Location: Texas-Dallas
Description: <div id="jobDescriptionText" class="jobsearch-jobDescriptionText jobsearch-JobComponent-description css-1axw7mm eu4oa1w0"><div> Legal Counsel, Corporate xScale Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed. We are a fast-growing global company with 20 years of continuous growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and IT service providers in 32 countries spanning six continents. A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success. The role We are more than legal professionals protecting Equinix’s interests. We are valued business partners, known as responsive, consistent and proactive. We take customer service seriously and strive for excellence in our execution. Equinix’s dynamic growth trajectory keeps us on our toes and constantly learning. Our strong relationships with our internal clients, fueled by our solution-driven orientation and creative yet practical advice, bring us to the table early and often and lead to interesting and rewarding work in support of Equinix’s overall business objectives. Our global Legal department may span six continents, but we are One Legal - a true team working together across borders in support of our shared strategic objectives. We work hard but take time to celebrate our accomplishments – both professional and personal, with a healthy dose of fun thrown in along the way. We look forward to coming to work every day to support Equinix and each other and highly value the “team first” culture we have created. This new role of Legal Counsel, Corporate will be part of our core xScale Legal team and primarily responsible for providing corporate law and related support for a range of areas across the xScale business and support functions for xScale, in particular for Corporate Development, Finance, Tax and Treasury on a wide range of corporate law matters, with a particular focus on: <ul> <li> providing corporate legal support for the establishment and maintenance of our xScale joint ventures globally, and ancillary documents, which are joint ventures set up with investment partners to pursue our larger scale deployments with certain nominated cloud service and technology providers</li> <li> providing support for all other corporate legal work associated with the xScale business and its legal entities and act as a point of contact in Legal for business functions and other parts of One Legal supporting the xScale business, building close working relationships with members of those functions</li> </ul> What You'll Do <ul> <li> Act as a member of the team developing specific expertise to support our xScale business within Equinix and leverage the expertise of Equinix in developing and operating world class data centers</li> <li> Support for corporate law aspects of organic and inorganic expansion of the xScale business, including support for any M&A transactions conducted through the xScale joint ventures, advising on use of legal entities, incorporation of new entities, etc</li> <li> Having a sound understanding of business decisions related to the company's status as a US Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and assisting with REIT issues and analysis related to customer agreements and legal entity formation as far as it relates to the xScale business. No REIT prior experience is expected, and the successful candidate will receive REIT training and will be fully supported</li> <li> Support for corporate restructuring projects within the xScale business portfolio, including incorporating new legal entities, undertaking company statutory mergers or transfers of assets, undertaking recapitalizations as required, winding up dormant entities, etc</li> <li> Support for ensuring compliance with regard to xScale and wider Equinix policies, processes and procedures to ensure proper governance is followed concerning Board meetings, managing the series of inter-company agreements in place to support the xScale operating model, addressing issues from time to time, etc</li> <li> Co-ordinating with other One Legal team members responsible for maintaining the xScale group legal entities, including preparing board and shareholder resolutions, coordinating filing of annual returns, maintaining updated corporate records, etc</li> <li> Support for the Finance department in relation to legal queries relating to the preparation and finalization of the US GAAP and local statutory accounts and the accompanying audit processes for the xScale legal entities, including providing corporate documentation, reviewing and advising on representation letters, etc</li> <li> Advising on ad hoc corporate legal or regulatory issues affecting the xScale business, e.g., advising upon directors’ duties etc</li> <li> Liaison with external legal counsel in various jurisdictions engaged to provide legal support for the various xScale business activities referred to above, where local law input is required; and</li> <li> Aside from line management, report on legal activity in relation to areas of responsibility to VP, Legal, xScale and SVP, Legal & Deputy General Counsel</li> </ul> What You'll Need <ul> <li> Degree qualification, with solid post qualification experience (approx. 3-5 years) in middle or top tier law firm and/or a large multi-national organization is essential</li> <li> Some in-house experience, including by way of secondment, is desirable</li> <li> IT, telecom and/or real estate industry experience is preferred</li> <li> Strong communication and relationship building skills, and experience (internal or external) working with other business focused personnel is essential</li> <li> Strong attention to detail</li> <li> Strong ability to organize and prioritize tasks and workload, and good administrative skills. Ability to work with tight deadlines</li> <li> Strong ability to take a pragmatic and commercial approach. Ability to multi-task and work with limited supervision</li> <li> General working knowledge of financial spreadsheets, accounting rules (revenue recognition etc.) is desirable; and</li> <li> Foreign language capability is desirable</li> </ul> Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form. Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law. The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are: • San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $160,000 to $273,000 • California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $153,000 to $261,000 • Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $139,000 to $237,000 Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process. The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position. As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: USA Benefits eBook Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form. <div> The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are: • San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $160,000 to $273,000 • California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $153,000 to $261,000 • Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $139,000 to $237,000 Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process. The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position. As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: USA Benefits eBook </div> </div></div>
Posted: 14-Aug-2023
Updated: 14-Sep-2024
Closed: 30-Nov-2023
Practice Areas: Corporate
Specialties: Restructuring, Compliance/Regulatory, Joint Ventures, Finance, Cross-Border, M&A
Experience: 3 to 5 years
Employer Type: In-House

Legal Counsel, Corporate xScale

Equinix