Description:
Job Description:Job Title General Counsel
Company Builder's Resource Group, Inc.
Department Officer
Reports To Chief Executive Officer
Wage Category Exempt
The Team You Will Join:
The Lifestyle Communities' (LC) Legal team is an integral part of the organization, working alongside key teams and stakeholders to position the company for future success. The General Counsel will lead a dynamic team committed to providing legal advice and support to all departments, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating operational contracts and transactional documents; conducting legal research and preparing memoranda and reports; and managing and advising on risks and liabilities, among other responsibilities.
Who You Are:
As the General Counsel (GC), you will be responsible for providing expert comprehensive legal advice, counsel, and strategic oversight of Lifestyle Communities' business entities and the owner's interests outside of the company. You will handle matters relating to commercial and corporate transactions, financing, M&A, JV activity, litigation, real estate matters, disputes, corporate governance, and day-to-day matters. You will act as a legal advisor relating to compliance, mitigating risks, and safeguarding the interests of our organization and the affairs of the personal family business on all real estate and operational activities.
The Difference You Will Make:
Provide expert legal advice and strategic guidance to senior management within the LC company and the personal family business relating to matters of multifamily development, including joint ventures, debt transactions, acquisitions, and dispositions. Plan, develop, and implement legal strategies and solutions to protect the interests of the company and the personal family business, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations Oversee the negotiation, drafting, and execution of complex agreements, including joint venture agreements, financing agreements, and other legal documents. Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to identify and evaluate potential joint venture opportunities, conducting thorough due diligence as needed. Lead the structuring, negotiation, and execution of joint ventures with equity capital providers, ensuring alignment with the company's strategic objectives and risk management strategies. Work closely with the internal finance department, lenders, financial institutions, and other parties to secure financing and negotiate favorable terms for multifamily development projects. Manage all aspects of debt transactions, including financing arrangements, loan agreements, and related documentation for the personal family business. Serve as the primary legal advisor to the family business on personal and business matters, including estate planning, asset protection, and succession planning. Oversee delivery of legal services and resources to accomplish corporate goals, strategies, and priorities. Act as “player/coach” in supporting a variety of innovative growth developments, projects, and initiatives while managing the activity of outside counsel, with the goal of minimizing the organizations' legal costs and obtaining the highest quality services. Conduct regular reviews and audits to assess legal risks and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies. Advise the CEO, COO, CIO, CFO and other senior corporate officers on a variety of issues. Manage the internal Legal Department, including the structure, allocation of responsibilities, and activities of the team. Invest deeply in the growth and success of self and others through LC's five leadership behaviors: Humility, Caring, Curiosity, Courage, and Grit Complete other projects as directed and assigned by the Executive Team.
What You'll Bring:
Strong knowledge of real estate development, construction, operations, and financing, as well as experience in helping to formulate creative capital structures to achieve the company's growth objectives. Proven experience in managing litigation, negotiating, and drafting complex contracts, and providing strategic legal advice. Extensive experience in real estate law, with a focus on joint venture structuring and debt transactions. Ability to recognize and weigh business and legal risks, think strategically, and advance legally sound, reasoned, and practical solutions in the context of business goals. Sound business acumen and the ability to align legal strategies with the Company's overall goals. Demonstrated ability to engage and to complete transactions quickly and effectively, while balancing business expectations with legal and regulatory compliance objectives in an efficient and timely manner. Demonstrated ability and desire to act as a player-coach in coordinating the handling of the legal affairs of the company, including personally handling those that have the highest strategic priority. Ability to fulfill legal department initiatives, develop legal processes, forms, and tools, and successfully interface with senior level management. Understand the financial and nonfinancial performance drivers. Uncompromising integrity and ethics; must be highly trustworthy. Strong leadership qualities and previous experience managing a team of people with the ability to motivate, develop and coach team members. Proficient problem solver with results driven mindset. Teamwork approach - ability to work effectively with other Lifestyle business units and affiliates. Advanced skills in Microsoft office and Excel necessary. High degree of organization, self-direction, and self-motivation.
Direct Reports and Reporting Relationship
Associate General Counsel(s) and Administrative Legal team member(s) in addition to the ability to achieve results by working with others within the organization, regardless of the reporting relationship, is a critical success factor.
Minimum Qualifications:
Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school. Minimum of fifteen (15) years as a General Counsel or in a similar senior legal role within a privately held company or law firm specializing in real estate development. Experience representing high-net worth individuals or families is desired.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment described herein are representative of the criteria that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform these functions in accordance with applicable law.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to primarily sit; stand; walk; handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Occasional climbing, balancing, stooping, crouching, and crawling; specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to focus.
Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to an office
environment with regular exposure to project sites.
Location and Travel: Position will be based in Columbus, OH with occasional travel to local and out of state markets including but not limited to Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, Colorado, and Florida.
Disclaimer:
The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
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Lifestyle Communities (LC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
