Description:
Job Description:Senior Legal Counsel, Asset Management Legal, Real Estate Investing
The Role:
The FMR LLC Legal Department is seeking to hire a real estate attorney to join the Asset Management, Portfolio Management and Transactional Support legal team. This role will provide legal support to Fidelity's asset management business, including Fidelity's alternative investment products business, focusing on real estate credit transactions, as well as real estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and financings primarily in the U.S., as well as day-to-day support for real estate assets, including legal matters related to leasing, operating and improving the assets. The selected candidate will also collaborate with other Fidelity attorneys and internal teams and external counsel on real estate fund formation, REIT issues and other related matters.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring:
- J.D. required.
- A minimum of 7 years of proven experience.
- Law firm experience required, in-house experience a plus.
- Experience with real estate acquisitions, dispositions and financings, as well as day-to-day support for real estate assets, including leasing and reviewing agreements with property managers and other service providers.
- In-house experience and relevant business experience with real estate funds, REITS and real estate fund formation a plus.
- Experience with negotiating and closing real estate credit transactions preferred.
- Exceptional judgment and range. You will need to excel at quickly analyzing complex legal and business issues in a variety of substantive areas.
- Highly organized, self-motivated and self-directed. You need to be able to work efficiently, under pressure, with varying degrees of supervision, and lead projects in a dynamic environment.
- Must thrive in a team environment.
- Strong analytical, advocacy, and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to advise and influence senior executives and professionals from diverse businesses.
- Outstanding writing and oral communication skills, adaptive to and effective for different audiences.
- Leading real estate transactional matters for Fidelity's real estate funds and supporting fund formation efforts for real estate products.
- Providing general business counsel.
- Drafting and reviewing documents.
- Participating in cross-functional working teams.
- Forming working relationships with your business and legal colleagues.
Fidelity is transitioning to a full-time onsite working model through a phased rollout across regions and roles. Currently, some roles and locations require 100% onsite presence, while others require less. Onsite expectations are likely to evolve as the rollout continues. This transition does not apply to fully remote roles.
