Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate

About this role

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?

AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.

Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…

Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.

A Snapshot

As Senior Legal Counsel - Corporate, you will report to Director, Legal – Corporate Transactions and work closely with various teams and leadership across the Asia Pacific region, making your mark in a number of ways:

• You will work closely with key business teams on key corporate workstreams including structuring and capital raising initiatives across the APJ region to support the rapid expansion of AirTrunk data centre developments across APJ, Middle East and such other relevant jurisdictions.

• You will advise on, shape and manage flow of funds within the AirTrunk Group to ensure compliance from a legal and regulatory perspective to drive value creation for AirTrunk.

• You will be able to hone new skills and expertise in related workstreams as required, including treasury, finance, tax, site selection and energy teams developing an in-depth knowledge of AirTrunk’s business and providing legal expertise on AirTrunk’s strategic initiatives.

Your Day to Day

• Provide expert legal advice on a range of corporate transactions including capital raisings, internal restructurings, acquisitions, new market entries and joint venture opportunities across the APJ, Middle East region and such other relevant jurisdictions, with support from external legal counsel as required.

• Direct and coordinate due diligence efforts on corporate transactions across legal, regulatory, and contractual areas, working closely with internal teams such as finance, tax, real estate, construction, power and operations.

• Review, negotiate and finalise key agreements, including complex transaction documentation, confidentiality agreements and preliminary deal terms.

• Identify, assess and manage legal and regulatory risks from a corporate and capital raising perspective, or with respect to any new markets, to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations across relevant jurisdictions within our APJ footprint and new markets in line with best practice.

• Monitor and identify emerging legal and regulatory issues and developments from a general corporate perspective, drive initiatives to ensure awareness and compliance and…