Senior Counsel, Real Estate

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc • Austin, TX

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About The Position

AMD is seeking a senior in-house real estate lawyer to lead legal work on 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 and Capital Markets, as well as Real Estate and Facilities, Engineering, Finance, Treasury, and IT stakeholders. The position owns sophisticated, time-sensitive deals from site diligence and power procurement through project finance and structured transactions, and helps create scalable playbooks for AMD’s infrastructure program.

The successful candidate is a pragmatic, business-minded lawyer with hands-on experience in large data center and infrastructure deals and related energy arrangements. The role calls for translating complex financing and commercial matters into actionable legal advice, balancing legal risk with business priorities, and independently advancing ambiguous, high-stakes transactions while protecting AMD’s interests.

Requirements

• Extensive legal experience with complex commercial real estate, data center, or digital infrastructure transactions.
• 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.
• Practical understanding of commercial real estate concepts, including leasing, development, construction, lending, title, zoning, and land use.
• 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 and concisely with legal and non-legal stakeholders.
• Proven ability to independently manage complex, high-value, multiparty transactions in a fast-paced, in-house environment.
• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school preferred.
• Active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar desired.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience at or with data center providers, hyperscalers, colocation operators, or other large-scale infrastructure developers.
• Experience with capital markets and structured finance connected to data center, technology infrastructure, or power generation assets.
• A mix of leading law firm and in-house experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support across the full 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; 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 the strategic transactions pipeline by supporting rapid vetting, diligence, and execution across multiple active deals.
• Serve as a key legal partner to 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: Ph.D. or professional degree