The opportunity
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…
What you'll do
Negotiate long-term datacenter leases with major developers, and represent: some of Anthropic's largest and lengthiest capital commitments
Coordinate construction-adjacent agreements including design-build contracts,: equipment procurement, and commissioning schedules
Manage legal workstreams for complex financing structures (e.g.,: sale-leasebacks, tax components, or project finance vehicles)
Work closely with specialized outside counsel (real estate and financing: specialists), ensuring their work product aligns with Anthropic's commercial objectives
Collaborate with compute team's transaction managers who handle operational: execution and project management, providing legal and risk management expertise
Coordinate with finance and corporate development on strategic deal structuring
What they're looking for
- At least 8 years of relevant legal experience with meaningful exposure to: infrastructure real estate transactions, project finance, or construction contracts
- In-house experience at datacenter developers supporting leasing, project: development, and financing transactions
- Background at infrastructure private equity firms with exposure to datacenter: or similar infrastructure investments
- Experience at large technology companies with datacenter construction: programs supporting development transactions from the buy side
- Law firm experience at practices with infrastructure finance or project: development specialization, particularly those who have worked on datacenter, power, or similar infrastructure financings
- Prior involvement in transactions requiring sophisticated understanding of: construction timelines, commissioning requirements, and operational handoff
- Familiarity with tax structures, sale-leaseback arrangements, or other: financing vehicles used in large-scale infrastructure development
