Counsel - Corporate Finance

As Counsel, Corporate Finance, you will be a legal partner to Corporate Development, FP&A, and Treasury, focusing on designing, negotiating, and administering Lambda’s corporate finance strategy and debt stack. This role is crucial for expanding Lambda's AI data center footprint and GPU server fleet. You will manage legal workstreams for various financing structures, ensure debt administration and compliance, and drive process improvements. The position requires presence in the San Francisco office 4 days per week.

Must Have

• Manage legal workstreams for credit facilities and other complex financing structures.
• Draft, review, and negotiate finance documents (term sheets, credit agreements, guarantees, security agreements, intercreditor/subordination agreements, commitment letters, fee letters, and amendments/waivers).
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and manage outside counsel.
• Build and own a lender deliverables and compliance calendar.
• Oversee lien-perfection and collateral matters (UCC filings and searches, IP security agreements, deposit account control agreements, securities account control agreements, landlord waivers, collateral coverage schedules).
• Support intercompany guarantees and collateral arrangements.
• Monitor legal and market developments affecting leveraged finance, secured transactions, and project/equipment finance.
• Create playbooks, templates, trackers, and closing checklists.
• Implement legal-tech and automation to streamline financing processes.
• JD from an accredited law school and admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 3-5 years of combined law firm and/or in-house experience with demonstrated strength in supporting complex debt transactions, leveraged finance and secured transactions.
• Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder closings and running diligence processes.
• Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, with an ability to balance legal risk against business and commercial objectives.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; adept at collaborating with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive mindset, meticulous attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Good to Have

• Asset-based lending and equipment financing exposure, ideally in AI infrastructure, digital or cloud infrastructure, or capital-intensive tech.
• Project finance and data center experience (including leases, colocation, and collateral coordination).
• Cross-border guarantees, collateral, and intercompany financing familiarity.
• Experience aligning commercial terms with financing covenants.
• Experience at a late-stage private or pre-IPO company.

Perks & Benefits

• Generous cash & equity compensation
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco office location 4 days per week; The designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.

What You’ll Do

As Counsel, Corporate Finance, you will perform a broad range of corporate finance and debt-related legal work. You’ll be a legal partner to Corporate Development, FP&A and Treasury for designing, negotiating and administering corporate finance strategy and debt stack across our business, which in turn allows rapid expansion of its AI data center footprint and GPU server fleet to meet growing demand. You’ll also collaborate with our Data Center and Commercial teams where data center and/or customer arrangements intersect with financing. You will report to the Associate General Counsel, Strategic Finance and Partnerships.

• Finance Strategy & Transactions:
• Manage legal workstreams for credit facilities and other complex financing structures, including secured and unsecured term loans and revolvers, equipment financing/leases, asset-backed loans, and project/data center financings.
• Draft, review, and negotiate documents (e.g., term sheets, credit agreements, guarantees, security agreements, intercreditor/subordination agreements, commitment letters, fee letters, and amendments/waivers).
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders (Treasury, FP&A, Corporate Development, Accounting, Tax, Executive team and others) and manage outside counsel to drive efficiently to signing and close.
• Debt Administration & Compliance:
• In collaboration with crossfunctional partners, build and own a lender deliverables and compliance calendar; prepare and/or review periodic compliance certificates, officer’s certificates and required information packages.
• Oversee lien-perfection and collateral matters (UCC filings and searches, IP security agreements, deposit account control agreements, securities account control agreements, landlord waivers, collateral coverage schedules).
• Support intercompany guarantees and collateral arrangements, including cross‑border considerations.
• Process Improvement: Monitor legal and market developments affecting leveraged finance, secured transactions, and project/equipment finance; create playbooks, templates, trackers, and closing checklists; implement legal-tech and automation to streamline financing processes, covenant monitoring, and data room hygiene.
• As‑Needed Legal Support: Collaborate on related corporate, finance, data center infrastructure or tax matters that intersect with debt financing; pitch in on special projects as priorities evolve.

You

• JD from an accredited law school and admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (California bar preferred or in-house registration).
• 3-5 years of combined law firm and/or in‑house experience with demonstrated strength in supporting complex debt transactions, leveraged finance and secured transactions.
• Experience coordinating multi‑stakeholder closings and running diligence processes.
• Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, with an ability to balance legal risk against business and commercial objectives.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; adept at collaborating with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive mindset, meticulous attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice to Have

• Asset‑based lending and equipment financing exposure, ideally in AI infrastructure, digital or cloud infrastructure, or capital‑intensive tech.
• Project finance and data center experience (including leases, colocation, and collateral coordination).
• Cross‑border guarantees, collateral, and intercompany financing familiarity.
• Experience aligning commercial terms with financing covenants.
• Experience at a late-stage private or pre-IPO company.

Salary Range Information

The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. However, a salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

About Lambda

• Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast
• Our investors notably include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove
• We have research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG
• Our values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers
• We offer generous cash & equity compensation
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

A Final Note:

You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.