Senior Legal Counsel

Senior Legal Counsel

Job Summary

Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate will be primarily responsible for providing support for Equinix’s corporate development function in the Americas region (currently Canada, the US, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Brazil). The role will handle a wide range of corporate and corporate development matters, with a particular focus on providing corporate legal support for all of the America's M&A transactions, acquisitions, dispositions and entry into joint ventures and other partnerships, and operation of those joint ventures and partnerships over time.  

Responsibilities

• Lead legal support for M&A transactions in the Americas region, including legal due diligence, negotiating transaction documents and ancillary agreements (e.g., transitional arrangements, etc.), corporate and tax structuring arrangements and all associated advisory work, working with the Corporate Development team to meet Equinix business objectives and ensure Equinix’s interests are protected

• Work closely with other members of the Equinix Legal team, provide ongoing support for the integration of any newly acquired or organically built businesses in the Americas in line with the company’s agreed integration strategy, including representing Equinix Legal on cross functional integration teams and acting as a clearing house for post-closing legal issues

• Lead legal support for the entry into and ongoing support and maintenance of any joint venture agreements forming part of the Americas business, and all associated advisory work

• Advise on any anti-trust or competition law issues (with support from external antitrust counsel) arising out of Equinix’ expansion in the Americas region, and manage any such issues arising in the day-to-day operation of the business

• To the extent bandwidth is available (with support from external real estate counsel), assist the with legal support for real estate transactions, including purchases, sales, leases, financing, joint ventures, management agreements and other real estate transactions

• Having a sound understanding of business decisions related to Equinix’s status as a REIT

• Liaising with other Equinix Legal personnel worldwide and in region in coordinating on other corporate legal matters

Qualifications

• Juris doctorate

• 5+ years of relevant work experience at a law firm or in-house

• Current active bar membership

• Strong ability to take a pragmatic and commercial-minded approach

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work with limited supervision

• Experience of working in an in-house legal role for a US-based multinational corporation

• IT, telecom and/or real estate industry experience

• Experience working in multiple countries across the Americas; and 

• Ability to do business in Portuguese or Spanish