QTS Realty Trust

Senior Corporate Counsel - Corporate

QTS Realty Trust$120K — $150K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials.
  • 5+ years of experience in law, focusing on corporate matters and legal compliance.
  • Demonstrated experience or interest in employment and dispute/litigation matters.

Responsibilities

  • Research and provide practical legal advice to support operations and strategic initiatives.
  • Manage outside counsel, counterparties, and other third parties as needed.
  • Handle general corporate matters, including legal entity management and contracting support.
  • Monitor evolving laws and regulations, assessing compliance risks.
  • Provide support on employment-related legal matters, including policies and compensation.
  • Review and guide marketing and communications for legal alignment.
  • Assist with diverse, high-demand legal projects as needed.

Benefits

  • QRest Sabbatical
  • Employee Stock Purchase
  • Tuition assistance and scholarships for dependents
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Parental leave and military leave assistance
Full Job Description
Senior Corporate Counsel is a member of the Legal Department who provides practical, business-focused counsel across a broad range of corporate, commercial, and compliance matters. This role partners closely with internal stakeholders to support key transactions and initiatives, manage legal risk, and help ensure the Company's policies, processes, and operations align with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

What You Will Do:
  • Research, analyze, and provide practical legal advice to business partners on complex matters supporting the Company's operations and strategic initiatives, and deliver day-to-day counsel to help identify and manage legal risk while driving timely, actionable solutions.
  • Manage outside counsel, counterparties, and other third parties as needed.
  • Manage general corporate matters and related business processes, including legal entity management and contracting support (intercompany agreements, commercial contracts, and other strategic transaction documents), as well as corporate and policy governance and compliance program administration in partnership with internal stakeholders.
  • Monitor and advise on evolving laws and regulations impacting the business, assess applicability and compliance risk, and partner with internal stakeholders to implement practical policies, processes, and training to support ongoing compliance, including with environmental, employment, and privacy laws.
  • Provide legal support on employment-related matters, including hiring, separations, compensation and incentive programs, employment policies, and other employment-related requests.
  • Provide legal review and guidance on marketing, advertising, and external communications, including third-party requests and public relations materials, to ensure alignment with legal, regulatory, and brand standards
  • Periodically assist with diverse, high-demand legal projects outside normal areas of focus.
  • Other duties as assigned.


What You Will Need to be Successful:
  • J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials.
  • 5+ years of experience practicing law, with a focus on general corporate matters, legal compliance, and risk management, plus demonstrated experience or interest in employment and dispute/litigation matters.


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.
  • Excellent listening, written, verbal, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to learn ERP systems.
  • Excels in a team-oriented work environment.
  • Strong work ethic and accountability to deadlines.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and evolving business environment.
  • Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, and Co-Pilot), Box, and DocuSign.
  • Excellent analytical, time-management, judgment, and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
  • Must be able to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
  • Possess ambition and an optimistic attitude.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and demands.
  • Strong problem-solving and negotiation skills.
  • Able to take initiative with little direction.


The Perks (and these are just a few!):
  • QRest Sabbatical
  • Employee Stock Purchase
  • QTS scholarship for dependents
  • Eagle Club award trip eligibility
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Tuition assistance, parental leave and military leave assistance


Total Rewards

This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company benefits.

This position is Bonus eligible.

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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