Senior Legal Counsel – Bank Real Estate

About the role

Attorney supporting Enterprise Workplace Services (EWS) across a broad range of complex real estate transactions and operational matters, including ground leases, retail and office leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, ATM matters, construction and facilities agreements, and related projects that advance the Bank’s strategic and operational objectives. Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined. Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience. While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to the Bank’s Enterprise Workplace Services (“EWS”) group across the real estate lifecycle, including ground leases, acquisitions and dispositions, office leases, and ATM leases.
• Draft, review, and negotiate complex ground leases and related documents, work letters, memoranda of lease, recognition and nondisturbance agreements, estoppels, consents, amendments, assignments, and other ancillary instruments, and advise on key risk and business terms, including ownership of improvements, construction and delivery obligations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate purchase and sale agreements and related acquisition and disposition documents.
• Draft, review, and negotiate office and retail leases, lease amendments and renewals, ATM leases and licenses, ATM installation, relocation, access, utility, and removal agreements, license agreements, and related real estate documents.
• Interpret real estate agreements and advise on operational, construction, and property-level matters, including repairs, access, signage, utilities, casualty, condemnation, easements, restrictive covenants, restoration obligations, defaults, disputes, and enforcement matters.
• Collaborate with EWS stakeholders, including real estate, construction, design, facilities, and risk partners, on branch acquisitions, dispositions, relocations, closures, renovations, redevelopment, integration projects, and other initiatives with critical project milestones.