Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Backed by Accel, Bessemer and General Catalyst.
About the role
As Compute & Infrastructure Counsel, Real Estate at Anthropic, you'll drive legal execution for Anthropic's largest physical infrastructure transactions: direct datacenter leases, construction agreements, and the financing structures that enable infrastructure investments at massive scale.
What they're looking for
- JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- Fluency in commercial real estate and construction contracting, datacenter lease structures, construction risk allocation, and financing arrangements (and how they will interact)
- Experience with EPC, AIA, and design-build arrangements at scale
- Comfort with project finance structures and the interplay between lease, financing, and development agreements
- Ability to coordinate effectively with specialized outside counsel while maintaining strategic direction
- Strong judgment about when deal terms create downstream risk for operational flexibility
More about this role
Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
As Compute & Infrastructure Counsel, Real Estate at Anthropic, you'll drive legal execution for Anthropic's largest physical infrastructure transactions: direct datacenter leases, construction agreements, and the financing structures that enable infrastructure investments at massive scale. This role focuses on facilities where Anthropic has direct control through ownership or long-term lease, complementing the colo & networks, and cloud compute legal teammates (facilities where Anthropic is tenant, and our hyperscaler relationships, respectively). You'll work in close partnership with specialized outside counsel on financing and real estate matters, serving as the in-house coordinator who ensures external work product aligns with Anthropic's commercial objectives and integrates with our overall compute strategy.
Negotiate long-term datacenter leases with major...
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