Assistant Corporate Counsel - Real Estate
Company Overview
Tract is a team of digital infrastructure experts dedicated to accelerating responsible data center growth by developing master‑planned data center parks with access to pre‑positioned power and fiber in key markets where hyperscale and AI demand is going. The approach is collaborative with governments, utilities, cities, and regions to ensure development is targeted for optimal locations, maximizing economic development benefits for the community while being good stewards of the land and minimizing impact on neighbors. Tract is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with real estate holdings throughout the United States.
Position Overview
Tract is seeking a Real Estate Assistant Corporate Counsel who will report directly to the General Counsel in the Company’s legal department. The role is highly visible, involving hands‑on, frontline work across the organization and externally in the execution of large, industrial land acquisition transactions nationwide.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate land acquisitions and sales; structure land transactions; manage acquisition and sales processes.
- Work on entitlement, development, and construction processes; handle corporate, infrastructure, vendor, and other transactional and regulatory matters.
- Identify and evaluate legal issues and risk, communicating legal and business recommendations to team members.
- Analyze and advise on legal issues and risk associated with real estate transactions from contracting through due diligence, closing, entitlements, development, and construction.
- Undertake and manage due diligence, conduct title and survey review, and negotiate with buyers, sellers, governmental entities, development partners, and other stakeholders.
- Collaborate with real estate, entitlement, development, and construction teams on all land contracting, land use, entitlement, development, and construction matters.
- Interact with landowners and their attorneys to project a positive image of the Company.
- Draft, negotiate, and prepare contracts in all phases of transactions including land acquisitions, sales, entitlement, development, construction, infrastructure, procurement, vendor, and complex contracts.
- Manage corporate entity filings and prepare corporate entity documentation.
- Advise on process improvements in support of business objectives.
- Manage outside counsel for local and regulatory issues.
- Collaborate in a highly matrixed environment.
Baseline Requirements
- J.D. from an ABA‑accredited law school.
- Admission to and good standing with a state bar.
- 5–8+ years of in‑depth real estate and transactional experience, including real estate law, land use, development, construction, corporate governance, complex contracts, compliance, and regulatory matters for commercial real estate acquisitions and development, preferably in a law firm.
Required Traits, Expertise, and Skills
- Demonstrated success with all aspects of complex commercial real estate transactions.
- Comprehensive knowledge of real estate, development, land use, construction, infrastructure, and complex transaction language.
- Extensive experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating real estate documents throughout purchase, sale, and development processes.
- Comprehensive knowledge of corporate governance and extensive experience preparing corporate entity documentation.
- Extensive experience drafting and negotiating land use, entitlement, infrastructure, and construction documentation.
- Experience with real estate finance and real investment trusts (REITs).
- Extensive experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts.
- Responsible, ethical, and collaborative mindset with a can‑do attitude and pride in work product.
- Ability to work closely with cross‑functional internal and external teams to manage projects to successful, predictable conclusions.
- Strong project‑management skills, preferably related to real estate acquisitions, sales, land use, development, and construction.
- Problem‑solving ability leveraging independent analysis, local relationships, corporate resources, and executive support.
- Detail‑oriented to support data‑driven analysis and decision‑making.
- Eagerness to help build something unique, special, and valuable in a dynamic environment with a best‑in‑class team.
- Dependable and trustworthy, living up to the Company’s values.
Travel
This position requires significant time with market teams and therefore involves meaningful travel to Tract markets.
Compensation
Annual compensation range: $190,000 – $210,000 (base salary plus discretionary bonus).
Benefits
- 100% employer‑covered medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Standard paid holidays.
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO).