How to apply for Legal Counsel, Head of Development & Real Estate Legal

About Intersect Power

Intersect Power develops, constructs, and operates power and data center infrastructure by co-locating industrial demand with dedicated gas and renewable generation. It was acquired by Google in March 2026 and runs as an independent subsidiary, with multiple gigawatts of U.S. projects underway. The workplace is fully flexible, with four annual Team Week gatherings and hub locations in the SF Bay Area, NYC metro, Denver, Austin, Calgary, and Toronto.

About the role

This role leads the legal function for development and real estate at Intersect Power. You will support gigawatt-scale power and data center projects, including site acquisition, land use, and project development legal work. The position reports into a legal team at a company scaling fast under Google ownership.

A typical day

You might review title and survey work for a new data center site in the morning, then join a call with the development team on a permitting issue. Later you could coordinate with outside counsel on a land use filing or advise on a real estate contract for a co-located generation project. Team Weeks four times a year bring the legal and development groups together in person.

Who Intersect Power is looking for

• Experienced real estate and development lawyer with a track record on large infrastructure, energy, or data center projects
• Comfortable handling site acquisition, title, survey, land use, zoning, and permitting issues across multiple U.S. jurisdictions
• Able to manage outside counsel and work directly with development, engineering, and construction teams
• Willing to work in a fully flexible model and travel to Team Weeks four times a year and to a hub location

Tips for this application

• State in your first paragraph that you are located within 60 miles of one of the listed hubs: SF Bay Area, NYC metro, Denver, Austin, Calgary, or Toronto.
• Name specific power, data center, or large industrial projects you have supported as a real estate or development lawyer, including deal size and jurisdiction.
• Explain how you have worked with development or construction teams, not just legal colleagues, since this role sits close to project delivery.
• Mention any experience with co-located generation and load projects, gas or renewable power, or Google-scale infrastructure if you have it.
• Address the fully flexible model directly: say you can work remotely and travel for four Team Weeks per year and hub gatherings.

What to cover in your cover letter

Lead with your location relative to a hub and your years of real estate or development legal experience. Describe two or three large projects where you handled site control, land use, or permitting. Show you understand Intersect's model of co-locating industrial demand with dedicated generation. Close by noting your interest in the Google subsidiary structure and the company's gigawatt-scale pipeline.

Research before applying

• Review Intersect Power's project portfolio and announcements about co-located power and data center infrastructure.
• Read Google's March 2026 acquisition announcement and any public statements about how Intersect will operate as a subsidiary.
• Check the hub locations and Team Week model to confirm you can meet the 60-mile location requirement and travel expectations.
• Look at recent U.S. energy and data center real estate trends, especially land use and permitting for gas and renewable generation.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• How you would structure legal support for site acquisition across multiple states for co-located power and data center projects.
• Your approach to managing land use, zoning, and permitting risk on a fast-moving gigawatt-scale development.
• How you work with development, engineering, and construction teams when legal issues arise mid-project.
• What changes when a company operates as an independent subsidiary of Google, and how you would handle that relationship.
• How you would build and manage a legal function for development and real estate as the project pipeline grows.

Common mistakes to avoid

• Applying without confirming you live within 60 miles of a listed hub, since location is a stated requirement.
• Sending a generic legal resume that does not name specific real estate, energy, or data center projects.
• Ignoring the Google subsidiary structure or the co-location model in your materials, which shows you did not read the job details.