Real Estate Attorney
AccruePartners · Charlotte, NC · 1 wk ago
LegalFull-time
What They Offer You
- A highly visible opportunity to establish and grow the in-house legal function for a successful and expanding real estate organization.
- Direct access to ownership and executive leadership with meaningful influence on business decisions, transaction structure, and risk management strategy.
- The ability to work across a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate transactions, development projects, financing arrangements, and operational matters.
Why This Role Is Important
- Serves as the Company's primary legal advisor, helping leadership navigate complex business decisions while balancing risk management and transaction execution.
- Provides in-house legal expertise across acquisitions, dispositions, development projects, financing transactions, leasing activities, entity management, and corporate governance matters.
- Reduces dependence on outside counsel by handling a significant portion of legal work internally, creating both cost savings and greater operational efficiency.
- Pairs with ownership and business leaders to proactively identify risks, negotiate favorable agreements, and support the Company's continued growth strategy.
The Background That Fits
- Licensed to practice law in North Carolina
- 5+ years of experience focused on commercial real estate law in an in-house setting
- Experience handling acquisitions, dispositions, financing transactions, leasing, development agreements, easements, title matters, and entity structuring.
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and contract review experience.
- Ability to provide practical business-oriented legal advice rather than purely technical legal guidance.
- Demonstrated experience working directly with executives, business leaders, lenders, developers, and external counsel.
- Strong commercial judgment with the ability to balance legal protection and business objectives.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate independently as an in-house legal resource.
Location
Onsite, five days per week in the SouthPark area of Charlotte, NC.