Description:
A Commercial Company seeks to hire a Commercial Real Estate Attorney with a specialty in leasing. Primary responsibilities include drafting and negotiating commercial real estate leases and leasing-related documents. Additionally, the attorney will draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements and manage the due diligence/closing processes; review and negotiate property management agreements; review and negotiate loan documents; and work on receivership matters. The Commercial Real Estate Attorney position will be based in the company's Farmington Hills headquarters and will work closely with company principals, department heads and other important stakeholders.Responsibilities:
- Structure, draft and negotiate commercial lease agreements, amendments, subleases, assignments and LOIs.
- Work with operations teams to coordinate implementation of leasing documents, including responding to RFPs and post-lease-execution delivery and construction matters.
- Draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements involving office, industrial, retail, multifamily, mixed-use and land-related transactions.
- Coordinate aspects of purchase/sale transactions from letter of intent through closing.
- Review and negotiate property management agreements, including lender assignments.
- Review and negotiate commercial loan documents including promissory notes, loan agreements and partner guarantees.
- Draft receivership motions and orders, prepare and draft receivership reports and attend receivership hearings (in-person and via Zoom).
- Assist with various legal issues associated with property management, facilities management, brokerage and construction.
- Provide legal analysis, strategy and solutions in a legally sound manner that balances risks with achievement of the company's general business goals and objectives.
Qualifications:
- JD from an accredited law school.
- Be in good standing as an active member of at least one state bar.
- At least 2-3 years of transactional commercial real estate experience that demonstrates an ability to independently structure, draft, negotiate, manage and close real estate deals.
- Excellent analytical and communication skills,
- Ability to multi-task and to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Ability to be “first chair” for commercial lease drafting and negotiations.
- Knowledge of general real estate matters, with knowledge of sale/acquisition, financing, property management and receivership preferred.
