Legal Counsel

Job description

About Volta Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds. About The Role This Legal Counsel role will support Volta's Executive team and Legal / Compliance team in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating the agreements that underpin the company's fundraising, strategic direction and operations — from capital raises with investors / debt financings, vendor / procurement contracts to customer / partnership agreements. This role works also closely with the Delivery, Procurement, and Corporate Development teams across a fast-moving infrastructure business, and is well suited to a lawyer who enjoys getting close to the commercial detail. What You Will Be Doing Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including vendor, procurement, and customer agreements, factoring in commercial risk, operational requirements, and bankability considerations for financing Advise internal stakeholders on contractual risk, obligations, and negotiation strategy Support procurement and delivery teams on equipment, construction, and services agreements for data center projects Assist with corporate and structuring functions (entity structuring / formation, corporate workflows, governance negotiations) Maintain and improve contract templates, playbooks, and approval workflows Track contractual obligations and support compliance with commercial terms Collaborate with the General Counsel / VP Legal on regulatory, tax and policy matters as needed Support due diligence for partnerships, financings, and other transactions Stay current on relevant legal and regulatory developments affecting the business What You Bring 4+ years of experience as a commercial lawyer, in-house or at a law firm, ideally supporting infrastructure, technology, or energy clients J.D. and active bar membership in a…