Senior Real Estate Counsel

Job Summary

Support the General Counsel in providing first-class legal and ancillary services to the company with focus on real estate development, sales, acquisitions, and leasing. This role requires the delivery of sophisticated legal and business services in an ethical and collaborative manner. The work is sophisticated, challenging, and rewarding.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the finance, leasing, operations, and construction teams to support and facilitate real estate transactions and initiatives
• Identify risks and develop and implement legal strategies to ensure compliance with law and mitigate risks
• Draft and negotiate sophisticated sale and purchase agreements (and close on real estate transactions), lease agreements, letters of intent, restrictions, easements development agreements, and other relevant real estate legal documents
• Manage all aspects of due diligence processes, including title, environmental, and legal encumbrances.
• Resolve legal issues related to property management, tenant relations, torts, payments, bond claims, and liens to avoid litigation and arbitration
• Provide interpretation for title documents, leases, and other real property documents in advising business team of risks and business strategies
• Stay current with industry trends, legal developments, and best practices in construction, real estate development, leasing and asset management
• Work in a team environment with paralegals and legal staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
• 10 years of experience in an in-house or corporate setting or with a top law firm
• Licensed to practice law in Missouri. Licensed to practice law in Texas would be a plus
• Effectively communicate with all levels of management
• Able to work well with colleagues and other departments in a team environment, and coordinate effectively with internal and outside legal counsel in appropriate circumstances
• Organized, detail oriented and have excellent oral and written communication and negotiation skills
• Critical thinking and practical strategy skills as applied to contract negotiations and litigation management
• Ability to quickly analyze operational information and provide first-line legal advice
• Effectively manage outside counsel, paralegals, and other staff
• Extensive experience in drafting and negotiating definitive agreements and related documents customary in real estate development, construction, acquisitions, and divestitures, including asset purchase, sale, and ground lease transactions
• Experience running a real estate transaction from start to finish with little supervision
• Able to manage multiple matters with tight deadlines