Legal Counsel

Volta is the category-defining fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform from capital to clusters to software under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100 people across London Palo Alto and New York with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

This Legal Counsel role will support Voltas Executive team and Legal / Compliance team in drafting reviewing and negotiating the agreements that underpin the companys fundraising strategic direction and operations from capital raises with investors / debt financings vendor / procurement contracts to customer / partnership agreements.

This role works also closely with the Delivery Procurement and Corporate Development teams across a fast-moving infrastructure business and is well suited to a lawyer who enjoys getting close to the commercial detail.

What You Will Be Doing

• Draft review and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts including vendor procurement and customer agreements factoring in commercial risk operational requirements and bankability considerations for financing

• Advise internal stakeholders on contractual risk obligations and negotiation strategy

• Support procurement and delivery teams on equipment construction and services agreements for data center projects

• Assist with corporate and structuring functions (entity structuring / formation corporate workflows governance negotiations)

• Maintain and improve contract templates playbooks and approval workflows

• Track contractual obligations and support compliance with commercial terms

• Collaborate with the General Counsel / VP Legal on regulatory tax and policy matters as needed

• Support due diligence for partnerships financings and other transactions

• Stay current on relevant legal and regulatory developments affecting the business

What You Bring

• 4 years of experience as a commercial lawyer in-house or at a law firm ideally supporting infrastructure technology or energy clients

• J.D. and active bar membership in a relevant jurisdiction (US / England)

• Strong commercial contract drafting and negotiation skills

• Experience with vendor procurement or construction-related agreements is a plus

• Ability to manage a high volume of contracts and competing priorities

• Excellent judgment attention to detail and communication skills

• Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders outside of Legal

• Experience working in a fast-paced high-growth environment

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At Volta we believe people do their best work when they feel supported trusted and able to grow. Were building a company where you can make an impact keep a healthy balance between work and life and build a career youre proud of.
As a global team we do our best to provide great benefits wherever youre based. While some benefits vary by country due to local regulations we believe looking after our people is simply the right thing to do.

• Competitive salary based on the work you do here not your previous salary

• Equity in Volta giving you the opportunity to share in the companys long-term success

• Retirement/pension contributions

• Comprehensive health wellbeing and insurance benefits

• Generous number of vacation days each year

Background Checks

All offers of employment at Volta are conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment screening which includes confirmation of your right to work verification of your employment history and a criminal record check where this is permitted by local law. Screening is carried out by Zinc an accredited third-party provider after an offer is made and all information is handled confidentially and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

Volta is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and make employment decisions based on skills qualifications experience and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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