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About the Role

We are seeking a VP, Legal (Corporate and M&A) to lead corporate legal workstreams for Nscale’s strategic transactions. Reporting to the SVP, Corporate and M&A, you will be a lead corporate counsel, managing M&A, joint ventures, equity fundraisings, restructurings, subsidiary governance, employee equity, and strategic transactions. This highly visible role involves advising senior leaders and building scalable legal processes.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic transactions, including M&A execution from term sheet through closing.
Partner with Corporate Development, CFO, and CEO on strategic transactions, providing legal input on deal structuring, risk assessment, and execution.
Run strategic minority investments, including structuring, due diligence, drafting, closing, and managing post-close obligations.
Lead joint venture projects end-to-end, from structuring and governance design to negotiation of agreements.
Ensure alignment across commercial, financial, and legal workstreams for joint ventures.
Work with Tax, Treasury, and Finance on intra-group funding and reorganisations.
Lead on US materials for Board and Committee, including resolutions, minutes, and supporting materials.
Advise on equity issuances, secondary transactions, and shareholder matters.
Work on subsidiary governance and entity rationalisation across an international footprint.
Support employee equity workstreams in partnership with People and Finance.
Partner closely with the Governance and Corporate Secretary function.
Contribute to building and systematising the corporate legal function, including processes, templates, and playbooks.
Assist the SVP, Corporate and M&A on management of external law firms and billing.

Requirements

12+ years of corporate legal experience, including top-tier law firm time and/or significant in-house experience.
Strong M&A and corporate transactional track record.
Confidence leading multi-stream transactions from structuring through execution.
Experience advising senior stakeholders on complex corporate matters.
Strong understanding of joint ventures, equity matters, subsidiary governance, and strategic transactions.
Ability to partner effectively with Corporate Development, Tax, Treasury, Finance, People, Governance, and executive leadership.
Qualified lawyer in the US in good standing.
Experience in fast-growth businesses is preferred but not required.
Experience scaling a corporate function in a high-growth or pre-IPO company is a plus.
Familiarity with employee equity at venture or pre-IPO stage is a plus.

Experience Level

12+ years

Education Level

Qualified lawyer in the US

Salary/Compensations

$300,000—$600,000 USD

Benefits

Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity)
Performance reviews every 12 months
Medical, dental, vision
Flexible paid time off
Parental leave
Retirement plan participation

About the Company

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI, providing cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers.
Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development.
Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.
We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability.
As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work.
You’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

Equal Opportunity

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.