stack-infrastructure-apac-pte-ltd - Legal Counsel (Real Assets) (APAC)
Requirements
• Approximately 8+ years’ PQE, although we are open to strong candidates outside that range. • Strong real estate, infrastructure, power, utilities, development or projects background. • Experience with land acquisition, site development, real estate due diligence, leases, easements, planning / zoning or development approvals. • Experience with power, grid connection, transmission, distribution, electricity supply or regulated infrastructure would be highly attractive. • Experience in data centres, renewables, infrastructure, utilities, industrial real estate, or major development projects would be preferred. • Strong external counsel management skills across multiple jurisdictions. • Strong ability to work with commercial, development, finance, technical and engineering stakeholders. • Practical, commercially minded and able to give clear recommendations rather than purely technical legal advice. • Strong drafting, negotiation and issue-spotting skills. • Comfortable operating in a lean, fast-moving in-house environment. • Background: Candidates may come from: • Real estate / development teams at major law firms from Singapore, UK, Australia. • Infrastructure / energy / utilities teams. • Data centre, renewables, logistics, industrial or real estate platforms. • In-house legal teams at infrastructure developers, real asset funds, data centre operators or large property developers. • Private practice candidates are acceptable, but they must show clear commercial maturity and ability to transition into an in-house environment. • Must have law degree from either Singapore, UK, or Australia university.
Responsibilities
• Site acquisition and real estate • Review and negotiate NDAs, LOIs, HOAs, term sheets, exclusivity arrangements, option agreements, sale and purchase agreements, contracts of sale, leases, licences and brokerage agreements. • Support legal due diligence on title, zoning, land use, easements, access rights, encumbrances, environmental issues, planning constraints, development approvals, utilities access and subdivision / amalgamation issues. • Support transaction execution, including CP structure, CP satisfaction, completion / settlement, closing mechanics, funds flow, payment mechanics, completion deliverables and post-closing obligations. • Coordinate with external real estate, planning, tax, foreign investment and local counsel. • Power, utilities and grid connection • Support power, utility, transmission and distribution workstreams for data centre developments. • Review and negotiate electricity design services agreements, substation construction agreements, electricity supply agreements, transmission services agreements, transmission design contracts, transmission works contracts, distribution works contracts and utility connection agreements. • Support the business on grid connection, power availability, capacity reservation, energisation milestones, security deposits, connection obligations, termination rights, suspension rights, fees and charges, outage / interruption rights and regulatory interface. • Support legal review of land / power interface issues, including easements, cable routes, substation land, access rights, utility corridors, step-in / assignment rights, third-party consents, landlord / utility / government interface. • External counsel and stakeholder management • Manage external counsel on local real estate, power / regulatory, foreign investment, tax / structuring, title and land / utility matters. • Translate local legal advice into practical commercial decision points for management. • Work closely with the General Counsel on escalation of material legal, commercial, regulatory, or execution risk. • Build and maintain templates, playbooks, and checklists for site acquisition, power and related real asset workstreams.
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