Internal Legal Counsel
Focus: AI, Infrastructure & Public-Sector Partnerships
Location: Remote - Texas, United States
Department: Operations
Exemption/Classification: Flexible (Fractional/1099/W-2 to Start)
Overview
ThisWay Global, Inc. is an AI-first technology company headquartered in Texas, operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence, data center infrastructure, and workforce solutions. We move fast, work at scale, and are in the middle of several of the most consequential buildouts in the AI infrastructure space right now.
Our business spans three high-growth areas:
ADCAP — AI & Data Center Acceleration Platform
ADCAP is a full-lifecycle data center development and operations platform that compresses multi-year build timelines from 36 months down to as little as 14 months. We specialize in site planning, subcontractor vetting, contractor management, and AI workload optimization — and we are currently deploying NVIDIA NVL72/GB300 GPU clusters. This is not theoretical; we are actively building.
Amalgamy.ai — AI Orchestration Software
An enterprise AI orchestration platform that maximizes GPU and compute utilization across complex AI environments, serving large-scale enterprise customers who need to extract every unit of performance from their infrastructure investment.
Staffing & Workforce Solutions
Our foundational business — AI-powered talent matching that connects employers with qualified candidates at scale.
Our CEO, Stephan Fabel, is the former Senior Director of DGX Cloud at NVIDIA. We have a real estate subsidiary, RELLIS DC Real Estate Co., executing a ground lease at the Texas A&M RELLIS campus in the College Station/Bryan area. We are entering complex enterprise, institutional, and government partnerships — and we need a sharp legal mind to help us build the function that supports it all.
The Role
This is a ground-floor opportunity. We don't have a legal department — we're building one, and you'll be building it with us. As our first Internal Legal Counsel, you will be a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team, not just a contract reviewer. You will sit at the table for the deals that matter — data center ground leases, AI platform enterprise agreements, TAMU and state entity partnerships, vendor relationships, and everything in between.
This role exists to help ThisWay Global navigate legal, compliance, and operational risk as the business scales across AI, HPC, software, infrastructure, and public-sector partnerships. You will own the legal function end-to-end: drafting, negotiating, advising, and evolving our legal infrastructure as the business scales. Success looks like practical legal guidance, strong risk visibility, scalable processes, and a business team that can move quickly with confidence.
This role is expected to evolve into a broader executive leadership function focused on enterprise risk, governance, compliance, and legal strategy. If you're a talented Texas attorney who has considered a step off the BigLaw path in exchange for equity upside, executive access, and the chance to build something real — this is that role.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and leadership team; participate in strategic planning, deal structuring, and business development conversations.
- Provide practical legal guidance across commercial, operational, and organizational matters; support leadership in balancing risk, speed, and business objectives.
- Help build scalable legal and governance processes as the organization grows.
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of commercial contracts, including enterprise SaaS agreements, data center services agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs, subcontractor agreements, and custom deal structures.
- Identify legal and operational risks within complex commercial relationships.
- Support evolving partnerships across AI, infrastructure, software, and public-sector initiatives.
- Support and lead legal work on ground leases, commercial leases, land acquisition, title review, easements, and real estate transactions tied to data center site development, including our RELLIS campus work.
- Navigate university, state entity, and government procurement frameworks; structure deals that satisfy both institutional requirements and business objectives.
- Advise on employment-related matters, internal policies, and organizational risk.
- Support ISO-aligned operational and compliance initiatives.
- Partner with leadership on governance, documentation, and internal controls.
- Build and maintain our compliance posture across data privacy (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA awareness), AI and technology regulation, and employment law; flag risks before they become problems.
- Help evaluate legal and compliance implications of AI and software deployments; coordinate with technical and operational teams on evolving risk areas.
- Establish scalable legal processes, document templates, external counsel relationships, and internal policies; build the function from scratch.
- Understand our products well enough to translate AI, data center, and cloud infrastructure concepts into precise legal language.
- Help shape a proactive approach to enterprise risk management; identify areas where legal structure, process, or policy can reduce operational exposure.
- Contribute to the organization's long-term maturity as legal and compliance needs evolve.
Requirements
- Active Texas Bar License; must be licensed and in good standing to practice law in Texas.
- Texas Residency; must be based in Texas (role is remote-first, but Texas presence is required). Some travel to data center sites and university campuses is expected.
- 5–8 years of experience in a combination of law firm and/or in-house legal roles.
- Demonstrated ability to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements independently, including enterprise SaaS agreements, services agreements, vendor contracts, and NDAs.
- Experience with ground leases, commercial leases, land acquisition, title review, easements, or comparable real estate transactions.
- Experience working with State of Texas agencies, higher education institutions, or regulated/public-sector environments, including university, public entity, or government contract frameworks.
- Working knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA frameworks; ability to advise on AI/technology regulatory matters and basic employment law.
- Ability to understand AI, data center, and cloud infrastructure well enough to engage meaningfully with engineering and operations teams and translate concepts into legal language.
- Understanding of data privacy, PII, and security-related legal considerations; ability to coordinate on operational safeguards.
- Ability to operate independently without a legal team beneath you at the start.
- Comfortable operating in evolving environments where structure is still being built and able to provide clear, actionable guidance without creating unnecessary operational friction.
Preferred Qualifications / Accelerators
- Prior in-house experience at a technology, AI, data center, or deep tech company.
- Familiarity with NVIDIA's product ecosystem, hyperscaler contracting, or GPU infrastructure agreements.
- Experience with real estate transactions at a university or state-affiliated campus (Texas A&M, UT System, or similar).
- Familiarity with ISO-aligned operational environments or compliance initiatives.
- Exposure to public-private partnerships or higher education collaborations.
- Background in equity compensation, early-stage company governance, or startup legal operations.
- Experience supporting fast-scaling or startup environments.
- Existing relationships with Texas-based outside counsel in real estate, employment, or IP.
Benefits
- Direct access to the CEO and executive team.
- Opportunity to build and define the company's legal function, including processes, templates, outside counsel relationships, and legal infrastructure.
- Competitive compensation.
- Meaningful equity in a company positioned at the center of the AI infrastructure buildout.
- Opportunity to work on active NVIDIA NVL72/GB300 GPU cluster deployments, TAMU RELLIS ground lease execution, and enterprise and institutional partnerships.
- Exposure to technically sophisticated work spanning AI infrastructure, data centers, software, and public-sector partnerships.
- Remote-first work environment.
Compensation & Location
- Compensation: Competitive base salary + equity (to be discussed directly by the company).
- Location: Remote-first; Texas residency required.
- Travel: Periodic travel to data center development sites and university campuses (primarily within Texas).
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