Senior Corporate Counsel - Finance

Senior Corporate Counsel - Finance role at QTS Data Centers

At QTS, our world‑class data centers support our customers’ most strategic growth initiatives, positioning us at the forefront of today’s dynamic digital transformation. As AI and cloud drive the demand for increased speed, capacity and capability, QTS has emerged as the global digital infrastructure leader, committed to connecting the world for good. We are a portfolio company of Blackstone, powered by people who are knowledgeable, resourceful and mission‑driven.

The Senior Corporate Counsel (Finance) is a member of the legal team who supports the company’s capital raising and corporate transactional operations, including debt and equity financing and other corporate matters. This position maintains compliance with relevant contract policies and procedures and provides direct support to the company’s finance, development team and business units.

• Support all legal aspects of the company’s capital raising activities, including secured and unsecured debt financing, equity financing, joint ventures, structured finance, capital markets operations, and other corporate transactional matters, as well as various corporate governance matters.
• Manage and execute transactions from inception through closing and post‑closing integration, including due diligence, coordination of multiple deals and deal flow, managing outside counsel, and negotiation and drafting of various legal documents, agreements and disclosures.
• Work closely with QTS’s finance, real estate, and development teams, managing outside counsel and working with lenders, counter parties and third parties.

• Handle general legal and business matters as needed.
• Manage commercial law matters.
• Assist with a variety of business‑related functions and provide sound legal and business judgment on matters including construction, real estate, reporting and compliance, tax abatements, litigation, etc.

• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials.
• Admission to the Bar of a U.S. state or the District of Columbia (with ability to become admitted in state where office is located).
• Five or more years of legal experience as a practicing lawyer (law firm experience strongly preferred), working in corporate finance, debt/structured finance, capital markets, investments, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate transactions. Additional experience in corporate and real estate law preferred.

• Experience with project finance and/or asset‑based lending.

• Hands‑on, self‑starter who is disciplined and detail‑oriented with the ability to work independently as well as in a team setting that requires a highly accurate and timely work product.
• Agile and versatile; comfortable with new and unfamiliar subject matter; easily adaptable to change.
• Able to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Enterprising and entrepreneurial.
• Able to take initiative with no direction.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong listening, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong work ethic and accountability to deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced and evolving business environment.
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel), Box, Workday, Docu Sign.
• Excellent analytical, time‑management, judgment and decision‑making skills.
• Possess ambition and an optimistic attitude.
• Ability to effectively multitask and manage competing priorities and demands on time.
• Strong problem‑solving and negotiation skills.
• Able to effectively manage complicated legal and business issues.
• Ability to effectively manage others, including outside counsel and service providers.

• QRest Sabbatical
• Employee Stock Purchase
• QTS scholarship for dependents
• Eagle Club award trip eligibility
• Paid volunteer days
• Tuition assistance, parental leave and military leave assistance

This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental,…