Director, Deal Execution & Legal – Data Centers & Real Estate

Key Responsibilities

• Support the structuring and negotiation of joint ventures, partnerships, and co-investment arrangements with institutional capital partners, including multi-tiered JV / PropCo / DevCo structures, LLC and shareholder agreements, waterfalls and distribution mechanics, term sheets, etc.
• Support negotiation of hyperscale data center leases, including long-term NNN build-to-suit leases, letters of intent, agreements for lease, and related development agreements with hyperscalers, neoclouds, and other tenants
• Support land transactions across multiple jurisdictions, including purchase and sale agreements, letters of intent, option agreements, exclusivity arrangements, and conditionality tied to planning, power, and environmental matters
• Support cross-border transactions across the U.S., Europe, and APAC, coordinating local counsel on jurisdiction-specific structuring, regulatory, tax, and real estate requirements
• Support equity capital raises and co-investment processes, including diligence coordination, information rights, confidentiality arrangements, and investor documentation
• Direct and manage outside counsel across multiple jurisdictions, conveying deal strategy, assigning workstreams, reviewing work product, and ensuring the business perspective is reflected in all documentation; manage legal budgets and timelines
• Conduct commercial and legal due diligence on potential partners, co-venturers, tenants, and counterparties; provide strategic advisory on credit risk, structural risk, and deal alignment
• Advise on portfolio-level matters arising from JV arrangements, including exclusivity scope, investment opportunity allocation, governance, information rights, and exit mechanics
• Support deal execution end-to-end, from term sheet through close, balancing legal rigor with commercial objectives

Skills & Requirements

• Education / Experience
• 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, with meaningful time spent on the principal or sponsor side, or at a law firm advising developers, sponsors, or investors on similar transactions
• 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
• Specific Skills / Abilities
• Self-starter with exceptional judgment and business acumen; strong commercial mindset and enjoys being close to the business
• Hands-on experience negotiating JV/LLC agreements, real estate purchase and sale agreements, and long-term commercial leases
• Familiarity with institutional capital structures, including promote/waterfall mechanics, preferred returns, and governance and control provisions
• Proven ability to manage outside counsel effectively, including foreign local counsel, reviewing output, and holding firms accountable to the business objectives of each deal
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global, high-growth environment with evolving priorities and balancing legal precision with business strategy
• High emotional intelligence with excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build trust with internal stakeholders and external partners
• Track record of independently handling complex deals and translating legal considerations into actionable business guidance
• Comfortable working as the sole dedicated transactions professional initially, partnering directly with senior leadership and outside counsel
• Desire to grow with an ambitious, scaling organization

About Edged

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.

Position

Director, Deal Execution & Legal – Data Centers & Real Estate

Full-Time or Part-Time

Full-Time

Reports to

Senior Director of Investments

Location

Remote (New York Metro area or Atlanta, GA)

Contact

recruiting@endeavourii.com