Description:
What You Should KnowReporting to the Chief Legal, Risk, and Human Resources Officer, the Corporate Counsel, Real Estate is responsible for providing legal support for reviewing and negotiating real estate leases, amendments, estoppels, SNDAs and other real property documents.
What you will do:
Proactively support Real Estate, Construction, and Operations by providing legal counsel to internal departments on real estate matters (e.g., risk exposure, legal position, obligations, etc.) to develop business strategies for real estate transactions.Focus on evaluating and assisting with the development of standard operating procedures, policies, guides, training, and communications.Manage special projects (e.g., identifying opportunities to maximize the utilization of real estate assets, etc.) to support strategic directions and research laws to ensure legal enforceability of contracts.Monitor legislative and regulatory developments related to real estate compliance matters.Serve as a subject matter expert to answer questions from external parties (e.g., customers, vendors, attorneys, brokers, etc.)Manage complex, high risk, and costly real estate matters and transactions (e.g., litigation.)Work closely with paralegals to draft, negotiate, and interpret various real estate leases, licenses, construction contracts, amendments, estoppels, SNDA's, waivers, etc.Possess the ability to undertake the other transactional/contract drafting matters outside of real estate.
Ability to Commute/Relocate
Willingness to relocate to the Charlotte/Concord area if not a local resident.
Qualifications:
- JD from ABA accredited law school
- Member in good standing of an applicable state.
- Minimum 3 years of legal experience in Commercial Real Estate matters.
- Work in corporate office Monday - Friday during regular business hours.
Willingness to Travel
Ability to travel when necessary.
