Responsibilities
Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of real estate transaction documents, including: purchase and sale agreements; commercial leases, amendments, renewals, and terminations; easements, access agreements, declarations, and restrictive covenants, estoppels, landlord waivers, consents, and SNDAs; operational contracts (vendor, service, SOWs, MSAs); non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
Serve as strategic thought partner to the General Counsel, while establishing and maintaining reputation as a trusted legal advisor to business teams, exercising sound judgment, intellectual curiosity and balanced risk analysis to support portfolio and asset-level decision making
Independently lead and manage real estate transactions from diligence through closing, including title and survey review, transaction structuring, coordination, and execution
Be accountable for real estate closings and coordination with internal legal and business teams, title companies, and outside counsel
Provide day-to-day legal support related to portfolio and asset management, including landlord-tenant matters, lease compliance and disputes, tenant defaults, easement and consent requests, casualty and condemnation matters, and insurance-related claims, ensuring appropriate risk allocation and alignment with company policies
Manage outside counsel across select transactions, litigation matters, tenant bankruptcies, and environmental matters, driving efficient, cost-effective outcomes
Support environmental compliance matters related to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of real property
Contribute to corporate governance, policy development, compliance initiatives, and risk mitigation efforts consistent with public REIT best practices
Identify and implement opportunities to improve legal workflows, templates, playbooks, and operational efficiency through process improvements and technology solutions, including automation tools, legal AI, and project management systems
Partner cross-functionally to align legal strategies with corporate objectives and operational priorities
Stay current on emerging legal trends, regulatory developments, and best practices in transactional commercial real estate law and public REITs
Perform other duties as assigned
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Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of real estate transaction documents, including: purchase and sale agreements; commercial leases, amendments, renewals, and terminations; easements, access agreements, declarations, and restrictive covenants, estoppels, landlord waivers, consents, and SNDAs; operational contracts (vendor, service, SOWs, MSAs); non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)
Serve as strategic thought partner to the General Counsel, while establishing and maintaining reputation as a trusted legal advisor to business teams, exercising sound judgment, intellectual curiosity and balanced risk analysis to support portfolio and asset-level decision making
Independently lead and manage real estate transactions from diligence through closing, including title and survey review, transaction structuring, coordination, and execution
Be accountable for real estate closings and coordination with internal legal and business teams, title companies, and outside counsel
Provide day-to-day legal support related to portfolio and asset management, including landlord-tenant matters, lease compliance and disputes, tenant defaults, easement and consent requests, casualty and condemnation matters, and insurance-related claims, ensuring appropriate risk allocation and alignment with company policies
Manage outside counsel across select transactions, litigation matters, tenant bankruptcies, and environmental matters, driving efficient, cost-effective outcomes
Support environmental compliance matters related to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of real property
Contribute to corporate governance, policy development, compliance initiatives, and risk mitigation efforts consistent with public REIT best practices
Identify and implement opportunities to improve legal workflows, templates, playbooks, and operational efficiency through process improvements and technology solutions, including automation tools, legal AI, and project management systems
Partner cross-functionally to align legal strategies with corporate objectives and operational priorities
Stay current on emerging legal trends, regulatory developments, and best practices in transactional commercial real estate law and public REITs
Perform other duties as assigned
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