The Director of Real Estate, Legal supports the Company's real estate portfolio and transactions, including leasing, construction, purchase and sale, financing, and general real estate matters. This role will have a particular emphasis on directing and managing foreign local counsel across multiple jurisdictions - while serving as a responsive, hands-on legal partner to the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage real estate legal matters for the Company, including commercial leasing (tenant), purchase and sale transactions, financing, and general real estate work.
- Structure, negotiate, draft, and close real estate transactions across the portfolio.
- Manage outside counsel, including scope, budget, and performance oversight.
- Direct and coordinate foreign local counsel on cross-border matters, and quickly develop working knowledge of real estate law and practice in unfamiliar foreign jurisdictions.
- Negotiate and administer construction and design professional contracts.
- Support financing and lending transactions, including secured real estate financings.
- Provide responsive, practical, and timely legal advice to business stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Identify and manage legal risk and ensure compliance with applicable laws and internal policies.
Qualifications
- J.D. from top tier law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
- 7+ years of relevant real estate legal experience, in-house and/or big law.
- Deep experience in commercial leasing, purchase and sale, and general real estate transactions.
- Demonstrated experience working with and managing outside counsel, including overseeing foreign local counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
- Experience negotiating construction and design professional contracts.
- Proven ability to manage and develop a team.
- Strong responsiveness and a service-oriented, business-minded approach.
- Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with financing and lending transactions.
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This position is listed as contract and onsite.