Associate Corporate Counsel, Technical Infrastructure
Job Description
- Submarine cable, colocation, dark fiber experience
- Telecom regulations & FCC licensing knowledge
- Project management skills
- Excellent people management skills
- 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
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
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.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.
