Senior Corporate Counsel

The role

The Senior Corporate Counsel will support a broad range of legal matters by partnering with business, product, engineering, and leadership teams. This role involves leading commercial and strategic transactions and building foundational legal processes.

What you will do

• Draft, review, and negotiate customer, vendor, and partnership agreements
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements across the data center and energy ecosystem
• Develop templates and playbooks to streamline contracting and transactional activities
• Advise on product, data usage, privacy, and IP-related matters
• Partner with engineering, commercial, and product teams to identify and manage legal risks
• Identify legal and regulatory considerations relevant to commercial transactions, product development, and company operations
• Assist with corporate governance, entity management, and internal policies
• Help build internal legal processes that improve speed and consistency
• Report to Head of Legal and Policy

Required qualifications

• JD and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 6 - 10 years of legal experience
• Deep experience drafting, negotiating, and structuring commercial agreements, including complex and strategic transactions
• Hands-on experience with data center transactions or the broader data center ecosystem, including experience at or advising data center operators, neoclouds, hyperscalers, energy technology companies,
• Experience working cross-functionally with business, technical, and executive teams
• Strong business judgment and ability to assess legal and commercial risk

Nice to have

• Experience with utility, interconnection, energy services, or other energy-related agreements
• Experience with energy technology, AI/ML, cloud or infrastructure-related companies
• Exposure to regulated industries (e.g., energy)

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Equity
• Stock options
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) matching

About the company

Emerald AI sits at the intersection of AI and energy, enabling AI data centers to scale without overwhelming the grid. The company is backed by investors including Radical Ventures and NVIDIA.