Director Legal Infrastructure EMEA
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
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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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About the Role
You will lead infrastructure matters from term sheet through delivery and closeout for EMEA data-centre campuses. You will negotiate construction, supply, real-estate, and power agreements, manage outside counsel, and advise stakeholders on legal and commercial risk.
Requirements
- 7+ years of construction and infrastructure legal experience
- Qualification as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales or another relevant EMEA jurisdiction
- Experience negotiating major construction, EPC/EPCM, design-and-build, professional-services, and equipment-supply agreements
- Experience working across multiple EMEA jurisdictions and managing local counsel
- Knowledge of construction risk allocation, delay remedies, warranties, insurance, liability caps, and dispute resolution
- Ability to negotiate multiple high-value contracts and explain risk to senior non-legal stakeholders
Responsibilities
- Lead negotiations for owner-contractor, EPC, EPCM, and design-and-build agreements
- Draft and negotiate design and consultancy agreements
- Negotiate supply, installation, and O&M agreements for power and critical equipment
- Support site acquisition, development arrangements, ground leases, and power arrangements
- Maintain infrastructure contract templates and playbooks
- Manage counterparty negotiations and consistent contract positions
- Manage contracts through delivery and closeout
- Coordinate insurance, bonding, and lender requirements
- Manage EMEA outside counsel
- Partner with construction, procurement, finance, real estate, energy, and operations stakeholders