Hut 8 is hiring a Associate General Counsel, Joint Ventures & Finance in Legal — Miami, FL. The overview below is synthesized from the employer posting on job-boards.greenhouse.io: factual requirements and scope are preserved, but prose is rewritten with editorial context. Verify details and apply via the employer link.
ABOUT HUT 8
Company context from the listing:
Imagine the ultimate destination for those who want to work at the cutting edge of technology, energy, and infrastructure. Hut 8 is on a mission to build and operate some of the world’s largest data centers for next-generation computing workloads, including AI, Colocation, Cloud, and Bitcoin Mining.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Day-to-day scope for the Associate General Counsel, Joint Ventures & Finance as described in the posting:
The listing frames the Associate General Counsel, Joint Ventures & Finance at Hut 8 as a hands-on product role. In this high-impact role, you will lead the legal structuring, negotiation, and execution of joint ventures, strategic partnerships, minority investments, and sophisticated financing transactions — including project financings, structured debt arrangements, and acquisition financings — that are central to the company's long-term growth strategy. You will also support M&A activity and other strateg
You will work closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to structure, negotiate, and execute sophisticated transactions across a rapidly evolving infrastructure platform operating at the intersection of energy, AI infrastructure, and digital assets. This role offers substantial exposure to strategic decision-making, capital formation, and enterprise-level legal and business issues.
The ideal candidate combines deep joint venture and finance experience — including partnership structuring, governance design, and complex debt and capital arrangements — with practical business judgment, a high degree of ownership and autonomy, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, execution-oriented environment.
About You
Company context from the listing:
- Joint Venture & Partnership Lead: You have significant experience structuring, negotiating, and executing joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and minority investments, including economic and governance terms — capital contributions and funding obligations, distribution waterfalls, governance and control rights, transfer restrictions, exit mechanics, and deadlock resolution.
- Finance & Capital Structuring: You have led or played a senior role on sophisticated financing transactions, including project financings, structured debt arrangements, acquisition financings, credit facilities, or other capital markets and infrastructure-related transactions, and are fluent in covenant packages, intercreditor issues, and collateral structures.
- Ongoing Venture Governance: You understand that JVs live beyond closing — you have experience advising on post-formation governance, partner disputes, amendments, capital calls, and restructurings of existing ventures.
- M&A and Strategic Transactions: You have supporting experience on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other corporate transactions, and can lead or support M&A workstreams as needed.
- Strategic Problem Solver: You are capable of navigating complex commercial, regulatory, and structural issues and developing practical, business-oriented solutions.
- Cross-Functional Operator: You work effectively across legal, finance, tax, treasury, development, and executive teams and are comfortable coordinating multiple stakeholders under demanding timelines.
- Independent and Commercially Minded: You are comfortable operating independently, managing multiple high-priority matters simultaneously, and exercising sound judgment in dynamic environments.
Key Responsibilities
Day-to-day scope for the Associate General Counsel, Joint Ventures & Finance as described in the posting:
- Lead legal structuring, negotiation, and execution of joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and minority investments, including formation documents, JV and LLC agreements, governance frameworks, and related commercial arrangements.
- Lead legal support for financing transactions, including project financings, structured debt arrangements, acquisition financings, and credit facilities, including term sheets, loan documentation, covenant and diligence matters, intercreditor arrangements, and closings.
- Advise on the ongoing governance and administration of existing joint ventures and financing arrangements, including amendments, waivers, capital calls, compliance matters, and partner or lender relations.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic transactions, including structuring, diligence, negotiation, and documentation.
- Partner with Finance, Treasury, Tax, Development, Investor Relations, and other business teams to support capital formation and strategic initiatives and ensure seamless transaction execution.
- Draft and negotiate complex transaction agreements — JV and partnership agreements, investment agreements, loan and security documents, and ancillary agreements — in support of the company's strategic objectives.
- Manage outside counsel and specialized advisors to deliver high-quality, cost-effective legal support on sophisticated matters.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Chief Legal Officer and senior leadership on partnership strategy, capital structure, risk assessment, and execution considerations.
ABOUT THE WORK ENVIRONMENT
Company context from the listing:
This role is in office at our corporate headquarters in the Brickell area of Miami, Florida. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WHAT MAKES HUT 8 A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
Hut 8 offers a benefits and wellness program that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and short-term and long-term disability insurance, as well as paid time off. We are proud to invest in building the best team in the industry.
At Hut 8, you will have the opportunity to:
▶ Work with bright, driven peers from a range of educational and professional backgrounds including software development, energy, engineering, entrepreneurship, investment banking, private equity, and management consulting
▶ Design and pitch new products, services, and other initiatives to a leadership team consisting of serial entrepreneurs and seasoned executives and backed by a board of directors consisting of industry veterans of energy, finance, and government
▶ Debate ideas and alternatives in a truly meritocratic setting where the learning curve is steep and the lessons come from both senior and junior members of the team
▶ Build a lifelong network of friends and professional connections at the cutting-edge intersection of technology, energy, and infrastructure