Associate Legal Counsel, Debt Capital Markets

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## **About Nscale** Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. ## **About the Role** We are hiring an **Associate Legal Counsel (Debt Capital Markets)** to support end-to-end financing strategy and execution across EMEA. This is a high-priority role at the intersection ofLegal, Treasury, and regional leadership, with a functional reporting line to EMEA leadership. You will partner closely with internal stakeholders on early-stage financing strategy, customer contracting, legal due diligence, transaction execution, and post-closing lender requirements. Your work will be central to supporting complex financing activity across the UK. By helping structure projects effectively from the outset, negotiating and closing transaction documents efficiently, and managing lender obligations with rigor throughout the life of each deal, you will play a critical role in enabling successful financing outcomes. ## **What you'll be doing** **Financing Strategy & Structuring** - **Support** early scoping of financing strategies in partnership with **Treasury**. - **Partner** with leadership to address financing needs at the outset of project planning. - **Provide** early-stage financing strategy support for **EMEA projects**. **Contracting & Documentation** - **Work** with leadership to incorporate financing terms into customer documents and other key project documents at early stages. - **Integrate** collateral contract requirements into customer contracting workflows. - **Review** commercial documentation to align customer arrangements with financing objectives. - **Manage** negotiation of transaction documents across financing matters. **Diligence & Transaction Execution** - **Lead** legal due diligence for EMEA projects. - **Coordinate** with Treasury on tax financing diligence. - **Oversee** external counsel and support coordination across banks and law firms. - **Drive** timely completion of transaction negotiations and execution workstreams. **Approvals, Drawdowns & Ongoing Lender Management** - **Oversee** authorisations and board approvals required for transactions. - **Drive** satisfaction of lender conditions precedent for drawdowns. - **Handle** post-closing lender maintenance, including amendments and waivers. - **Maintain** legal support across the full lifecycle of financing arrangements. ## **KPIs** - Timely completion of legal due diligence and transaction negotiations - Execution of approvals and lender conditions precedent for drawdowns - Ongoing management of lender amendments and waivers - Early-stage financing strategy support for EMEA projects ## **About You** - **3–5+ years** of relevant legal experience - Experience in a market-leading **project finance, real estate finance, or asset finance** law firm practice and/or in-house at a reputable institution - Exposure to a variety of **debt products** - Ability to manage end-to-end financing transactions across **structuring, diligence, negotiation, and closing** - **Tech-fluent** and eager to adopt new tools, including **AI tools, PowerPoint, and Excel**, to streamline legal execution - Knowledge of **data center and GPU financing** is a significant advantage - Strong attention to detail and a high standard of execution - Commercial acumen and sound judgment in complex transactional environments - Ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment ## **What we can offer you** At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core. - Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. 🚀 - Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. ✨ - Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy — always with our full support. - Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments. ## **Equal Opportunities Statement** We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know. The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role. For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: Here. *For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee & Candidate Privacy Notice: [Here.](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QK5Yg04WHD9K9IAtJgQWubJZC9oLvatK/view?usp=sharing)*