About the Role
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. 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. 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 also hone new skills and expertise in related workstreams as required, including treasury, finance, tax and site selection, developing an in-depth knowledge of AirTrunk’s business and providing legal expertise on AirTrunk’s strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Provide expert legal advice on a range of corporate transactions including capital raisings, internal restructurings, acquisitions and joint venture opportunities across the APJ region, with support from external legal counsel as required
- Review, negotiate and finalise complex transaction documentation
- Identify, assess and manage legal and regulatory risks from a corporate and capital raising perspective to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations across relevant jurisdictions within our APJ footprint 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 improve processes within AirTrunk, including through training and development of new policies and procedures
Requirements
- Law degree from an accredited law school and current practising certificate (if required in your jurisdiction)
- Minimum of 7 + years with corporate/ M&A, funds management, private equity or real estate investment experience gained from a reputable law firm and/or within an in-house environment
- Experience in advising across a wide spectrum of corporate and M&A transactions across full deal life-cycle from preliminary structuring to due diligence to review and negotiation of documentation to successful execution and delivery, post-closing and compliance management matters
- Experience with managing cross-border corporate transactions essential, experience within APJ jurisdictions highly regarded
- Experience with advising large infrastructure or real estate players highly regarded but not essential
- Demonstrated ability to apply sound judgement and commercial acumen to a range of cases, whilst delivering practical legal advice that manages risk and aligns with best practice
- Ability to autonomously and efficiently manage multiple workstreams, priorities and stakeholders
- Excellent communication, influencing, negotiation, relationship building and stakeholder management skills
- Enjoys being challenged, has a "can do" attitude, is prepared to go above and beyond and is eager to learn and develop an in-depth knowledge of AirTrunk's business and operations
- Thrives in a fun, team-oriented, fast-paced working environment
Skills
- Corporate transactions
- Capital raising
- Structuring
- M&A
- Funds management
- Private equity
- Real estate investment
- Deal life-cycle management
- Cross-border transactions
- Legal and regulatory risk assessment
- Compliance management
- Communication
- Influencing
- Negotiation
- Relationship building
- Stakeholder management
Location
- Asia Pacific
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Law degree
Benefits
- Flexible working environment
- Safe working environment
About the Company
- AirTrunk is 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 continuously redefine and deliver hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies.
- We are 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…
- Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact.
- We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day.
- We live our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.
- Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter.
- Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.
Equal Opportunity
- To all recruitment agencies: AirTrunk does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, AirTrunk employees or any other organisation location. AirTrunk is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
