Lambda
Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, builds Gigawatt-scale AI Factories for Training and Inference. Lambdas mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give every person access to artificial intelligence. If youd like to build the worlds best deep learning cloud, join us.
Note: This position requires presence in our San Francisco office location 4 days per week; Lambdas designated work from home day is currently Tuesday.
As Counsel, Corporate Finance at Lambda, you will perform a broad range of corporate finance and debt-related legal work. Youll be a legal partner to Corporate Development, FP&A and Treasury for designing, negotiating and administering Lambdas corporate finance strategy and debt stack across our business, which in turn allows Lambda to rapidly expand its AI data center footprint and GPU server fleet to meet growing demand. Youll also collaborate with our Data Center and Commercial teams where data center and/or customer arrangements intersect with financing. You will report to Lambdas Associate General Counsel, Strategic Finance and Partnerships.
Manage legal workstreams for credit facilities and other complex financing structures, including secured and unsecured term loans and revolvers, equipment financing/leases, asset-backed loans, and project/data center financings.
Draft, review, and negotiate documents (e.g., Coordinate with internal stakeholders (Treasury, FP&A, Corporate Development, Accounting, Tax, Executive team and others) and manage outside counsel to drive efficiently to signing and close.
Debt Administration & Compliance :
In collaboration with crossfunctional partners, build and own a lender deliverables and compliance calendar; prepare and/or review periodic compliance certificates, officers certificates and required information packages.
Oversee lien-perfection and collateral matters (UCC filings and searches, IP security agreements, deposit account control agreements, securities account control agreements, landlord waivers, collateral coverage schedules).
Process Improvement: Monitor legal and market developments affecting leveraged finance, secured transactions, and project/equipment finance; implement legal-tech and automation to streamline financing processes, covenant monitoring, and data room hygiene.
AsNeeded Legal Support : Collaborate on related corporate, finance, data center infrastructure or tax matters that intersect with debt financing; pitch in on special projects as priorities evolve.
JD from an accredited law school and admission to practice in at least one U.3-5 yearsof combined law firm and/or inhouse experience with demonstrated strength in supporting complex debt transactions, leveraged finance and secured transactions.
~ Exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, with an ability to balance legal risk against business and commercial objectives.
~ Assetbased lending and equipment financing exposure, ideally in AI infrastructure, digital or cloud infrastructure, or capitalintensive tech.
Project finance and data center experience (including leases, colocation, and collateral coordination).
Experience aligning commercial terms with financing covenants.
Experience at a latestage private or preIPO company.
The annual salary range for this position has been set based on market data and other factors. We offer generous cash & equity compensation
~ Our investors include Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, InQTel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, US Innovative Technology, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, Crescent Cove.
~ Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
~ Flexible Paid Time Off Plan that we all actually use
We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.
Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
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