Director Legal Critical Infrastructure
Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Nscale
Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead US infrastructure matters across the full contracting lifecycle. You will negotiate construction, design, equipment, real-estate, and power agreements; manage delivery and closeout issues; oversee outside counsel; and support project delivery.
Requirements
- 7+ years of construction and infrastructure legal experience.
- Experience negotiating major construction EPC, design-build, professional-services, and equipment-supply agreements.
- Knowledge of construction risk allocation.
- Ability to negotiate multiple high-value contracts in parallel.
- Ability to explain legal and commercial risk to non-lawyers and senior stakeholders.
- US attorney admission in at least one state and good standing.
Responsibilities
- Lead negotiation of owner-contractor, EPC, and design-build agreements.
- Draft and negotiate design and consultancy agreements.
- Negotiate supply, installation, and O&M agreements for power-generation and critical equipment.
- Support site acquisition, development, ground leases, power procurement, utility, interconnection, and power-purchase arrangements.
- Maintain and improve infrastructure contract templates and playbooks.
- Run counterparty comment rounds and apply consistent contract positions.
- Manage contracts through delivery and closeout.
- Coordinate insurance and bonding requirements.
- Manage US outside counsel, including scope, budgets, and advice quality.
- Partner with construction, procurement, finance, real estate, energy, and operations stakeholders.
Benefits
- Bonus, equity, and/or commission programs
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation