Legal Counsel, Debt Capital Markets

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About the role

We are hiring a Legal Counsel (Debt Capital Markets) to support end-to-end financing strategy and execution across the North America region. This role sits at the intersection of Legal, Treasury, and regional leadership, with a functional reporting line to the VP, Legal (Debt Capital Markets) in New York and a dotted line to local and EMEA leadership. You will partner closely with internal stakeholders on early-stage financing strategy, customer contracting, legal due diligence, transaction execution, and post-closing lender requirements. Your work will be central to supporting complex financing activity across the US.

Responsibilities

• Financing Strategy & Structuring
  • Support early scoping of financing strategies in partnership with Treasury.
  • Advise on legal considerations that shape financing structures for US projects.
  • Partner with leadership to address financing needs at the outset of project planning.
  • Provide early-stage financing strategy support for EMEA projects where needed.
• Contracting & Documentation
  • Work with leadership to incorporate financing terms into customer documents and other key project documents at early stages.
  • Integrate collateral contract requirements into customer contracting workflows.
  • Review commercial documentation to align customer arrangements with financing objectives.
  • Manage negotiation of transaction documents across financing matters.
• Diligence & Transaction Execution
  • Lead legal due diligence for US projects.
  • Coordinate with Treasury on tax financing diligence.
  • Oversee external counsel and support coordination across banks and law firms.
  • Drive timely completion of transaction negotiations and execution workstreams.
• Approvals, Drawdowns & Ongoing Lender Management
  • Oversee authorizations and board approvals required for transactions.
  • Drive satisfaction of lender conditions precedent for drawdowns.
  • Handle post-closing lender maintenance, including amendments and waivers.
  • Maintain legal support across the full lifecycle of financing arrangements.
• KPIs
  • Timely completion of legal due diligence and transaction negotiations.
  • Execution of approvals and lender conditions precedent for drawdowns.
  • Ongoing management of lender amendments and waivers.
  • Early-stage financing strategy support for EMEA projects.

Requirements

• 3–6+ years of relevant legal experience.
• JD and active license in at least one U.S. state bar.
• Experience in a market-leading project finance, real estate finance, or asset finance law firm practice and/or in-house at a reputable institution.
• Exposure to a variety of debt products.
• Ability to manage end-to-end financing transactions across structuring, diligence, negotiation, and closing.
• Tech-fluent and eager to adopt new tools, including AI tools, PowerPoint, and Excel, to streamline legal execution.
• Knowledge of data center and GPU financing is a significant advantage.
• Strong attention to detail and a high standard of execution.
• Commercial acumen and sound judgment in complex transactional environments.
• Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months.
• Opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies and shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed.
• Dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions, with support for leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy.
• Human-first flexibility: autonomy to shape your day around life’s moments.

Pay

Salary Range: $300,000 USD - $400,000 USD. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.