VP, Legal US (Corporate and M&A)

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

We are looking for a VP, Legal (Corporate and M&A) to join our Legal team and help lead corporate legal workstreams across Nscale’s most important strategic transactions.

Reporting to the SVP, Corporate and M&A, you will be one of the lead corporate counsels for Nscale, owning day-to-day corporate workstreams across M&A structuring and execution, joint ventures, equity fundraisings, restructurings, subsidiary governance, employee equity, and strategic transactions.

This is a highly visible role working closely with senior leaders across the business, including Corporate Development, Tax, Treasury, Finance, People, Governance, the CFO, and the CEO. You will act as a trusted adviser on complex corporate matters and help build the processes, templates, and playbooks that allow the corporate legal function to scale effectively.

What you'll be doing

Lead strategic transactions

• Lead M&A execution from term sheet through closing, including structuring, due diligence, drafting, negotiation, and post-close integration.
• Partner with Corporate Development, the CFO, and the CEO on strategic transactions, providing early-stage and ongoing legal input on deal structuring, risk assessment, and execution.
• Run strategic minority investments, including structuring investment terms, conducting due diligence, drafting and closing investment documentation, and managing ongoing investor rights and reporting obligations post-close.

Own joint ventures and corporate structuring

• Lead joint venture projects end-to-end, from initial structuring and governance design through negotiation of JV agreements, shareholder arrangements, and operational frameworks.
• Ensure alignment across commercial, financial, and legal workstreams throughout the joint venture lifecycle.
• Work with Tax, Treasury, and Finance on intra-group funding and reorganisations, ensuring legal documentation accurately reflects commercial and tax requirements.

Support governance, equity, and entity management

• Lead on US materials for Board and Committee, including preparing and reviewing board resolutions, minutes, and supporting materials for M&A transactions, equity matters, governance updates, and other significant corporate actions.
• Advise on equity issuances, secondary transactions, and shareholder matters.
• Work on subsidiary governance and entity rationalisation across a growing international footprint, ensuring the corporate structure scales with the business.
• Support employee equity workstreams in partnership with People and Finance.
• Partner closely with the Governance and Corporate Secretary function.

Scale the corporate legal function

• Contribute to building and systematising the corporate legal function, including processes, templates, and playbooks, so the team scales effectively.
• Assist the SVP, Corporate and M&A on management of external law firms and billing, including matter scoping, engagement letters, budget management, invoice review, and ensuring cost-effective use of outside counsel

About You

• 12+ years of corporate legal experience, including top-tier law firm time and/or significant in-house experience.
• Strong M&A and corporate transactional track record.
• Confidence leading multi-stream transactions from structuring through execution.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders on complex corporate matters.
• Strong understanding of joint ventures, equity matters, subsidiary governance, and strategic transactions.
• Ability to partner effectively with Corporate Development, Tax, Treasury, Finance, People, Governance, and executive leadership.
• Qualified lawyer in the US in good standing.
• Experience in fast-growth businesses is preferred but not required.
• Experience scaling a corporate function in a high-growth or pre-IPO company is a plus.
• Familiarity with employee equity at venture or pre-IPO stage is a plus.

What we can offer you

At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. 🚀

Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. ✨

Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy — always with our full support.

Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.

Salary Range

The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.