Associate General Counsel RES & CRE Americas

The Associate General Counsel (AGC) for RES & CRE Americas sets the legal and governance framework for all Real Estate Solutions (RES) and CRE transactions throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring consistent, risk-based, and cost-effective legal advice. The AGC provides strategic leadership for site identification, acquisition, development, delivery, and disposition, supporting both internal and external development opportunities. Also plays a coordinating role on global RES projects for DSC. Works closely with RES legal colleagues in the various regions to assure legal support for RES projects globally.

Given the substantial risks and ABAC-Compliance considerations unique to RES (distinct from Corporate Real Estate), the AGC works with colleagues in the regions to establish strong governance and controls to protect DHL Group from financial, legal, and reputational harm.

Responsibilities include training regional team members on the RES & CRE legal framework, managing external law firms, and overseeing RES and CRE legal work in the Americas. The AGC defines legal strategies to mitigate risk, implements best-in-class processes, and ensures business objectives are met.

Your Tasks:

• Set the strategy for the legal and governance framework for RES and CRE transactions in the Americas, ensuring consistent, risk-based, and cost-effective legal advice throughout the full project lifecycle (site identification, investment decision, land acquisition, development, delivery, and disposition).
• Provide legal advice and support for RES and CRE transactions, including contract drafting, negotiation, transaction management, and legal structuring of deals and entities.
• Develop and implement standard practices, templates, and integrated processes to increase the speed and quality of RES and CRE transactions in the Americas.
• Advise business leaders and senior management on legal and related risks associated with RES and CRE operations in the Americas.
• Lead complex and major RES and CRE projects with a highly qualified legal team, serving as a core member of the RES and CRE Americas Senior Management Teams and legal reviewer on the RES and CRE Project Review Boards. Participates in RES project review board calls (typically 2 per month), business review meetings (3 per year), RES monthly board meetings, RES global team meetings (bi-weekly) and project calls as necessary to assure coordination of legal support on RES projects.
• Manage internal and external legal spend, with budget responsibility; proactively manage relationships with external law firms to optimize legal costs.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of legal professionals and support staff; evaluate team performance and support personnel development and succession planning.

Stakeholders

• Develop strong, trusting cross-divisional relationships with legal teams and business leaders across the Americas and globally to create an aligned and effective legal and governance framework for RES transactions, helping to avoid significant financial, legal, and/or reputational damage for DHL Group, its directors, officers, and employees.
• Influence and challenge key internal stakeholders (including senior executives and members of the RES and CRE Americas Board) as well as external stakeholders (e.g., authorities, courts).
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with senior business and functional leaders within the Americas and globally under the remit of the coordination aspect of the role.
• Serve as a recognized thought leader on RES and CRE legal topics within DHL Group in the Americas, demonstrating executive presence and acting as a role model for legal excellence.
• Champion cooperation and partnership to provide integrated, pragmatic, and responsibly risk-based solutions to problems and commercial opportunities in the Americas.

Your Profile
Education Level:

• Undergraduate university degree
• Professional Juris Doctorate degree from accredited institution
• License to practice law in good standing

Experience Level:

• Minimum 10 years of legal practice, preferably within a law firm, real estate development organization, or in-house legal department.
• Proven experience in real estate transactions and contract negotiation.
• Demonstrated leadership and management experience.