Corporate Counsel, Credit Transactions

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management investment management development and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston South Carolina Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in more than 265 markets globally with offices throughout North America Europe South America and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States managing over one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management including over $35 billion of development assets and over $36.5 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more visit .

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities:

Transaction Support

• Advise the origination teams on legal transaction risk in the negotiation of term sheets loan documents and modifications in consultation with external legal counsel.
• Help manage the loan closing process to close loans in a timely manner including coordinating closing checklist calls and reviewing title commitments land surveys environmental reports zoning reports and organizational documents.
• Support the post-closing and leverage process including reviewing assignment documents eligibility representations and bailee transmittal and trust receipt documents.
• Manage legal coordination to close collateralized loan obligations (CLO) including coordinating note splits or participations reviewing collateral eligibility representations and monitoring compliance with applicable credit facility requirements.
• Coordinate entity formation with Greystar investment and corporate legal teams and external counsel.

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Partner with asset management and external servicers on post-closing matters including any workout and enforcement matters.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members on legal matters.

Qualifications:

Greystar is an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment that rewards professionals who can think and operate independently and collaborate well with colleagues at all levels of the organization. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of the following:

Experience

• 5-10 years of experience at a law firm or in-house with a lender REIT or commercial real estate (CRE) investment firm focused on credit transactions.
• Intimate knowledge of CRE loan documentation with a command of senior mortgages construction loans warehouse lines B-notes and mezzanine and preferred equity structures.
• Law degree from an accredited law school and bar admission in good standing.

Core Competencies

• Superb attention to detail and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Business-oriented mindset and ability to deliver practical and deal-focused legal advice.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Advanced structuring and negotiating experience in the context of complex real estate debt transactions.
• Superior judgment and ethical practices.
• Excellent transaction management skills and evidenced ability to take initiative in the area(s) of focus in order to drive transactions to completion.
• Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills.

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Additional Compensation:

Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements prior experience current skills and geographical location.

• Corporate Positions:Inaddition to the base salary this role may be eligible to participateina quarterly or annual bonus program based onindividual and company performance.
• Onsite Property Positions:Inaddition to the base salary this role may be eligible to participatein weekly monthly and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

• Competitive Medical Dental Vision and Disability & Lifeinsurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.
• Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation 4 personal days 10 sick days and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.
• For onsite team members onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.
• 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).
• 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.
• Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Critical Illness Accident HospitalIndemnity PetInsurance and Legal Plans.
• Charitable giving program and benefits.

*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles compensation and benefits may vary from the listedinformation above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.

Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Greystar is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity) national origin age disability genetic information military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Important Notice: Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@). If you receive suspicious requests please report them immediately to