Commercial Counsel, Compute & Infrastructure

Anthropic • San Francisco, NY

2d • $320,000 - $385,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role: As a Commercial Counsel for Compute and Infrastructure at Anthropic, you'll lead legal execution for Anthropic's infrastructure transactions. These could span the spectrum of server rack compute, networking, semiconductor procurement and development, robotics, manufacturing and supply chain operations, direct datacenter leases, construction agreements, energy procurement, data center operations and the financing structures that enable infrastructure investments at massive scale. You'll work in close partnership with Anthropic teammates in Frontier Legal, Security, Litigation and Public Policy in addition to specialized outside counsel, serving as the in-house coordinator who ensures external work product aligns with Anthropic's commercial objectives and integrates with our overall compute strategy.

Requirements

• JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar
• At least 8-12+ years of relevant legal experience with meaningful exposure to cloud-hardware development and procurement, semiconductor procurement or development, networking, supply chain/logistics, datacenter construction, real-estate, colos or data center operations.
• Fluency in commercial real estate and construction contracting; datacenter lease structures, construction risk allocation, and financing arrangements (and how they will interact)
• Experience with EPC, AIA, and design-build arrangements at scale
• Comfort with project finance structures and the interplay between lease, financing, and development agreements
• Ability to coordinate effectively with specialized outside counsel while maintaining strategic direction
• Strong judgement about when deal terms create downstream risk for operational flexibility
• Effective collaboration skills for working with business teams who handle transaction management and site selection
• Genuine interest in infrastructure development and appreciation for why compute and datacenter capacity is mission-critical for frontier AI

Nice To Haves

• In-house experience at cloud service providers, neo-clouds, datacenter developers supporting leasing, project development, and financing transactions
• Experience at large technology companies with datacenter construction programs supporting development transactions from the buy side
• Law firm experience at practices with infrastructure finance or project development specialization, particularly those who have worked on datacenter, power, or similar infrastructure financings
• Prior involvement in transactions requiring sophisticated understanding of custom hardware development, global supply chain and logistics, construction timelines, commissioning requirements, and operational handoff
• Familiarity with tax structures, sale lease-back arrangements, or other financing vehicles used in large-scale infrastructure development

Responsibilities

• Negotiate strategic agreements with key technology partners, major developers, and represent some of Anthropic’s largest and lengthiest capital commitments
• Support, structure, and negotiate hardware development and procurement agreement, capacity reservation agreements, power purchase agreements, negotiate utility interconnection agreements, and manage utility-related legal requirements or initiatives (e.g., renewables)
• Coordinate construction and adjacent agreements including design-build contracts, equipment procurement, and commissioning schedules; manage the related legal workstreams
• Work closely with specialized outside counsel, ensuring their work product aligns with Anthropic’s commercial objectives
• Collaborate with the Compute team’s transaction managers who handle operational execution and project management, providing legal and risk management expertise
• Coordinate with finance and corporate development on strategic deal structuring
• Understand how datacenter legal structures interact with the compute capacity they will house; e.g., power requirements, cooling specifications, security standards, and expansion rights that flow from decisions made in the Compute organization
• Escalate novel structures or terms that create downstream risk for operational flexibility; ensure facility designs accommodate AI-specific requirements including high density power, liquid cooling infrastructure, and rapid scaling capacity.

Benefits

• We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

What This Job Offers

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