Corporate Counsel, Commercial Contracts

Crusoe’s mission is to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. We’re crafting the engine that powers a world where people can create ambitiously with AI — without sacrificing scale, speed, or sustainability.

Be a part of the AI revolution with sustainable technology at Crusoe. Here, you’ll drive meaningful innovation, make a tangible impact, and join a team that’s setting the pace for responsible, transformative cloud infrastructure.

About This Role

Crusoe is seeking a motivated, practical and solution-oriented attorney to review, draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements. This position sits within Crusoe’s Legal team and will play a key role in supporting our rapidly growing infrastructure, procurement, and operations functions.

The ideal candidate will be a law graduate with 5+ years of experience drafting, advising on and negotiating commercial transactions and contracts, particularly including working across business, procurement and legal teams on vendor services and supply agreements, purchase orders, and confidentiality agreements. While not required, experience with real estate development and infrastructure projects, data center development and manufacturing is extremely helpful. (#INDCORP)

What You’ll Be Working On:

• Commercial Transactions & Contracts: Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including equipment purchase agreements, consulting agreements, master services agreements, energy supply agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.

• Complex Deal Exposure: Support negotiations on innovative and high-impact commercial arrangements, including new technologies, energy infrastructure, and data center development.

• Contract Lifecycle Management: Participate in improving and managing Crusoe’s contract intake, review, execution, and post-execution processes to keep commercial operations running smoothly.

• Legal Research & Analysis: Conduct legal research and provide sound legal advice on a range of legal and business issues.

• Risk Mitigation: Analyze and mitigate legal and commercial risks associated with business transactions.

• Legal Compliance: Ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate closely with business stakeholders (e.g., procurement, engineering, operations, finance) to understand their needs and translate them into clear and concise legal terms.

• Relationship Building: Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, customers, and legal counsel.

• Issue Resolution: Proactively identify and address potential legal issues.

• Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Effectively communicate complex legal concepts to non-lawyers in a clear and concise manner.

• Internal & External Coordination: Interact with colleagues across various departments, including procurement, engineering, finance, and operations. Engage with external counsel and vendors as needed.

• Process & System Improvement: Contribute to the development and improvement of internal legal processes, workflows and procedures.

• Template & Playbook Development: Develop and maintain commercial contract templates and playbooks.

• Team Training & Development: Conduct training sessions for business teams on contract-related matters.

• Cross-Team Support: Work collaboratively across the Legal Team with the opportunity to cross-train and support other practice areas as business needs evolve.

• Innovation & Efficiency: Drive efficiency and innovation within the Legal department.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• Relevant Experience: 5+ years of experience practicing corporate or commercial law, with a focus on transactional work and commercial agreements (e.g., equipment purchase agreements, services agreements).

• Industry Experience: Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment is strongly preferred.

• Legal & Analytical Expertise: Proven ability to analyze complex legal issues, identify solutions, and communicate them effectively.

• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.

• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.

• Work Ethic: Ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities and work as part of a team.

• Education: Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.

• Bar Admission: Active and in good standing with the applicable State Bar.

• Industry Knowledge: Experience in energy, infrastructure, or technology industries is a plus.

Bonus Points:

• Procurement or Supply Chain Expertise: Experience with procurement departments, supplier development, or supply chain processes.

• Data Center Experience: Experience supporting the development, construction, or operation of data centers.

• Manufacturing Experience: Experience with manufacturers and suppliers.

• Energy & Power Experience: Experience with power or energy infrastructure projects.

• Information Technology and SaaS Expertise: Experience with IT and SaaS agreements.

Benefits:

• Industry competitive pay

• Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well-funded technology company

• Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents

• Employer contributions to HSA accounts

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability

• Teladoc

• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary

• Generous paid time off and holiday schedule

• Cell phone reimbursement

• Tuition reimbursement

• Subscription to the Calm app

• MetLife Legal

• Company paid commuter benefit; $300/month

Compensation:

Compensation will be paid in the range of $136,000 – $165,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.