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Senior Legal Counsel

Megaport· Legal – Legal Services
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Remote$180k - $230kFull-time - PermanentPosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior technology lawyer advising on complex commercial transactions and strategic initiatives for Megaport’s compute division, with a focus on data centres, cloud, networking and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Getting deals done – support complex and strategic transactions for data centre procurement and customer agreements, moving quickly through negotiation to execution.
  • Partner directly with the Chief Legal Officer, executive leadership and other senior stakeholders on high-priority legal matters, primarily focused on supporting our compute division.
  • Advise on the legal and commercial structure of strategic partnerships involving cloud, networking, data centres, infrastructure, compute, storage, software and other technology services.
  • Lead negotiations with sophisticated counterparties, including global technology companies, cloud providers, infrastructure providers, strategic partners, major enterprise customers and suppliers.
  • Advise on technology, data, privacy, intellectual property, cybersecurity and regulatory issues arising from strategic transactions.
  • Support the CLO, and work closely with legal team leaders, on special projects and strategic initiatives, including matters that may be commercially sensitive, confidential or require a high degree of judgement.
  • Act as a trusted senior member of the Legal team and sounding board for colleagues dealing with complex commercial issues.
  • Provide support to the broader global legal team during busy periods.
  • Look for opportunities to simplify how we work, improve our contracting approach and make it easier for the business to execute without compromising on the things that matter.

Qualifications

  • Significant post-qualification experience as a lawyer (between 7-10 years), ideally including a large part of this experience working in-house in a technology, data centre, cloud, telecommunications, infrastructure or SaaS environment.
  • Admission and good standing in at least one US jurisdiction.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, high-value or strategically important commercial transactions with sophisticated counterparties.
  • Strong technology transactions experience. Comfortable with technology and infrastructure arrangements and understanding the commercial/technical model behind the contract.
  • Experience working directly with C-suite executives and senior business leaders, with the confidence to challenge constructively and provide clear recommendations.
  • Exceptional commercial judgement and ability to distinguish material legal issues from pragmatic solutions.
  • Excellent negotiation and drafting skills, especially for bespoke transactions.
  • Bias toward plain English, practical and commercial advice and solutions.
  • Ability to manage multiple significant matters across jurisdictions and time zones.
  • High levels of integrity, discretion and professional judgement.

Skills

Required:Commercial transactionsTechnology transactionsNegotiationDrafting

Benefits

  • Flexible working environment – remote-first culture with coworking options available.
  • Generous leave plans – including 4 weeks of paid annual leave, parental leave, birthday leave, and a purchased annual leave program.
  • Health and wellness support – wellness allowance and employee wellbeing initiatives.
  • Comprehensive learning support – generous study and training allowance plus 5 days of paid study leave.
  • Creative, modern workspaces – when not working remotely.
  • Motivated, inclusive team – work with industry experts and fresh talent.
  • Recognition programs – Legend and Kudos awards.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Network as a Service, Data Center and Cloud Connectivity.

Megaport offers scalable bandwidth for public and private cloud connections, metro ethernet, Data Centre backhaul, and Internet Exchange Services.

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