Corporate Counsel, NA

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Legal Department

The Legal team is responsible for managing the company's legal affairs from compliance through litigation, collaborating with departments such as Sales, Operations, Human Resources, and Innovation along the way. The Legal team also works closely with external law firms to develop a comprehensive legal strategy and manages these partners to address issues efficiently and effectively. Unlike many other companies where legal roles are purely advisory, Vantage distinguishes itself by granting our legal staff the authority to directly influence business decisions.

This empowers our internal team to align legal strategies with long-term operational goals, risk management, and cost efficiency to deliver outcomes that support corporate objectives. This approach allows each team member to make significant, impactful decisions, driving substantial results for the company.

Position Description

This role can be based in Denver, CO, Ashburn, VA and Port Washington, WI following our flexible work policy (3 days in-office, 2 days flexible).

This Corporate Counsel role will serve as the primary employment attorney supporting the North America region. The attorney will advise on employee relations matters, partner closely with Human Resources, and help the business navigate employment law risk in a fast-growing global environment.

Essential Job Functions

Employment Law & Employee Relations

• Serve as the lead legal advisor on employee relations matters across the North America region, including performance management, terminations, accommodations, investigations, and discipline.

• Provide guidance on federal, state, and local employment laws, including wage & hour, discrimination, harassment, leave laws, reasonable accommodations, and handbook/policy compliance.

• Partner closely with HR Business Partners, Employee Relations, and internal stakeholders to assess legal risk, propose solutions, and drive consistent, defensible approaches to employee matters.

• Conduct or support internal workplace investigations.

Employment Compliance & Best Practices

• Develop, update, and maintain employment policies, procedures, and training materials.

• Monitor changes in employment law and proactively advise HR and business stakeholders.

• Support compliance programs related to employee onboarding, separations, workplace conduct, and mandatory training.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with internal stakeholders, including HR, IT/Security, Operations, and senior management, to understand business needs and provide practical, solutions-oriented employment guidance.

• Coordinate with outside counsel as needed, including management of employment litigation or pre-litigation matters.

Legal Services and

Risk Management:

• Be a key part of the Legal team in delivering high-quality legal services and risk management, ensuring group-wide requirements are embedded in processes delivering Vantage's data center developments and operations.

• Support Vantage and be a strategic partner by providing practical, proactive, business-focused, solutions-oriented, and sound legal advice to enable Vantage to achieve its business and strategic objectives while fully and appropriately managing legal risk.

Additional Duties:

• Respond to and manage a variety of legal requests from different business units, providing timely and accurate legal advice.

Job Requirements

Education
:

• JD from an ABA accredited law school and admission to a State Bar in good standing.

Experience:

• 4+ years of employment-law experience with a strong focus on employee relations, advising HR, and general employment-law counseling.

• In-house experience preferred; law-firm experience supporting corporate clients strongly considered.

• Experience working with companies in data center, construction, real estate development, or other infrastructure-heavy industries preferred.

Skills:

• Strong command of core U.S. employment laws and regulations, including multi-state compliance.

• Experience developing and delivering training on employment-law topics (e.g., anti-harassment, performance management, investigations).

• Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying ADA, FMLA, and similar state leave and accommodation laws.

• Preference for experience working with unionized work forces, including understanding of NLRA principles, CBA interpretation, grievance processes, and union-related investigations.

• Ability to assess and clearly articulate legal risk in a practical, business-friendly manner.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts…