QTS Realty Trust

Corporate Counsel - Construction

QTS Realty Trust$110K — $130K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials.
  • Admission to the Bar of a U.S. state or the District of Columbia.
  • Two or more years of legal experience in a general corporate transactional practice.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee legal aspects of construction and procurement contracting processes.
  • Advise on regulatory, health, and environmental matters.
  • Negotiate contracts with contractors and utility providers.
  • Structure project-related documents like vendor agreements and O&M agreements.
  • Support project financing transactions.
  • Assist with regulatory, permitting, and due diligence matters.
  • Manage outside counsel and various third-party relationships.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for cross-functional collaboration.
  • Support in negotiating impactful contracts.
  • Exposure to a variety of legal matters and projects.
  • Dynamic work environment with evolving challenges.
Full Job Description
Who You Are:

As Corporate Counsel, you are a seasoned legal professional with deep expertise in construction, project development, and energy procurement. You thrive in dynamic environments and bring a strategic mindset to complex legal matters. With a strong background in large-scale construction or power projects, you're adept at navigating and negotiating high-impact contracts. You're collaborative, solutions-oriented, and ready to support cross-functional teams across development and other business units.

What You Will Do:
  • Oversee legal aspects of the company's construction and procurement contracting terms and process; work with the company's Development team in negotiating and managing construction contracts
  • Advise on regulatory, health and environmental matters regarding development projects
  • Negotiate and work with the company's contractors and utility providers
  • Negotiate and structure project-related documents, including vendor / supply agreements, O&M agreements, and other similar agreements
  • Support project financing transactions
  • Assisting with a variety of other legal matters such as regulatory matters, permitting, environmental, due diligence and real estate, as well as various other transactional matters and agreements as needed
  • Working with and managing outside counsel, partners, customers, counterparties and other third parties, as needed
  • Performing a broad range of legal matters and general business matters based on the needs of the company, as may be assigned by the General Counsel


What You Will Need to be Successful:
  • J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials
  • Admission to the Bar of a U.S. state or the District of Columbia
  • Two or more years of legal experience as a practicing lawyer working in a general corporate transactional practice


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Hands-on, self-starter who is disciplined and detail-oriented with the ability to work independently as well as in a team setting that requires a highly accurate and timely work product
  • Agile and versatile; comfortable with new and unfamiliar subject matter; easily adaptable to change
  • Able to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
  • Enterprising and entrepreneurial
  • Able to take initiative with no direction
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Strong listening, organizational, and interpersonal skills
  • Strong work ethic and accountability to deadlines
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and evolving business environment
  • Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel), Box, Workday, DocuSign
  • Excellent analytical, time-management, judgment and decision-making skills
  • Possess ambition and an optimistic attitude
  • Ability to effectively multitask and manage competing priorities and demands on time
  • Strong problem-solving and negotiation skills
  • Able to effectively manage complicated legal and business issues
  • Ability to effectively manage others, including outside counsel and service providers


About QTS Realty Trust

QTS is the digital infrastructure leader – Powered by People, driven by purpose and fueled by a spirit of innovation. We have a 20-year track record of designing, building and operating world-class data centers, delivering the critical infrastructure for the world’s largest and fastest-growing companies. We have more than 75 data centers in operation or under development across the United States and Europe.
Learn more about QTS Realty Trust
Size
82,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$15.9 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+11.6%
Revenue
$539.3 million
NASDAQ

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