Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions

About the role

CoreSite is a leading colocation data center company providing the space, power, cooling and connectivity that businesses rely on to operate and grow. Our data centers bring dozens of organizations together under one roof, supporting the technology and services that keep our world connected. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, bringing the expertise, ideas and commitment that power our business and help our customers succeed. With a culture built on collaboration, ownership, and operational excellence, CoreSite is a place to make an impact.

As a member of the Company’s Legal team, the Vice President, Legal - Mergers & Acquisitions serves as a senior legal leader responsible for supporting the company's strategic growth initiatives through acquisitions, joint ventures, and other corporate transactions. This executive will lead the legal aspects of M&A transactions involving data centers and digital infrastructure assets. This executive will also support other company priorities, including customer contracting, data center development, litigation and advising management, and other internal stakeholders. CoreSite develops and operates essential multi-tenant data centers for our customers across the U.S. to deploy their compute infrastructure to support our daily digital lives. This role reports to CoreSite’s SVP and General Counsel and is an exciting opportunity for an expert candidate to build CoreSite’s public policy and community engagement agenda and to develop and implement strategies to advance this agenda at community, local, state and federal levels. The ideal candidate combines deep M&A expertise with strong commercial judgment and the ability to navigate legal, regulatory, real estate, infrastructure, and operational considerations unique to the data center sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead all legal aspects of acquisitions, mergers, and strategic transactions.
• Structure and negotiate purchase agreements, merger agreements, JV agreements, investment agreements, and ancillary transaction documents.
• Lead legal due diligence efforts and manage transaction risk assessments.
• Advise executive leadership regarding transaction structure, diligence outcomes, valuation risks, contractual protections, and post-closing obligations.
• Support acquisitions and development of data centers.
• Coordinate outside counsel and cross-functional stakeholders through transaction execution and closing.
• Lead negotiation and drafting of major tenant office space leases and major telecom licenses; negotiate, draft, or review drafts prepared by other Legal Department personnel of telecom cabinet and space licenses.
• Negotiate and draft acquisition agreements and letters of intent.
• Manage outside counsel in matters referred for litigation and set litigation strategy.
• Analyze and resolve disputes with contractors, vendors, suppliers, and third parties; manage representation by outside counsel where necessary.
• Promote and demonstrate the behaviors consistent with CoreSite’s culture and values
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school. Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar. 5+ years of legal experience in M&A and corporate transactions. Major law firm M&A practices preferred. Significant experience leading transactions valued