Associate Counsel

CORE VALUES

At MetroNational, Integrity, Trust, Impact, and Legacy are more than Core Values - they guide how we work, lead, and show up every day. These Values shape our decisions, interactions, and expectations across the organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school. - Licensed to practice law in Texas, or eligible for admission within a reasonable timeframe. - 5-7 years of legal experience in real estate, commercial transactions, corporate law, construction, leasing, finance, or a related transactional practice area. - Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts, agreements, amendments, notices, and related transactional documents. - Strong legal research, writing, analytical, organizational, and communication skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities, follow through on details, and provide practical legal support in a fast-paced business environment. - Professional judgment, discretion, and ability to work collaboratively with legal, operational, and business teams. - Prior law firm or in-house experience supporting real estate, development, property management, hospitality, retail leasing, construction, or corporate transactions preferred. - Exposure to mixed-use developments, commercial real estate portfolios, title and survey review, land use matters, financing documentation, or entity structuring preferred. - Interest in growing within a collaborative, business-focused legal team that supports long-term ownership, development, and operations.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Aligns actions and behaviors with MetroNational’s Core Values of Integrity, Trust, Impact, and Legacy. - Builds trusted relationships with internal business partners through responsive, practical, and professional legal support. - Communicates clearly in writing and verbally, with the ability to summarize legal issues and next steps for non-legal audiences. - Exercises sound judgment, discretion, accountability, and attention to detail in legal analysis and work product. - Manages multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy, responsiveness, and follow-through. - Demonstrates curiosity and a willingness to learn the company’s business, portfolio, and long-term objectives.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

Requires sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes, to permit the employee to function in a general office environment and accomplish tasks and duties outlined above. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.