Corporate Legal Counsel

About Lightpath

Lightpath is building the fiber infrastructure the digital economy depends on - owning, operating, and expanding dense, high-performance networks for enterprises, public institutions, carriers, and cloud innovators. Our all-fiber network supports mission-critical environments, from financial markets and healthcare systems to AI platforms and next-generation cloud architectures. As we expand across the Northeast and into high-growth markets nationwide, we invest ahead of demand - building infrastructure with precision, resilience, and accountability.

To support that growth, we’re building a team of people who take ownership, think long-term, and take pride in tackling complex work with care and integrity. At Lightpath, every role contributes to infrastructure that powers critical systems and real-world outcomes. We look for individuals who value precision, accountability, and collaboration and who want to help build networks, processes, and partnerships that are engineered to last.

Introduction

Lightpath is revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations. We are leaving no stone unturned as we innovate across our entire organization – our network and technologies, the services we deliver, the customer service we provide, and the incredible team of people driving our growth. Lightpath is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in network upgrades and expansion that will provide our customers with unsurpassed service levels, reliability, and security. We are also improving the customer experience by making it very easy to purchase new services, quick service installation times, and rapid resolution of service issues by updating our processes and delivering a robust customer portal. More importantly, many of our team members count their tenure in the fiber infrastructure industry in decades, not years, which provides customers with long-lasting relationships that further enhance the customer experience. To learn more about us, please visit our website at: www.lightpathfiber.com.

Opportunity Details

Our Legal Department is looking for a bright, motivated, and hard-working individual with exceptional initiative and drive who can handle a high volume of varied and complex legal work. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter that is hungry to learn and hungry to earn, highly organized and detail oriented, an excellent communicator, and can work independently and as part of a dynamic team. This is a terrific opportunity for a junior to mid-level associate who desires an in-house role with a focus on transactional legal work, although there will be many opportunities to step outside commercial matters. The Corporate Legal Counsel will report directly to the Chief Legal Officer. Candidates will have an opportunity to select a preferred working location from the following: Bethpage, NY; Wakefield, MA; New York City, NY; or Golden, CO.  Hybrid applicants who are within commuting distance to one of these offices will be considered.

Qualifications

• Strong business acumen and ability to develop creative solutions to difficult legal and business challenges.
• Practical, not theoretical, analytical skills.
• Possesses more of an “owner’s” mindset rather than a consultant’s mindset.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to provide sound, clear legal advice to stakeholders.
• Capable of quickly gaining an understanding of the business and the financial drivers of the business.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Perform well under pressure and tight deadlines with attention to details.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with customers, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Proficient computer skills and experience with MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Salesforce, etc.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an ABA accredited law school with high academic credentials.
• Admission to practice in at least one state in the U.S. and member in good standing in that state.
• 3-5 years of attorney experience in the litigation, corporate, or telecom/technology department of a large law firm or an in-house legal department of a hyperscale, neocloud, fiber infrastructure, technology, or data center company.

We know that success comes from hard work, dedication and relentless pursuit of value driven legal and business strategies and execution. We strongly subscribe to the notion that value creation deserves to be recognized and rewarded. We value people who are ambitious, creative, collaborative, and business focused. If you love a good challenge, enjoy solving meaningful problems, and want to be a part of one of the fastest growing and most successfully performing fiber infrastructure businesses, let us know so we can see if Lightpath is the company for you!

Lightpath is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law. 

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This position is identified as being performed in/or reporting to company operations in New York State. The pay range at the time of posting in the specified locations is $110,000- $130,000/year. Pay ranges are supplied in compliance with New York State law. Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. Some of our featured benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, yearly bonus program and company matched 401k.