Legal Counsel

Volta - London, UK - Global - Procurement & Supply Chain

About Volta

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

About The Role

This Legal Counsel role will support Volta's Executive team and Legal / Compliance team in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating the agreements that underpin the company's fundraising, strategic direction and operations — from capital raises with investors / debt financings, vendor / procurement contracts to customer / partnership agreements.

This role works also closely with the Delivery, Procurement, and Corporate Development teams across a fast-moving infrastructure business, and is well suited to a lawyer who enjoys getting close to the commercial detail.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including vendor, procurement, and customer agreements, factoring in commercial risk, operational requirements, and bankability considerations for financing

  • Advise internal stakeholders on contractual risk, obligations, and negotiation strategy

  • Support procurement and delivery teams on equipment, construction, and services agreements for data center projects

  • Assist with corporate and structuring functions (entity structuring / formation, corporate workflows, governance negotiations)

  • Maintain and improve contract templates, playbooks, and approval workflows

  • Track contractual obligations and support compliance with commercial terms

  • Collaborate with the General Counsel / VP Legal on regulatory, tax and policy matters as needed

  • Support due diligence for partnerships, financings, and other transactions