[Hiring] Director, Deal Execution & Legal @Edged Global

Role Description

Edged has an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about sustainability and eager to be part of an innovative company that’s on a journey to transform the world’s data center infrastructure. We are seeking a Director, Deal Execution & Legal – Data Centers & Real Estate to work directly with on high-impact, complex business transactions globally across our hyperscale data center development platform across the U.S., Europe, and APAC.

This role is our first dedicated legal transactions hire on the real estate and data center side and so will cover a broad mandate, from joint venture formations and land acquisitions to hyperscale leases, build-to-suit transactions, and capital raises. The right person brings both legal depth and strong commercial judgment, and is comfortable taking senior leadership’s direction on deal strategy and running with it through execution. You will support term sheet negotiations, manage outside counsel through definitive documentation, and ensure that our agreements reflect how we think about risk, economics, and control.

Key Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:

• Support the structuring and negotiation of joint ventures, partnerships, and co-investment arrangements with institutional capital partners.
• Support negotiation of hyperscale data center leases, including long-term NNN build-to-suit leases.
• Support land transactions across multiple jurisdictions.
• Support cross-border transactions across the U.S., Europe, and APAC.
• Support equity capital raises and co-investment processes.
• Direct and manage outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
• Conduct commercial and legal due diligence on potential partners, co-venturers, tenants, and counterparties.
• Advise on portfolio-level matters arising from JV arrangements.
• Support deal execution end-to-end, from term sheet through close.

Qualifications

• JD from accredited law school.
• Barred in at least one U.S. State or the District of Columbia.
• 7–12 years of experience in transactional work related to real estate, data centers, or infrastructure development.
• Experience in the data center sector, including hyperscale leasing or build-to-suit development, strongly preferred.
• Experience with European or APAC real estate or infrastructure transactions and cross-border JV structures, strongly preferred.
• Prior in-house experience at a data center developer, real estate investment platform, or infrastructure fund, strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Self-starter with exceptional judgment and business acumen.
• Hands-on experience negotiating JV/LLC agreements, real estate purchase and sale agreements, and long-term commercial leases.
• Familiarity with institutional capital structures.
• Proven ability to manage outside counsel effectively.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global, high-growth environment.
• High emotional intelligence with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Track record of independently handling complex deals.
• Comfortable working as the sole dedicated transactions professional initially.
• Desire to grow with an ambitious, scaling organization.

Benefits

• A fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture focused on innovation.
• A flexible, autonomous work environment.
• A culture of respect, learning, and excellence.
• Experienced, highly talented experts as team peers.
• Growth and travel opportunities.
• A team of change-makers having a significant impact on people and the planet.

Company Description

Edged is a fast-growing global network of carbon neutral, zero-water data centers that lead the industry in energy efficiency. The Edged platform is backed by a deep technology stack including advanced waterless cooling, renewable microgrid systems, ultra-clean generators and waste-to-fuel solutions. The platform is designed for rapid deployment and currently has more than a dozen major projects in construction worldwide, with many more in development.