Senior Legal Counsel

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet. A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future. A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact.

We are more than legal professionals protecting Equinix’s interests. We are valued business partners, known as responsive, consistent and proactive. We take customer service seriously and strive for excellence in our execution. Our strong relationships with our internal clients, fuelled by our solution-driven orientation and creative yet practical advice, bring us to the table early and often and lead to interesting and rewarding work in support of Equinix’s overall business objectives.

Our global Legal department may span four continents, but we are One Legal - a true team working together across borders in support of our 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 every day to support Equinix and each other and highly value the “team first” culture we have created.

This new opportunity of Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate is a role that will be part of our core global xScale Legal team. The xScale business within Equinix is fast growing and has been established as multiple joint ventures set up with investment partners to pursue our larger scale deployments with certain nominated cloud service and technology providers.

• Act as a member of the team developing specific expertise to support our xScale business within Equinix, including a deep knowledge of the JV contractual structure.
• Support for corporate law aspects of organic and inorganic expansion of the xScale business, including support for any M&A transactions conducted through the xScale joint ventures.
• Negotiate principal joint venture agreements with investor partners and all ancillary corporate agreements to support the xScale business model.
• Advise on structuring issues, use of legal entities, incorporation of new entities, etc.
• Support corporate law aspects of any exit of investors from an xScale joint venture or other monetization solutions.
• Lead corporate restructuring projects within the xScale business portfolio.
• Ensure compliance with regard to xScale and wider Equinix policies, processes and procedures.
• Coordinate with other Equinix legal team members supporting the xScale business.
• Advise the xScale business and other functional teams on ad hoc corporate legal or regulatory issues.
• Facilitate and coordinate legal updates for stakeholder and investor calls.
• Coordinate legal due diligence across various joint venture set up, monetarization and financing workstreams.
• Assist with drafting and negotiating NDAs, simple consents, notices and other straightforward corporate and/or real estate documents.
• Initiate and lead improvement initiatives for efficient delivery of legal support.
• Liaison with external legal counsel in various jurisdictions engaged to provide legal support.

• Degree qualification, with solid post qualification corporate law and/or governance experience.
• In-house experience, including by way of secondment, is desirable but not essential.
• Experience of working in a dynamic, global business environment is preferred.
• IT, telecom and/or real estate industry experience is preferred.
• Strong communication and relationship building skills.
• Ability and drive to take initiative and ownership of projects and tasks.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with tight deadlines.
• Strong ability to organise and prioritise tasks and workload.
• Strong ability to take a pragmatic and commercial approach.
• Ability to multi-task and work with limited supervision.

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, colour, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political/organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.