerebras
People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:
Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.
Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.
Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.
