Director, Legal, Infrastructure, EMEA

Location: London, UK

Company

Nscale is building a vertically integrated GenAI cloud platform spanning data centres, software, and applications for the AI stack.

What you will do

• Lead negotiations for owner-contractor, EPC, EPCM, design-and-build, consultancy, equipment supply, and O&M agreements for EMEA data centre campuses.
• Support site acquisitions, development arrangements, ground leases, power procurement, utilities, interconnection, and power purchase arrangements.
• Maintain infrastructure contract templates and playbooks using JCT, NEC, FIDIC, and bespoke contracting structures.
• Manage contracts through delivery and closeout, including change orders, claims, payment and retention issues, defects, and dispute avoidance.
• Coordinate insurance, bonding, lender requirements, and project-finance legal matters.
• Manage EMEA outside counsel and partner with construction, procurement, finance, real estate, energy, and operations teams.

Requirements

• 7+ years of post-qualification experience in construction and infrastructure law, gained in-house or at a top-tier law firm.
• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England and Wales or another relevant EMEA jurisdiction; England and Wales qualification is strongly preferred.
• Track record negotiating major construction, EPC/EPCM, design-and-build, professional services, and equipment supply agreements for large-scale or mission-critical projects.
• Experience across multiple EMEA jurisdictions and in managing local counsel.
• Strong knowledge of construction risk allocation, including pricing, delay remedies, warranties, defects, indemnities, insurance, liability caps, and dispute resolution.
• Confident first-chair negotiation skills, with the ability to manage multiple high-value contracts and explain complex risks to non-lawyers and senior stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with a hyperscaler, colocation provider, data centre developer, major contractor, or infrastructure investor.
• Energy and power project experience, including equipment supply, O&M, utility, interconnection, or power purchase arrangements.
• Experience with JCT, NEC, or FIDIC forms.
• Construction claims and dispute-resolution experience.
• Additional European language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture centered on innovation, ownership, accountability, openness, and transparency.
• Cross-functional collaboration with construction, procurement, finance, real estate, energy, and operations teams.
• Opportunity to support the development of large-scale AI infrastructure and hyperscale data centre projects across EMEA.