Real Estate Counsel

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts for a wide range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, leasing, property management agreements, financing, and ancillary real estate documents such as amendments, assignments, SNDAs, estoppels, NDAs and license agreements
• Manage outside counsel to produce high-quality documents utilizing optimized cost structure
• Work closely with the Real Estate and Finance teams to ensure deal terms capture all-important business needs and considerations and provide advice to proactively manage the company's legal and operational risks while supporting business goals
• Lead legal due-diligence and coordinate and support broader DD efforts on all new investments
• Ensure deals are structured in a manner that achieves compliance with local land use and zoning; arrange for licensing and regulatory approvals where necessary
• Counsel relevant team members on key agreement terms, facilitating a smooth and professional relationship between property-facing teams and our property partners
• Address lease and agreement interpretation issues, assess risk and make sound and practical judgment calls

Qualifications

• 2 - 5 years of experience (some in-house experience a plus!)
• Admission in good standing to practice law
• Excellent business knowledge of real estate field, including nuances of real estate finance and operations
• Superior contract drafting and deal negotiation skills
• Fast! Flexibility, creativity and agility allowing for ability to pivot quickly when necessary
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to code-switch between legal, real estate, executive and layman’s terms
• Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to handle a variety of complex agreements under tight deadlines and high pressure
• Proactive by nature and can act decisively
• Team player committed to uplifting colleagues and the company
• Mission-driven

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance and parental leave benefits
• On-staff doctor, free therapy through SpringHealth, acupuncture, an Employee Assistance Program, and other wellness offerings
• PTO and paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan, healthcare and dependent care FSAs, HSA-compatible plan options with annual employer HSA funding and pre-tax commuter benefits
• Weekly catered lunches, wellness classes and employee discounts on Flow hotel stays, grocer products, and merch

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Skills

N/A

Company Information

We are an equal opportunity employer and provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.