Commercial Counsel

About Verrus :

Data centers should be valuable assets to their customers, the grid, and the local community such that we are able to give customers what they want, where they want it, while cities and utilities are actively seeking us to build in their region.

Verrus will build and operate next generation data centers that flexibly leverage its onsite infrastructure through the development of proprietary technology. Doing so will allow Verrus to provide grid services that facilitate the effective procurement of power and carbon free energy, and balance traditional and variable uptime workloads (e.g., AI/ML).

Verrus is led by industry veterans with experience at the largest data center development companies, delivering over 3GW of data center capacity across four continents in their careers (representing over $10bn of investment).

About Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners :

Backed by Alphabet, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, and Stepstone Group, SIP is a consolidated holding company that builds innovative technology-enabled infrastructure companies and projects that deliver positive social and environmental impact at scale. We believe that technology-enabled infrastructure will help to solve some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

Following years of research and in collaboration with its current management, SIP formed Verrus to design, build, and operate the world’s most innovative data centers, leveraging unique technology to develop a scaled project portfolio that delivers significant financial, environmental, and innovation outcomes.

Role :

Verrus is seeking a results-driven Commercial Counsel to join our growing legal team. In this role, you will support a broad range of commercial transactions across North America, helping shape the legal frameworks that enable our business to scale in alignment with Verrus’ mission and long-term strategy. You’ll provide practical, solutions-oriented legal guidance on high-impact business initiatives while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations while identifying and helping mitigate risk. This is a unique opportunity to play a strategic role in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

The Commercial Counsel will provide strategic, business-focused legal support to drive the company’s commercial initiatives and manage contractual relationships. This role will focus on structuring, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of agreements, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and company policies, and minimizing legal risk while supporting business goals.

The Commercial Counsel will help operationalize legal processes, support revenue-generating activities, and be a key partner in facilitating scalable growth, and will help:

• Enable and accelerate business transactions by providing practical, solution-oriented legal advice.
• Protect the company’s interests through well-structured contracts and risk mitigation strategies.
• Enhance efficiency by creating templates, playbooks, and standardized procedures.
• Help ensure compliance with regulatory, privacy, and contractual obligations.
• Support cross-functional initiatives, including product development and roll-out, vendor engagements, and strategic partnerships.

This is a hybrid role based in Verrus’ Mountain View, CA office and will report directly to the General Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Structure, negotiate, draft, and review a wide range of project-related agreements, including supply chain contracts, equipment procurement and warranty terms, construction agreements, RFPs, vendor and development contracts, and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), ensuring alignment with business objectives and risk mitigation strategies.
• Provide legal counsel to internal teams, including supply chain, finance and other departments on matters relating to legal risk, business strategy, and contract structuring.
• Help design, implement, and manage a comprehensive intellectual property program to identify, protect, and optimize the company’s innovations, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
• Assist in development, implementation, and oversight of compliance programs to ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies, including those of SIP.
• Support certain sales, marketing, finance, acquisitions, operations, human resources, dispute resolution and other matters that may arise in a dynamic, start-up environment.
• Support continuous improvement of standard form agreements, templates, policies and legal processes related to the foregoing.
• Help advance the legal team’s maturity as may be required Verrus’ accelerating growth, including increasing efficiency, managing outside counsel spend, , increasing legal self-service options and knowledge management and other legal operational matters.
• Handle other special projects as requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited U.S. law school and licensed to practice law in California.
• 5+ years of law firm and/or in-house commercial transactional experience, preferably with a broad range of commercial support, including supply chain and procurement
• Exceptional legal and commercial judgment, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and make sound, strategic decisions in complex and evolving situations.
• Significant experience in drafting and negotiating contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, effectively prioritize tasks, and consistently meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to influence others to deliver on commitments and work with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of commercial contracts, intellectual property law, construction contracts and governance, real estate matters, and/or employment/HR with a proven ability to offer practical, business-oriented legal solutions.