Legal Counsel, Real Estate Financing & Joint Ventures

Crusoe
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 5-7 yearsSkills: ["Negotiation","Drafting","Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration"]

Legal Counsel will lead contract drafting, negotiation, and execution for real estate acquisitions, joint ventures, and complex project finance transactions, partnering with engineering, construction, finance, and tax teams to support Crusoe’s data center developments. The role focuses on drive, due diligence, structured financings, and standardized legal templates, with on-site presence in San Francisco.

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Crusoe
Crusoe
5 months ago

Legal Counsel, Real Estate Financing & Joint Ventures

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Job Summary

Legal Counsel will lead contract drafting, negotiation, and execution for real estate acquisitions, joint ventures, and complex project finance transactions, partnering with engineering, construction, finance, and tax teams to support Crusoe’s data center developments. The role focuses on drive, due diligence, structured financings, and standardized legal templates, with on-site presence in San Francisco.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Real estate transactions: Review, negotiate, and execute agreements from inception to closing, including site selection, LOIs, PSAs, options, easements, and ground leases.
  • •Financing & debt: Support financing, debt raises, and large-scale recapitalizations.
  • •Joint ventures & due diligence: Conduct and coordinate legal due diligence for construction loans and complex JV structures.
  • •Customer agreements: Draft, negotiate, and execute customer leases and data center service agreements.
  • •Structured transactions: Support legal execution of recapitalizations and other highly structured financial transactions.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionRsus401kLife InsuranceParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
  • •Active bar admission in any state.
  • •5–7 years of experience focused on real estate acquisitions, project finance, or power procurement.
  • •Strong knowledge of construction financing and loan due diligence processes.
  • •Excellent negotiation and drafting skills with a self-starter mentality.
Experience:5-7 yearsData centersAI infrastructure
Skills:NegotiationDraftingProblem-solvingCommunicationCollaboration
Certifications:Bar Admission

Company Brief

Crusoe
Builds vertically integrated, energy-first AI infrastructure and purpose-built AI data centers (Crusoe Cloud), leveraging clean/stranded energy to power large-scale GPU compute for AI training and inference.
Industry: Data Centers
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Denver, United States
Founded: 2018
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