Legal Counsel, Commercial Transactions

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Job Summary

Are you a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys being at the heart of complex global deals? Equinix is looking for a Legal Counsel, Commercial Transactions to join our Global Contracts legal organisation in Warsaw. In this global role, you’ll work closely with Sales and other business teams, supporting sophisticated customer transactions across markets and negotiating directly with customers and their legal counsel. You’ll gain exposure to large global customers, complex commercial negotiations and rapidly evolving areas of technology, including AI-related customers and deployments. Working across countries and cultures, you’ll encounter different negotiation styles and commercial challenges, including situations where there may not yet be an established playbook. We’re looking for someone who combines strong legal capability with commercial judgement, confidence and pragmatism. You’ll understand legal risk, but equally understand what’s important to the business and be comfortable finding practical solutions that enable deals to move forward.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Sales, Channel Sales, Public Sector Sales, Enterprise Sales, Operations, Finance, Compliance, Risk Management and other teams on a broad range of commercial and legal matters.
• Draft, review and negotiate customer contracts across Equinix’s global platform.
• Take ownership of commercial agreements through the full deal lifecycle, including managing negotiations, approvals, contract status and execution.
• Negotiate directly with customers and sophisticated counterparties, balancing commercial objectives with Equinix’s legal and risk position.
• Provide practical legal advice on customer transactions and contractual matters, including renewals, amendments, early termination, novations, price increases and customer rights.
• Support bids and customer information requests, providing accurate and commercially focused legal guidance within appropriate timelines.
• Advise business stakeholders and senior management on contractual matters, legal rights and commercial risk.
• Identify when issues require escalation and work with the appropriate stakeholders and approvers to reach practical solutions.
• Manage contractual matters through relevant contract and workflow management systems.
• Work with external counsel where appropriate.
• Support commercial aspects of M&A or divestiture activity where required, including contractual due diligence and post-acquisition integration matters.
• Help maintain awareness of legal, regulatory and internal compliance requirements and support appropriate training and guidance for business teams.
• Participate in wider global Legal projects and initiatives, including opportunities involving emerging technology and AI.
• Contribute as part of a wider global Legal team, supporting other commercial matters and initiatives as required.

What we're looking for

• A Juris Doctor (JD), equivalent law degree from a recognised university, or an appropriate professional legal qualification, together with relevant post-qualification legal experience.
• Strong experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Experience personally managing negotiations and working directly with customers, counterparties or their legal counsel.
• Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to understand business priorities, assess legal risk and negotiate practical solutions and trade-offs.
• Excellent stakeholder-management skills and the confidence to work effectively with colleagues at different levels of seniority.
• A calm, resilient and pragmatic approach when handling challenging negotiations, competing priorities or differing stakeholder views.
• Strong communication and drafting skills in English.
• The ability to work independently, prioritise effectively and manage multiple matters in a dynamic environment.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to build effective relationships across multiple functions.
• The ability to operate effectively across different countries, cultures and negotiation styles.
• Comfort using technology and contract-management systems.

What could help you stand out

Experience in technology, SaaS, IT outsourcing, telecommunications, infrastructure or data centres would be beneficial, but it is not essential. You may currently be working in-house or in private practice. Relevant private-practice backgrounds could include areas such as Technology or Real Estate/Infrastructure. What matters most is your ability to demonstrate strong commercial contracting experience, sound judgement, confident negotiation and effective stakeholder management. Experience supporting large enterprise customers, international transactions, commercial due diligence or broader corporate transactions would also be valuable.age relationships across multiple departments

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

Poland - Warsaw Office WAO : 214,000 - 322,000 PLN / Annual

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location.The pay range shown is based on our compensation structure in place at the time of posting and may be updated periodically based on business needs. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.

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