Senior Corporate Counsel Real Estate

Senior Corporate Counsel (Real Estate)is a member of the legal team who reports to the Deputy General Counsel VP - Real Estate and supports the companys real estate activities and operations such as acquisitions / dispositions leasing zoning and land use entitlements real estate finance tax incentives and other real estate development activities. This position maintains compliance with relevant contract policies and procedures and provides direct support to the companys acquisition and development team and business units.

What You Will Do:

Real Estate Matters:

• Support the legal aspects of the companys real estate activities operations and transactions. This includes the negotiation and drafting of various legal documents and agreements including those pertaining to real estate purchase/sale agreements financing leasing tax incentives economic development projects title review and insurance zoning and land use easements and restrictive covenants and management of multiple deals and deal flow.
• Role would include working with outside counsel counterparties vendors insurers and other third parties. Role would include working with outside counsel counterparties insurers and other third parties.

Non-Real Estate Matters:

• Based on the needs of the company responsibility for various non-real estate legal and general business matters
• Responsibility for various commercial law matters
• Assist with a variety of business-related functions and provide sound legal and business judgment on matters including loans equity raises joint ventures acquisitions construction

Basic Qualifications:

• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials
• Admission to the Bar of a U.S. state or the District of Columbia
• Three or more years of legal experience as a practicing lawyer working in a general corporate transactional practice preferably real estate

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with project finance and/or asset-based lending

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Hands-on self-starter who is disciplined and detail-oriented with the ability to work independently as well as in a team setting that requires a highly accurate and timely work product
• Agile and versatile; comfortable with new and unfamiliar subject matter; easily adaptable to change
• Able to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
• Enterprising and entrepreneurial
• Able to take initiative with no direction
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong listening organizational and interpersonal skills
• Strong work ethic and accountability to deadlines
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and evolving business environment
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office (Word PowerPoint Outlook Excel) Box Workday DocuSign
• Excellent analytical time-management judgment and decision-making skills
• Possess ambition and an optimistic attitude
• Ability to effectively multitask and manage competing priorities and demands on time
• Strong problem-solving and negotiation skills
• Able to effectively manage complicated legal and business issues
• Ability to effectively manage others including outside counsel and service providers

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