Commercial Counsel, Compute & Infrastructure · Anthropic

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:41:17 GMT
Legal

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · $320,000-$385,000 USD · hybrid

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 specialised 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.

Key responsibilities include negotiating strategic agreements with key technology partners, major developers, and representing some of Anthropic's largest and lengthiest capital commitments. You'll also support, structure, and negotiate hardware development and procurement agreements, capacity reservation agreements, power purchase agreements, negotiate utility interconnection agreements, and manage utility-related legal requirements or initiatives.

Collaboration with the Compute team's transaction managers who handle operational execution and project management, providing legal and risk management expertise, is also essential. Additionally, you'll coordinate with finance and corporate development on strategic deal structuring and understand how datacenter legal structures interact with the compute capacity they will house.

To be successful in this role, you'll need to have a JD and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar, as well as 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.

A strong understanding of commercial real estate and construction contracting, datacenter lease structures, construction risk allocation, and financing arrangements is also necessary. Experience with EPC, AIA, and design-build arrangements at scale, comfort with project finance structures and the interplay between lease, financing, and development agreements, and ability to coordinate effectively with specialised outside counsel while maintaining strategic direction are also required.

Effective collaboration skills for working with business teams who handle transaction management and site selection are essential, as is a genuine interest in infrastructure development and appreciation for why compute and data centre capacity is mission-critical for frontier AI.