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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 negotiate significant construction and project agreements, 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 significant construction and project agreements with contractors, suppliers, and vendors, including construction contracts, professional services agreements, and frameworks.
Advise on SPAs, joint venture and development agreements, PPAs and other power arrangements, easements and land rights, and commercial leases.
Shape and develop STACK's EMEA contracting strategy through standard forms, contracting positions, precedents, negotiation guidance, and other tools to enhance 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 project and transactional matters, gained in private practice, in-house, or a combination.
Experience partnering directly with construction or project delivery teams is important.
Strong legal experience supporting the construction and delivery of major infrastructure, engineering, energy, real estate development, or other complex capital projects.
Experience of data centre construction is particularly welcome.
IT services or technology contracting experience alone is not sufficient.
Strong drafting and negotiation skills, with personal ownership of substantial, high-value contracts.
Ability to manage commercial and legal risk over long project lifecycles.
Commercially minded with sound judgement and the ability to assess legal and commercial risk.
Ability to focus on what matters and give clear, actionable advice.
Experience working across multiple EMEA jurisdictions and coordinating external or local counsel.
Ability to build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and project teams.
Ability to influence across functions and jurisdictions.
Ability to take ownership of matters and manage changing priorities independently.
Ability to balance legal rigour with the need to keep projects moving.

Skills

Legal advice
Project assessment
Acquisition
Development
Construction
Leasing
Operation
Negotiation
Transaction structuring
Risk management
Contract drafting
Contract review
Construction contracts
Project agreements
SPAs
Joint venture agreements
Development agreements
PPAs
Easements
Land rights
Commercial leases
Contracting strategy
External counsel management
Commercial advice
Corporate advice
Operational advice
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