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About the Role

This role is at the heart of STACK's EMEA data centre development and investment activity, providing strategic and hands-on legal advice from opportunity assessment through acquisition, development, construction, leasing, and operation. You will structure complex transactions, manage legal and commercial risk, and provide practical solutions to support business objectives.

Responsibilities

Lead legal support across STACK's EMEA development and investment portfolio, from early opportunity assessment and due diligence through acquisition, development, construction, leasing and operation.
Act as a trusted legal business partner to Development, Construction, Power, Commercial, and Finance teams, engaging early in projects and transactions to shape structure, risk allocation, and practical solutions.
Lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of key project and transactional agreements, including professional services agreements, frameworks, SPAs, joint venture and development agreements, PPAs and other power arrangements, easements and land rights, construction contracts, and commercial leases.
Shape and develop STACK's EMEA contracting strategy through standard forms, contracting positions, precedents, negotiation guidance, and other tools to enhance delivery consistency and efficiency.
Instruct and manage external counsel across EMEA for local law or specialist advice, ensuring practical, timely, and commercially focused guidance while managing scope, quality, and legal spend.
Provide pragmatic advice on wider commercial, corporate, and operational matters, identify and escalate material risks, and strengthen legal processes and ways of working as the EMEA business develops.

Requirements

Qualified to practise law in the UK or an equivalent European jurisdiction.
Significant post-qualification experience advising on complex transactional and project matters, gained in private practice, in-house, or a combination.
Experience in data centres, infrastructure, energy, real estate development, construction, or other complex capital projects, ideally across multiple stages of the project lifecycle.
Strong drafting and negotiation skills with a track record of leading complex commercial discussions and achieving practical outcomes.
Commercially minded with sound judgment and the ability to assess legal and commercial risk, focus on key issues, and provide clear, actionable advice.
Experience working across multiple EMEA jurisdictions and coordinating external or local counsel.
Ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, influence across functions and jurisdictions, take ownership of matters, and manage competing priorities independently.

Skills

Legal advice
Transaction structuring
Risk management
Contract drafting
Contract negotiation
Stakeholder management
Legal process improvement

Location

London, United Kingdom

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Director level
Significant post-qualification experience

Education Level

Qualified to practise law in the UK or an equivalent European jurisdiction

Benefits

Competitive benefits aligned with STACK's UK policies

About the Company

STACK is a proven, trusted partner for the world's most innovative companies, designing, developing, and operating sustainable global digital infrastructure.
Backed by an unmatched record of reliable delivery and development expertise, STACK brings speed, scale, certainty, and responsibility to the demands of a rapidly evolving digital infrastructure landscape.
For more information about STACK, please visit: www.stackinfra.com