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You will provide strategic, business-oriented legal counsel on complex transactions and oversee a team of legal professionals supporting these functions.</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">You will partner closely with Development, Design &amp; Construction, Portfolio Management, Energy, Procurement, Operations, Investments and Finance teams to enable execution of large-scale data center projects while ensuring appropriate risk management and alignment with Digital Realty’s commercial and operational objectives.</span><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>What You’ll do</strong></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>Leadership and Team Management</strong></span></p><ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Lead and develop the North America legal team supporting real estate, infrastructure, construction and procurement.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Set priorities, allocate work, and support the professional development of team members.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Act as escalation point for complex or high-risk legal matters.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Drive consistency in legal positions, templates and negotiation strategies across NAM.</span></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>Strategic Legal Advisory</strong></span></p><ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"><li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Serve as senior legal advisor to Development, Construction, Procurement and Operations teams, and advise and collaborate with Investments, Finance, and Legal teams to align project with financing and commercial objectives.</span></li><li><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Provide strategic counsel on data 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fast-paced, high-growth, international environment.</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.</span></p></li></ul><h2><span style=\"color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\">Ideal Candidate Profile</span></span></h2><h2><span style=\"color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;\">A highly strategic, commercially minded legal leader with deep experience in real estate and infrastructure development. This individual combines strong technical expertise with leadership capability, enabling the business to execute complex data center projects at scale while effectively managing legal and commercial risk.</span></span></h2><h2><span style=\"color: windowtext;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;\">Additional Information</span></span></h2><p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">The responsibilities described above are not exhaustive. Additional duties may be assigned at any time, with or without notice, at Digital Realty’s discretion.</span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>A bit about us</strong></span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.</span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit </span><a href=\"http://www.digitalrealty.com\"><span style=\"color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">digitalrealty.com</span></a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"> or follow us on </span><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/digitalrealty\"><span style=\"color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">LinkedIn</span></a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"> and </span><a href=\"https://twitter.com/digitalrealty\"><span style=\"color: rgb(5, 99, 193); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Twitter</span></a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">.</span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>A bit about our team&nbsp;</strong></span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>Legal</strong></span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Our Legal team works in a highly complex global business sector with a diverse range of local, regional and international organizations. From ensuring compliance in different jurisdictions to supporting business teams with customer and supplier contracts, we’re involved in a variety of projects. Working in a dynamic commercial environment, we collaborate with colleagues across different departments and always have a new challenge waiting for us.</span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>What we can offer you</strong></span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>Health and Safety</strong></span></p><p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.</span></p><p style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong>Our Compensation Philosophy</strong></span></p><p style=\"background-color: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.</span><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"> Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.</span></p><p style=\"line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;\">&nbsp;</p><p style=\"line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.</span></p>",
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