Legal Counsel Real Estate and Development
Hut 8 is an energy infrastructure platform that develops and operates power, digital infrastructure, and compute assets. Its platform supports energy-intensive technologies, including AI and Bitcoin mining.
About Hut 8
Hut 8 develops, commercializes, and operates integrated power, digital infrastructure, and compute assets. It acquires and manages critical energy assets such as powered land, interconnects, substations, switchyards, and related electrical systems; designs and operates purpose-built facilities for energy-intensive applications; and deploys specialized hardware through businesses serving markets such as AI and Bitcoin mining. Its clients and counterparties include users of large-scale, energy-intensive technology infrastructure.
Skills
About the Role
You will provide legal support across the Data Center and Energy Infrastructure portfolio. This is a hands on, high volume role focused on the front end of the development lifecycle including site control, diligence, and deal execution. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders to advance real estate and development transactions.
Requirements
- Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. State and a member in good standing of one U.S. Bar.
- 3+ years of experience in commercial real estate, infrastructure, or energy law, with a focus on land acquisition, site control, and transactional diligence.
- Proven track record of drafting and negotiating front-end real estate documents: LOIs, purchase options, purchase and sale agreements, easements, and access agreements.
- Experience coordinating with title companies, surveyors, and environmental consultants on large-scale land or infrastructure transactions.
- Familiarity with project finance or real estate loan transactions is a plus.
- Experience in data center, energy, or digital infrastructure is a plus but not required.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate letters of intent, land options, purchase agreements, easements, access agreements, tax abatement agreements, shared facilities agreements, construction contracts, long lead equipment procurement agreements, costs in aid of construction agreements, interconnection agreements and other ancillary development documents.
- Provide legal support on project finance and real estate loan transactions, including loan documents, infrastructure agreements, power-related agreements, and leases with data center end users.
- Manage the documentation lifecycle for the company's data center development and energy infrastructure projects, ensuring all agreements are executed with precision and align with the company's strategic objectives.
- Act as the primary legal liaison for the development, operations, asset management, energy origination and strategic financing teams.
- Coordinate with outside counsel, title agents, surveyors, and environmental consultants to ensure that every site is thoroughly vetted and prepared for commercialization.
- Conduct and coordinate legal due diligence, including review of title commitments, ALTA surveys, environmental reports, and zoning analyses.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Paid time off.
