Assistant General Counsel, Real Estate

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • Austin, TX

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About The Position

AMD is seeking an in-house real estate lawyer to lead legal work for complex data center, infrastructure, energy, and related financing transactions. The role supports the acquisition and financing of data center facilities and works closely with Corporate Strategy, Capital Markets, Real Estate and Facilities, Engineering, Finance, Treasury, and IT stakeholders. The lawyer will manage sophisticated, time-sensitive transactions from site diligence and power procurement through project finance and structured transactions, and help develop scalable playbooks for AMD’s infrastructure program.

Requirements

• Extensive legal experience with complex commercial real estate, data center, or digital infrastructure transactions.
• Experience advising developers, operators, investors, and sophisticated enterprise tenants.
• Experience structuring or negotiating guarantees and other credit support mechanisms.
• Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally on capital allocation, capital deployment, and strategic initiatives.
• Ability to balance legal risk with business priorities and communicate clearly with legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Ability to independently manage complex, high-value, multiparty transactions in a fast-paced, in-house environment.
• A mix of leading law firm and in-house experience.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience at or with data center providers, hyperscalers, colocation operators, or other large-scale infrastructure developers.
• Experience supporting or advising on capital markets and structured finance transactions, such as project finance, data center equipment financing, securitization, secured lending, or investment-grade debt, ideally involving data center, technology infrastructure, or power generation assets.
• Practical understanding of commercial real estate concepts, including leasing, development, construction, lending, title, zoning, and land use.
• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support throughout the lifecycle of data center transactions, including site selection, power procurement, leasing, and credit support transactions.
• Support strategic partnerships and co-investment structures, including transactions with financing components and off-take arrangements, and negotiate third-party credit support such as guarantees and other risk-allocation mechanisms.
• Support capital markets and structured finance transactions for data center and infrastructure programs, including project finance, data center equipment financing, secured borrowing facilities, and securitization structures.
• Partner with Treasury and Capital Markets on credit support, transaction documentation, and negotiations with lenders, sponsors, investors, and rating agencies.
• Participate in AMD’s strategic transactions pipeline, supporting rapid vetting, diligence, and execution across multiple active deals.
• Advise Corporate Strategy on capital allocation, strategic initiatives, and large-scale capital deployment opportunities from evaluation and diligence through structuring and execution.
• Partner with Real Estate and Facilities, Corporate Strategy, Engineering, Finance, Treasury, and IT teams to align transaction structures with AMD’s technical and commercial needs.
• Coordinate and manage outside counsel to control cost, timeline, and quality.
• Develop scalable templates and playbooks for recurring data center, infrastructure, and energy transactions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed