Senior Corporate Counsel Job at Microsoft Corporation (London)

Senior Corporate Counsel

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United Kingdom , London

Category:
Legal

Contract Type:
Not provided

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Job Description:

We are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated, and experienced commercial and real estate attorney to support Microsoft’s global cloud expansion. The Infrastructure Legal Affairs team supporting Microsoft's Cloud Operations + Innovation division has an immediate opening for an attorney to support land acquisition, leasing, and development related real estate documents for expansion of Microsoft’s datacenters in Europe, Middle East and Africa. This is a unique opportunity for an attorney to help Microsoft build hyperscale and AI infrastructure. Cloud Operations + Innovation is the team behind the world-leading datacenters at the foundation of Microsoft online products and services, including AI tools such as Copilot. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. This is a fast-growing division that is investing in datacenter capabilities and energy projects around the world that can truly make a difference.

Job Responsibility:

Drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements in support of cloud and datacenter infrastructure, including real estate acquisitions and property development agreements, colocation leases, and related transactions
Managing outside counsel in colocation leasing, land acquisition, and development, including due diligence, purchase agreements, and post-acquisition development issues
Creating new contract models, templates, and process improvements to improve quality, amplify scale, and reduce contract cycle time for datacenter infrastructure expansion
Collaborating with team members including zoning and permitting, easements, development agreements, networking and power agreements and across organizational boundaries, including engineering, finance, marketing, government and public affairs, and communications teams
Developing trusted advisor relationships with business clients and executives

Requirements:

Law degree with relevant academic credentials
Practicing certificate in the United Kingdom or any EU member state
Extensive experience at a law firm or an in-house legal department
Relevant experience leading real estate and other complex commercial transactions in EMEA, ideally with experience in large infrastructure projects, datacenters, real estate lease, purchase and development agreements, and/or international transactions
Demonstrable experience developing, negotiating, and documenting complex, multi-party transactions

Nice to have:

Desire and ability to work as part of a diverse and inclusive team
Keen business sense and ability to think creatively
Interest in operational excellence, and the desire to think strategically and act decisively to enable process improvement
The ability to deliver impact through superior collaboration
To be a flexible and analytical thinker able to quickly and accurately identify legal issues in a complex environment and to develop solutions by exercising confident judgment in ambiguous situations
Results orientation, customer focus, a commitment to providing the highest quality client service, and a desire to develop trusted advisor relationships with business clients
Capability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines in a fast-paced environment, prioritize workflow, and adjust to frequent fluctuations in workload and business imperatives
A passion for working in the technology sector and including a keen interest in applying technology, including AI, to improve legal work and efficiency
Fluency in either French, German, Spanish or other European languages is not mandatory but may be beneficial

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 02, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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