Assistant General Counsel Real Estate, Senior D...

Description:

Serving the needs of all families with young children, A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's, OshKosh B'gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's.

How you'll make an impact:
Are you looking for a new home to demonstrate your leadership skills and refine your legal capabilities?

A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Real Estate Senior Director, Corporate Counsel, to join our team and help us maintain momentum in growing our 1000+ store portfolio. Ideally, you will have a strong understanding of real estate law and practices, as well as experience in a variety of legal areas, including leasing, risk management, e-commerce, planning, operations, and more. As the Senior Director, Corporate Counsel, you will need to be a strong communicator and team player, able to work effectively with various stakeholders, and act as a leader and business partner for all matters related to A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's real estate portfolio.

This position reports to the Vice President, Associate General Counsel for A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's, in a hybrid on-site schedule located in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia.

55% Real Estate, North America Retail Portfolio

• Provide strategic leadership and legal counsel on all aspects of real estate, risk management, lease administration and related processes for the company's North American Retail (U.S., Mexico, and Canada) portfolio
• Act as a key liaison between internal stakeholders, ensuring that various strategic initiatives and needs of all stakeholders are adequately represented in the real estate lease negotiation process
• Navigate sophisticated and complex real estate negotiations in coordination with key business partners within A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's
• Provide commercially sound, accurate, and timely legal advice and solutions to the Real Estate Team and related stakeholders, e.g., Construction, Finance, E-Commerce, Marketing, and Store Operations
• Act as lead attorney for the real estate team, managing the flow of deals and construction timelines and advise appropriate teams on all construction-related matters
• Facilitate continuous improvement in A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's processes and procedures related to lease negotiations, innovations in new store designs and concepts, and the creation of new store models
• Participate in, and carry the voice of the legal team during, meetings of A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's real estate committee and portfolio management committee
• Support Real Estate Team in managing relationships with large portfolio landlords, advocating for the Real Estate Team and other A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's internal stakeholders
• Assist Real Estate Team in establishing and updating retail leasing standards and legal strategy for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

• Oversee and manage compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act, including within A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's eCommerce, store locations
• Provide advice and guidance on insurance and risk management programs including processing of casualty and stock thru-put insurance claims
• Assist in annual renewal process for the Company's insurance program
• Proactively identify and advise key risks impacting A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's Retail business, including new real estate opportunities and solutions providing advice and guidance regarding lease disputes and litigation
• Provide advice and counsel to cross functional teams in support of business objectives of Retail business, including developing strategies for handling legal issues and building processes that address risk and allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly
• Negotiate, draft, and finalize new leases and amendments for corporate offices, distribution centers, and other locations worldwide, and various real-estate legal matters related to those locations, including, but not limited to, storage leases, and lease disputes
• Manage litigation matters related to A Retail Apparel & Fashion Company's real estate portfolio, including property or casualty litigation related to the company's distribution centers and/or retail stores

Must Have:

• 10+ years of leasing experience, extensive knowledge of current retail store lease practices and trends
• Demonstration of providing practical solutions and service-oriented advice in your practice of law
• Continuously improve processes, practices, and procedures around review and completion of new and renewed leases
• Superior communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Ability to manage outside counsel expenditures to budget and track and report on outside counsel spend
• Success in establishing and maintaining business relationships with key stakeholders
• Bachelor's and Juris Doctorate Degrees
• Licensed to practice law in the United States

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Willingness to be flexible, to act as a team player, and to demonstrate leadership qualities in working together to successfully complete a project
• A wide variety of past experiences
• Fluent or conversant in Spanish preferred

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