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General Counsel

4 months, 1 week ago
United States
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Montera

Montera

Accelerating modern digital infrastructure through hyperscale data centre development and operations across North America.

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Description

  • Maintain the company’s legal structure, corporate records, board resolutions, and shareholder matters.
  • Ensure compliance with corporate, securities, environmental, privacy, employment, and antitrust laws and regulations.
  • Draft, update, and enforce internal policies to meet legal obligations.
  • Advise on insurance coverage, manage claims, and lead legal response during emergencies such as data breaches, outages, SLA breaches, and on-site incidents.
  • Serve as trusted counsel to the CEO, senior leadership, and Board of Directors on fiduciary duties and strategic legal matters.
  • Lead legal strategy for site and land acquisition, zoning, permitting, entitlements, and real estate development matters.
  • Draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, ground leases, build-to-suit leases, easements, and joint venture agreements.
  • Structure and negotiate hyperscale data center lease agreements, MSAs, and SLAs, and support customer onboarding and contract lifecycle management.
  • Advise on power procurement strategies, utility interconnection agreements, take-or-pay provisions, and renewable energy or on-site generation projects.
  • Lead due diligence and execution for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, financing activities, and other strategic transactions.

Requirements

  • J.D. from an accredited law school.
  • Admission to practice and good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
  • 10+ years of broad-based legal experience, ideally including in-house General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel roles.
  • Proven expertise in data center leasing transactions, land acquisition, and real estate development.
  • Deep knowledge of corporate governance, commercial contracts, and regulatory compliance.
  • Experience with energy strategy, utility agreements, and large-scale development projects strongly preferred.
  • Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage complex, high-value transactions.
  • Exceptional business acumen and ability to balance legal risk with commercial priorities.
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling legal and compliance programs in a growth-oriented organization.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage with 90% of employee and dependent premiums paid.
  • Up to 8 weeks of paid time off per year, including holidays, PTO, and sick time.
  • 401(k) plan with immediate eligibility, no vesting requirement, and employer match contributions up to 6%.
  • Annual bonus program.
  • Remote work stipend.
  • Phone allowance.
  • Remote-first work environment.

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