Senior Associate / Vice President, Counsel

About the role

BGRE creates the premier offices the world’s most ambitious businesses thrive in – shaped by the spirit of hospitality, operating expertise, and tenant experience needed to compete at the front. We are seeking an experienced in-house real estate counsel to provide cross-functional legal support for portfolio and asset-level matters across designated New York City office and retail properties within the BGRE portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Cross-Functional Business Support
  • Lead legal stakeholder and representative with respect to designated assets, serving as legal advisor to similarly levelled counterparts across functions and reporting back to legal leadership on ongoing asset initiatives / transactions
  • Support Asset Management with respect to leasing strategy, risk assessment, and asset performance considerations
  • Provide business-minded legal analysis and recommendations/counsel on public/private partnership matters, including consent rights, risk exposure and practical mitigation and resolution optionality
  • Advise Operations and Property Management teams on tenant issues, building operations matters, and property-related legal risks
  • Collaborate with Capital Markets, Asset Management and Portfolio Management teams on leasing and operational matters that intersect with financings, refinancings, acquisitions/dispositions, re-positioning and other transactions
• Leasing/Transactional Support (Office & Retail)
  • Provide legal support for leasing activities across assigned NYC assets
  • Working primarily with outside counsel, review and negotiate office and retail leases, renewals, expansions, amendments, assignments, subleases, and terminations
  • Partner closely with Leasing and Asset Management teams throughout the transaction lifecycle, from LOI through execution
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of leasing legal processes, templates, playbooks, and standard positions
  • Address ancillary asset-related agreements, including licenses, easements, telecom/rooftop agreements, IP Agreements, service agreements, and design and construction agreements, as needed in support of asset operations
  • Assist in global portfolio initiatives including diligence exercises, form creation and process improvement
• Capital Markets & Investment Support
  • Assist with financings, refinancings, and acquisitions/dispositions through lease diligence and issue identification
  • Supervise preparation and negotiate estoppels, SNDAs, tenant consents, and related documentation
  • Review and coordinate responses and provide analysis on property-level debt considerations, including representations, covenants and cash management mechanics
• External & Counsel Management
  • Serve as a primary point of contact for outside counsel, ensuring efficiency and quality of work product
  • Interface directly with in-house business teams, tenants, tenant counsel, and brokers in connection with leasing and dispute matters
• Disputes & Litigation
  • Anticipate, identify and actively manage portfolio-wide risk in collaboration with appropriate cross-functional teams to advise on avoidance and risk mitigation strategies
  • Oversee tenant-related disputes, including defaults, enforcement actions, and negotiated resolutions
  • Manage litigation and claims involving tenants and property operations, including coordination with outside counsel
  • Advise on property management legal issues and risk mitigation strategies

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school
• Admission to the New York State Bar and in good standing
• 5+ years of experience practicing commercial real estate law, with substantial focus on office and/or retail leasing
• Experience gained at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, with sound business judgment

Preferred

• Prior in-house experience at a real estate owner, operator, developer, or institutional platform
• Experience with New York City office and retail assets
• Experience supporting investment and capital markets transactions and overseeing disputes or litigation

Your Career @ BGRE

At BGRE, your career progression is important to us. As a successful employee, you will have the opportunity to grow within your team, department, and across the Brookfield organization. Our leadership teams are dedicated to the accomplishments of their employees. We also invest time into training and developing our people.

Why BGRE?

We imagine, create, and operate on a foundation of values to build a better world, together. BGRE strives to create spaces where going to work never feels routine. As a BGRE employee, you will enjoy many benefits such as 401K matching, tuition reimbursement, summer Fridays, paid maternity leave and more. There is also a generous employee referral program because we want our existing team members to help us build a more diverse workplace through their networks.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual Base Salary Range: $280,000 – $320,000 (pay commensurate with experience)
• Medical & Pharmacy Coverage: Yes, under Brookfield Medical Plan
• Dental Coverage: Yes, under Brookfield Medical Plan
• Vision Coverage: Yes, under Brookfield Medical Plan
• Retirement: 401(k) with employer match
• Insurance: Employer-paid life & short/long term disability