Senior Counsel, Real Estate

CoreWeave, a leading AI hyperscaler, is seeking a Senior Counsel specializing in Real Estate to support its expanding data center operations. The company delivers cutting-edge cloud services powering the next wave of AI, with a growing footprint of data centers across the U.S. and Europe. This role is integral to CoreWeave's mission, offering a dynamic environment for legal professionals passionate about technology and real estate.

The Senior Counsel will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and managing construction and development agreements, including AIA forms and custom contracts with general contractors, architects, engineers, and consultants. They will lead all development due diligence, including title, surveys, zoning, permitting, entitlements, and land use for newly acquired sites. The role involves partnering with internal teams to assess development feasibility, risk allocation, and timelines from initial diligence to project completion. Additionally, the Senior Counsel will provide legal guidance on insurance coverage, lien waivers, warranty terms, and risk mitigation strategies throughout the development lifecycle. They will oversee legal aspects of design and construction disputes, including change orders, schedule delays, claims, and defect management. The role also includes leading legal strategy for zoning, land use, permitting, and entitlement processes, collaborating with municipalities, utilities, and third-party consultants to secure project approvals and resolve permitting challenges, and monitoring and advising on compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory frameworks, including planning and environmental laws. In real estate transactions, the Senior Counsel will draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of real estate documents, including purchase and sale agreements, ground leases, build-to-suit and powered shell leases, easements, license agreements, leases, SLAs, and letters of intent (LOIs). They will provide legal support on mission-critical infrastructure leases, including hyperscale data centers across U.S. and international markets, and support utility coordination and power procurement agreements, where applicable. The role involves evaluating acquisition risks and advising on remediation, mitigation, or deal structuring strategies, maintaining and scaling a library of form agreements, playbooks, and templates to drive efficiency across the portfolio, overseeing legal due diligence for real estate acquisitions, including title, survey, environmental review, and land use entitlements, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external consultants to execute complex transactions under tight timelines, and selecting, managing, and coordinating outside counsel and consultants as needed.

Candidates should possess a J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar (NY, NJ, CA, WA, or DC preferred), with 7+ years of legal experience, including significant experience in real estate development and construction law, and commercial real estate experience, preferably for data centers use. Demonstrated ability to lead complex legal transactions and manage multiple projects and stakeholders is essential. Familiarity with AHJ coordination, deep experience with AIA and other industry-standard design/construction agreements, and familiarity with municipal planning codes, agency approval workflows, and infrastructure-related regulatory processes are required. Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills, strong business judgment, and the ability to tailor legal advice to operational needs in a high-growth, fast-paced environment are necessary. Experience managing legal risk and disputes related to real estate development and construction, and prior in-house legal experience at a technology, infrastructure, or real estate development company are preferred.

The base salary range for this role is $143,000 to $210,000, with the starting salary determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to base salary, the total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility). Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for by CoreWeave), company-paid life insurance, voluntary supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending account, health savings account, tuition reimbursement, ability to participate in employee stock purchase program (ESPP), mental wellness benefits through Spring Health, family-forming support provided by Carrot, paid parental leave, flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside, 401(k) with a generous employer match, flexible PTO, catered lunch each day in office and data center locations, a casual work environment, and a work culture focused on innovative disruption.

CoreWeave fosters a culture that thrives in an environment where adaptability and resilience are key. The company offers career-defining opportunities for those who excel amid change and challenge. If you're someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys solving complex problems, and is eager to make a significant impact, CoreWeave is the place for you. Join the team and be part of solving some of the most exciting challenges in the industry.