Legal Counsel, Real Estate & Planning

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company? AirTrunk is a hyperscale data centre company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering the digital infrastructure that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re 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… Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground. A Snapshot As the Legal Counsel , Capital Projects , you will report to Senior Director, Capital Projects , and work closely with various teams and leadership across the Asia Pacific region , making your mark in a number of ways: You will work closely with the AirTrunk Legal, Site Selection and Development teams and other key business stakeholders, applying your broad expertise and knowledge to lead and drive key site selection, property, planning, leasing and acquisition workstreams across the APJ region. You will advise on new, significant and unique initiatives, strategies and processes being developed across the site selection, property, planning, land acquisition space to enable the rapid expansion of AirTrunk data centre developments across APJ, utilising your conceptual thinking to understand advanced issues and implications and convey them appropriately. You will be able to hone new skills and expertise in related workstreams as required, such as energy/power, construction, development and procurement, applying an in-depth knowledge of AirTrunk’s business, operations, technologies and services and providing legal support on AirTrunk’s strategic initiatives. Your Day to Day Review and negotiate legal contracts, and provide practical and commercial legal advice on a range of property and planning workstreams across APJ, and clearly convey advanced information concisely and commercially. Support the Site Selection team to implement new, or improve on existing, commercial arrangements and contractual frameworks and policies to support the rapid expansion of data centre developments through APJ. Monitor and identify emerging property, foreign investment, planning issues and developments from a legal or regulatory perspective, drive initiatives to ensure awareness, and compliance and improve processes within AirTrunk, including through training and development of new policies and procedures. Advise the Site Selection team as needed to monitor, manage, and resolve claims and/or disputes. Requirements <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="39" data-list-defn-props="{"3