Associate Corporate Counsel, Technical Infrastructure

7 Hours ago • 3 Years + • Legal • $210,000 PA - $312,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As Associate Corporate Counsel at Google, you'll focus on complex commercial transactions related to building, procuring, and operating the infrastructure supporting Google's internet services. This includes agreements and projects involving submarine cables, terrestrial fiber networks, and data center acquisitions globally. You'll perform legal analysis, complete complex legal assignments, advise stakeholders on legal options and risks, promote legal compliance, and assist in team development. Responsibilities include reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements for network and capacity acquisition, submarine cable projects, data center operations, and renewable energy procurement. You'll provide solution-oriented advice to facilitate infrastructure and energy projects, respond to legal requests from various teams, and coordinate across internal legal teams on technical infrastructure matters.
Must have:
  • JD, LL.B., or equivalent
  • 3+ years attorney experience
  • Data center/network infrastructure experience
  • Bar admission or authorized practice
  • Commercial agreement negotiation
  • Legal analysis & risk assessment
Good to have:
  • Submarine cable, colocation, dark fiber experience
  • Telecom regulations & FCC licensing knowledge
  • Project management skills
  • Excellent people management skills
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience in attorney-level in government, in-house, or at a law firm.
  • Experience with data center or network infrastructure.
  • Admitted to the bar or authorized to practice law (e.g., have registered in-house status) in the state in which the position is located.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements for the build, procurement and operation of technical infrastructure related projects.
  • Experience with submarine cable, colocation, dark fiber, and other technical infrastructure agreements.
  • Experience advising on telecommunications regulations and US FCC licensing process.
  • Ability to manage and execute numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure.
  • Ability to work on a broad variety of matters from complex matters to the routine standard matters across.
  • Excellent people management skills and a commitment to professionalism and working with others.

About the job

As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations require creative and proactive legal guidance. You're part of a whip-smart group of in-house lawyers and the projects and cases you take on challenge you to think big and differently. You are collaborative -- ready to partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company. As an integrated part of the team, you proactively assess legal risks and advise on products that will not only move information into the 21st century, but move information law forward as well.

As Associate Corporate Counsel, you will focus on complex commercial transactions, to build, procure and operate the infrastructure used to enable Google to deliver its Internet services. This includes agreements and projects involving submarine cables, terrestrial fiber networks, data center acquisitions and operations globally. You will perform legal analysis of non-standard issues or situations, complete complex legal assignments separately and advise Google stakeholders on legal options and risks (e.g., deployment of new infrastructure types in new jurisdictions). Based on a deep understanding of the broader legal and regulatory landscape, you will promote legal compliance, risk mitigation, and execution. You will assist with the continuous development of the team and its processes. You will collaborate and partner in initiatives that influence all aspects of the business and work with Googlers from all over the company.

20th century laws don't always solve 21st century problems, and Google Legal crafts innovative approaches for working with some of the toughest legal challenges of the information age. Whether you're a patent attorney, an intellectual property expert or an engineer headed to law school, Google Legal lets you address unanswered legal quandaries and create new precedents. Our innovative services raise challenging questions that demand creative and practical answers. We provide those answers by working at the crossroads of the law and new technology, helping Google build innovative and important products for users around the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $210,000-$312,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

  • Review, draft and negotiate a range of commercial agreements supporting Google’s technical infrastructure procurement and operation. This includes agreements for: network and capacity acquisition, submarine cable projects, data center operations, renewable energy and water procurement.
  • Advise on projects and business initiatives to provide solution-oriented practical advice to facilitate infrastructure and energy projects.
  • Respond promptly to legal requests from supervising lawyers, program managers, negotiators and executives.
  • Coordinate across internal legal teams on a variety of matters related to technical infrastructure agreements and projects.

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