Associate General Counsel RES and CRE Americas

DHL Group is the world’s leading logistics provider, with over 600,000 employees across more than 220 countries and territories. We connect people and improve lives by delivering goods globally. DHL Legal Services offers solution-oriented legal advice worldwide, supporting contracts, negotiations, litigation, and commercial law matters in a matrix organization structured by regions and global cross-sectional topics.

About the role

The Associate General Counsel (AGC) for RES & CRE Americas establishes the legal and governance framework for all Real Estate Solutions (RES) and Corporate Real Estate (CRE) transactions throughout the project lifecycle. This role provides strategic leadership for site identification, acquisition, development, delivery, and disposition, ensuring consistent, risk-based, and cost-effective legal advice. The AGC coordinates global RES projects for DSC, collaborates with regional RES legal colleagues, and implements governance and controls to mitigate financial, legal, and reputational risks unique to RES. The role involves training regional teams, managing external law firms, and overseeing RES and CRE legal work in the Americas.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategy for the legal and governance framework for RES and CRE transactions in the Americas, ensuring consistent, risk-based, and cost-effective legal advice throughout the full project lifecycle (site identification, investment decision, land acquisition, development, delivery, and disposition).
• Provide legal advice and support for RES and CRE transactions, including contract drafting, negotiation, transaction management, and legal structuring of deals and entities.
• Develop and implement standard practices, templates, and integrated processes to increase the speed and quality of RES and CRE transactions in the Americas.
• Advise business leaders and senior management on legal and related risks associated with RES and CRE operations in the Americas.
• Lead complex and major RES and CRE projects with a highly qualified legal team, serving as a core member of the RES and CRE Americas Senior Management Teams and legal reviewer on the RES and CRE Project Review Boards.
• Participate in RES project review board calls (typically 2 per month), business review meetings (3 per year), RES monthly board meetings, RES global team meetings (bi-weekly), and project calls as necessary to coordinate legal support on RES projects.
• Manage internal and external legal spend, with budget responsibility; proactively manage relationships with external law firms to optimize legal costs.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of legal professionals and support staff; evaluate team performance and support personnel development and succession planning.
• Develop strong, trusting cross-divisional relationships with legal teams and business leaders across the Americas and globally to create an aligned and effective legal and governance framework for RES transactions.
• Influence and challenge key internal stakeholders (including senior executives and members of the RES and CRE Americas Board) as well as external stakeholders (e.g., authorities, courts).
• Serve as a recognized thought leader on RES and CRE legal topics within DHL Group in the Americas, demonstrating executive presence and acting as a role model for legal excellence.
• Champion cooperation and partnership to provide integrated, pragmatic, and responsibly risk-based solutions to problems and commercial opportunities in the Americas.

Requirements

• Undergraduate university degree.
• Professional Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited institution.
• License to practice law in good standing.
• Minimum 10 years of legal practice, preferably within a law firm, real estate development organization, or in-house legal department.
• Proven experience in real estate transactions and contract negotiation.
• Demonstrated leadership and management experience.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for the world’s largest logistics company.
• International and virtual work environment.
• Flexibility and professional development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.