Paralegal, NA

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

This role can be based in any of our US locations:
Ashburn, VA, Denver, CO, Phoenix, AZ, San Antonio, TX, or Columbus, OH or US Remote.

We are seeking a strategic and highly skilled Legal Leasing Paralegal to join our legal team. This role will provide critical support to the Legal Leasing team in managing customer lease agreements, master service agreements, services orders, and related documentation for data center projects. The role will support a team of attorneys with legal, administrative, and practical assistance. This role ensures accuracy, compliance, and efficiency throughout the transaction lifecycle, working closely with internal stakeholders.

Beyond providing excellent attention to detail, this candidate will bring a proactive, business-oriented, and problem-solving mindset. You will collaborate closely with the Legal, Sales, Lease Management, and Solutions Engineering teams to ensure matters and documentation progress efficiently and on time.

• Assist with drafting, reviewing, and organizing customer lease documents, including tenant order forms, change orders, non-disclosure agreements, letters of intent, subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreements, lease agreements, colocation agreements, development agreements, master service agreements, service orders, and related documents.
• Draft commencement notices, delay notices, and other correspondence relating to customer agreements.
• Prepare summaries and abstracts of customer agreements and provide guidance on the terms of customer agreements; provide assistance related to the implementation, design, and maintenance of AI-enabled lease abstracting system.
• Coordinate M&A and financing due diligence activities related to customer agreements.
• Coordinate contract intake, routing, and trackers; ensure version control, signatures, and filing completeness.
• Ensure Docu Sign envelopes and SharePoint folders are properly configured and maintained.
• Provide administrative support to the attorneys on the Legal Leasing Team.
• Track and manage critical dates, contingencies, and closing requirements.

• Maintain organized records of all customer agreements and related documents in company systems.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Support global legal strategy for customer agreements, including contract management and governance.

• Represent the legal function in cross-functional initiatives.
• Lead efforts to optimize legal operations through process improvements, technology adoption, and knowledge sharing.
• Update the legal calendar, track key contract deadlines, and maintain status dashboards.

• Provide administrative support to the attorney team members.
• Handle additional duties as assigned by Management.

• Bachelor’s degree is required; paralegal certification preferred (but not required).
• 3+ years of relevant legal experience in a corporate or law firm setting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deadlines, matter trackers, and competing priorities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to interpret and apply legal principles in a business context.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with contract management systems and legal operations tools is a plus.
• Positive, solutions-oriented mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
• Impeccable integrity, credibility, character, and ethics.
• Travel required is expected to be up to 5% but may increase over time as the business evolves.