Compute & Infrastructure Counsel, Real Estate

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

As Compute & Infrastructure Counsel, Real Estate, you'll drive legal execution for Anthropic's largest physical infrastructure transactions: direct datacenter leases, construction agreements, and financing structures. You'll work in close partnership with specialized outside counsel, serving as the in-house coordinator to ensure external work product aligns with Anthropic's commercial objectives and compute strategy.

• Negotiate long-term datacenter leases with major developers
• Coordinate construction-adjacent agreements including design-build contracts, equipment procurement, and commissioning schedules
• Manage legal workstreams for complex financing structures (e.g., sale-leasebacks, tax components, project finance vehicles)
• Collaborate with compute team's transaction managers, providing legal and risk management expertise
• Coordinate with finance and corporate development on strategic deal structuring
• Understand how datacenter legal structures interact with compute capacity, including power, cooling, security, and expansion rights
• Escalate novel structures that create downstream risk; ensure facility designs accommodate AI-specific requirements

• Law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and local licensing to work as in-house counsel
• Fluency in commercial real estate and construction contracting, including datacenter lease structures and construction risk allocation
• Experience with EPC, AIA, and design-build arrangements at scale
• Comfort with project finance structures and the interplay between lease, financing, and development agreements
• Ability to coordinate with specialized outside counsel while maintaining strategic direction
• Strong judgment about downstream risk and effective collaboration with business teams

• At least 8 years of relevant legal experience with exposure to infrastructure real estate, project finance, or construction contracts
• In-house experience at datacenter developers or infrastructure private equity firms
• Experience at large technology companies with datacenter construction programs
• Law firm experience in infrastructure finance or project development
• Familiarity with tax structures, sale-leasebacks, or other financing vehicles

Annual Salary: $265,000—$335,000 USD. Anthropic offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space.

Apply through the Greenhouse job posting. Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. Visit anthropic.com/careers for confirmed openings.