Legal Counsel

Number of employees

170

Denver, CO, United States

Posted on: 2024-05-09

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Crusoe exists to bring energy to ideas. We are the pioneers of clean computing infrastructure that reduces both the costs and the environmental impact of the world’s expanding digital economy. By unlocking stranded sources of energy to power cloud and data center services, we are creating the climate-aligned future of compute-intensive innovation that reduces rather than adds to emissions. The world’s appetite for computation, energy, and progress will never stop growing. Crusoe is here to bring energy to ideas in ways that are aligned with the needs of our climate.


Crusoe Energy is on a mission to unlock value in stranded energy resources through the power of computation. 

Take a look at what we do! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlt8k71Quqw 

We aim to align the long term interests of the climate with the future of global computing infrastructure. As data centers consume an exponentially growing power footprint to deliver technology to all connected devices, we are inspired by making sure that the energy meeting that demand is sourced in an environmentally responsible fashion. Crusoe co-locates mobile data centers with stranded energy resources, like flare gas and underloaded renewables, to deliver low-cost, carbon-negative distributed computing solutions. Crusoe Cloud is a managed cloud services platform powered by stranded energy that enables climate-friendly innovation in computationally intensive fields including artificial intelligence, graphics rendering and computational biology. 

About This Role: 

Crusoe is seeking a motivated, practical and solution-oriented attorney to review, draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements. This position is part of the Legal team. The successful candidate will be a law graduate with 5+ years of experience in corporate law or contracts, particularly including working across business, procurement and legal teams on vendor services and supply agreements, purchase orders, and confidentiality agreements. While not required, experience with real estate development and infrastructure projects, renewable development and construction agreements is extremely helpful as well.

A Day In The Life:

  • 5+ years of experience drafting and negotiating enterprise general contracts, such as equipment purchase agreements, consulting agreements, master services agreements, SaaS agreements, networking services agreements, hardware and software licenses with technology vendors and equipment providers and non-disclosure agreements

  • Work with cross-functional groups to understand and interpret risk tolerance and business requirements into legal terms and conditions

  • Ability to evaluate business risks, identify legal solutions and effectively communicate the same to stakeholders

  • Ensure consistency of transaction documents to ensure compliance with company goals

  • Ability and willingness to present issues to senior management and work closely on resolutions

  • Work independently and identify areas to continually improve and drive efficiency into the contracting process with internal and external stakeholders, including owning, developing, and managing contract templates, contract playbooks, and the contract management software and conducting business team trainings 

  • Work with legal team and company business units to develop contract strategies 

  • Ability to clearly communicate critical issues, present analysis and drive toward solutions on an ongoing basis as well as an interest in connecting current events with contract specific concerns or initiatives

  • Manage contractual timelines and discussions regarding renewals, amendments, change orders

You Will Thrive In This Role If:

  • 5+ years law firm and/or in-house experience in contracting for general contracts, energy, infrastructure, and/or technology

  • Experience working in a high-growth, fast-paced environment and/or with such clients

  • Licensed attorney

  • No misconduct and in good standing with the State Bar

  • Strong analytical skills and logical reasoning

  • Must be able to work in a complex and fast paced environment

  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

  • Legal research

  • Motivated self-starter and team player; ability to work collaboratively

  • Must be able to pass a background check

  • Embody the Company values

Benefits: 

  • Hybrid work schedule

  • Industry competitive pay

  • Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company

  • Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents

  • Employer contributions to HSA accounts 

  • Paid Parental Leave 

  • Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability 

  • Teladoc 

  • Pet-friendly offices

  • 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary

  • Generous paid time off and holiday schedule

  • Cell phone reimbursement

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Subscription to the Calm app

  • Company paid commuter benefit; $50 per pay period

Compensation Range:

Compensation will be paid in the range of $230k - $260k. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

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