Senior Counsel
EDENS · Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area · 1 mo ago
LegalFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
The posting includes:
- Key Responsibilities (list of responsibilities)
- Required Qualifications & Experience (list)
- Preferred (list)
- Core Competencies (list)
- Travel & Work Environment (location, travel)
- About EDENS And Our Culture (culture description)
- Equal Employment Opportunity (boilerplate to remove)
We need to map to allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have content for:
- About the role: maybe the "About EDENS And Our Culture" could be considered about the role? But "About the role" usually describes the role. The posting doesn't have a separate "About the role" section; it starts with Key Responsibilities. Could we treat "Key Responsibilities" as Responsibilities section. Yes.
- Responsibilities: we have bullet list under Key Responsibilities.
- Requirements: maybe "Required Qualifications & Experience" qualifies as Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe "Preferred" could be Qualifications? But we already have Requirements; Qualifications could be "Preferred" or "Core Competencies"? Actually Core Competencies could be Skills.
- Skills: Core Competencies list.
- Benefits: not mentioned explicitly. No benefits details. So we should not include Benefits section.
- Pay: not mentioned. So omit.
- Schedule: not mentioned. Could infer travel? Not schedule. So omit.
- About the role: maybe we can include a short paragraph summarizing role from the responsibilities? But we must not invent. Could we use the first sentence "Key Responsibilities Regional legal support. Serve as the primary senior legal partner for regional portfolios..." as About the role? That's more like responsibilities. However we need to follow instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. The posting does not have a distinct "About the role" heading, but we could treat the introductory sentences as About the role. However they are part of Key Responsibilities. Might be safer to omit About the role section if no explicit content. But we might lose some info. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine About the role and Responsibilities? But headings are fixed; we cannot combine. We could put About the role with a brief paragraph derived from the first sentences that describe the role (primary senior legal partner, etc.) That is present in the posting: "Serve as the primary senior legal partner for regional portfolios, with responsibility for timely, practical, and consistent legal support." That's about the role. So we can include About the role section with that sentence (or a couple). Must not invent. Use exact text? We can paraphrase but must preserve substantive information; paraphrasing is okay as long as not inventing. Safer to copy the sentences.
Thus:
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We need to extract each responsibility bullet from the "Key Responsibilities" paragraph. The text is a long sentence with periods separating items. Let's split:
"Serve as the primary senior legal partner for regional portfolios, with responsibility for timely, practical, and consistent legal support." (already used maybe)
"Lead complex transactions. Structure, negotiate, draft, and close sophisticated retail real estate matters, including grocery, anchor and junior anchor leases, ground leases, amendments, renewals, assignments, estoppels, exclusivity arrangements, reciprocal easement agreements, and related multi-party agreements."
"Advise the business. Counsel Investment Management, Development, Leasing, Tenant Construction, Property Management, Finance, and Transaction Coordination on deal economics, tenant credit, construction and delivery obligations, rent commencement, lease enforcement, operational litigation risk, and other material business issues."
"Support strategic decisions. Provide risk-calibrated advice on major transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, portfolio strategy, tenant relationships, market positioning, and other high-stakes decisions."
"Lead legal resources. Direct and coordinate department attorneys, paralegals, and outside counsel; set matter strategy and quality expectations; allocate work effectively; and manage outside-counsel performance and cost."
"Advance legal operations. Improve templates, playbooks, workflows, technology adoption, knowledge management, and processes to increase quality, consistency, scalability, and turnaround time."
"Develop talent. Mentor legal team members in complex leasing, negotiation, legal strategy, executive communication, and professional development."
"Represent the Legal function. Participate in regional leadership meetings, cross-functional working groups, strategic planning sessions, and relevant industry or legal forums."
"Support enterprise priorities. Provide targeted support for high-priority matters and assume defined subject-matter responsibilities when requested by the General Counsel and consistent with workload priorities."
We'll make each as .
Now Requirements: from "Required Qualifications & Experience". List items:
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited law school
- Active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (CA, TX, FL, DC preferred, or ability to obtain DC admission)
- At least 5-7 years of progressive legal experience, including substantial retail leasing experience
- Demonstrated leadership of complex retail leasing, including grocery, anchor, junior anchor, ground lease, development, and redevelopment transactions
- Experience operating as a senior in-house attorney or in a comparable role requiring independent judgment, business partnership, and strategic impact
- Demonstrated expertise in:
- Complex retail leasing, anchor negotiations, and multi-party real estate transactions
- Legal operations, process optimization, and adoption of contract lifecycle management, workflow, knowledge management, and other legal technology platforms
- Outside counsel management, cost control, and strategic vendor relationships
- Strong executive presence and ability to partner effectively with senior business leaders on legal and business matters
- Proven track record of driving results, managing complexity, and operating independently with minimal supervision
We need to format as list. Could keep sub-items.
Now Qualifications: maybe "Preferred" section. Items:
- Leasing experience at a retail REIT, shopping center owner/operator, or similar commercial real estate platform
- Sophisticated knowledge of corporate contracts, development agreements, construction contracts, or financing transactions in real estate
- Subject matter expertise in sustainability (solar, EV charging), environmental, or regulatory compliance in real estate
- Prior informal or formal people management experience (mentoring, coaching, or direct reports)
We'll put under Qualifications heading.
Now Skills: Core Competencies list:
- Strategic judgment: Translates complex legal analysis into clear, business-driven, risk-calibrated recommendations.
- Negotiation and execution: Structures creative solutions and drives sophisticated matters to timely completion.
- Executive partnership: Communicates with clarity, earns trust, and influences effectively across functions and levels.
- Operational leadership: Improves quality, consistency, efficiency, and scalability through disciplined processes and resource management.
- Talent development: Builds capability through mentoring, coaching, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
- Adaptability: Operates independently and effectively in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Technology leadership: Adopts legal technology, including AI-enabled tools, responsibly and effectively to improve quality, consistency, and turnaround time.
We'll put under Skills.
Now Benefits, Pay, Schedule: none, omit.
Now About EDENS And Our Culture: we could include as About the role? Already used a snippet. Could also add a paragraph about culture under About the role? Might be redundant. But we already used a snippet; we could add more about culture as part of About the role? The instruction: About the role section heading. Could include both role description and culture? Might be okay but risk of being thin. Better to keep About the role as the role description snippet; we could also add a short paragraph about culture under About the role? Might be considered filler if not specific? It's specific: "EDENS is committed to creating and fostering a workplace that is diverse, inclusive, and equitable. Our goal is to build and develop an organization that brings together talented people whose ideas and perspectives help Enrich Community. We are passionate about our work and seek individuals who are excited to contribute to our company and communities." That's substantive. Could include that as About the role as well. But we already used a snippet; we could combine both into About the role paragraph(s). That would be fine.
Thus About the role: two paragraphs: first about role responsibilities snippet, second about culture.
Now we must not include boilerplate like Equal Employment Opportunity.
Now output HTML fragment only.
Let's craft:
About the role
Serve as the primary senior legal partner for regional portfolios, with responsibility for timely, practical, and consistent legal support.
Then Responsibilities: list each responsibility asAbout the role
Serve as the primary senior legal partner for regional portfolios, with responsibility for timely, practical, and consistent legal support.
EDENS is committed to creating and fostering a workplace that is diverse, inclusive, and equitable. Our goal is to build and develop an organization that brings together talented people whose ideas and perspectives help Enrich Community. We are passionate about our work and seek individuals who are excited to contribute to our company and communities.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary senior legal partner for regional portfolios, with responsibility for timely, practical, and consistent legal support.
- Lead complex transactions. Structure, negotiate, draft, and close sophisticated retail real estate matters, including grocery, anchor and junior anchor leases, ground leases, amendments, renewals, assignments, estoppels, exclusivity arrangements, reciprocal easement agreements, and related multi-party agreements.
- Advise the business. Counsel Investment Management, Development, Leasing, Tenant Construction, Property Management, Finance, and Transaction Coordination on deal economics, tenant credit, construction and delivery obligations, rent commencement, lease enforcement, operational litigation risk, and other material business issues.
- Support strategic decisions. Provide risk-calibrated advice on major transactions, acquisitions, dispositions, portfolio strategy, tenant relationships, market positioning, and other high-stakes decisions.
- Lead legal resources. Direct and coordinate department attorneys, paralegals, and outside counsel; set matter strategy and quality expectations; allocate work effectively; and manage outside-counsel performance and cost.
- Advance legal operations. Improve templates, playbooks, workflows, technology adoption, knowledge management, and processes to increase quality, consistency, scalability, and turnaround time.
- Develop talent. Mentor legal team members in complex leasing, negotiation, legal strategy, executive communication, and professional development.
- Represent the Legal function. Participate in regional leadership meetings, cross-functional working groups, strategic planning sessions, and relevant industry or legal forums.
- Support enterprise priorities. Provide targeted support for high-priority matters and assume defined subject-matter responsibilities when requested by the General Counsel and consistent with workload priorities.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited law school
- Active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (CA, TX, FL, DC preferred, or ability to obtain DC admission)
- At least 5-7 years of progressive legal experience, including substantial retail leasing experience
- Demonstrated leadership of complex retail leasing, including grocery, anchor, junior anchor, ground lease, development, and redevelopment transactions
- Experience operating as a senior in-house attorney or in a comparable role requiring independent judgment, business partnership, and strategic impact
- Demonstrated expertise in:
- Complex retail leasing, anchor negotiations, and multi-party real estate transactions
- Legal operations, process optimization, and adoption of contract lifecycle management, workflow, knowledge management, and other legal technology platforms
- Outside counsel management, cost control, and strategic vendor relationships
- Strong executive presence and ability to partner effectively with senior business leaders on legal and