Assistant Corporate Counsel – Real Estate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Assess land acquisitions and sales, while structuring and overseeing land transactions.

• Participate in entitlement, development, and construction processes.

• Provide guidance on legal matters and risks related to real estate transactions from contracting through due diligence, closing, entitlements, development, and construction.

• Recognize legal issues and risks, offering legal and business recommendations.

• Conduct and manage due diligence, including title and survey assessments.

• Engage in negotiations with buyers, sellers, governmental agencies, development partners, and various stakeholders.

• Collaborate with real estate, entitlement, development, and construction teams on matters concerning land contracting, land use, entitlement, development, and construction.

• Communicate with landowners and their legal representatives.

• Draft, negotiate, and prepare contracts related to land acquisitions, sales, entitlement, development, construction, infrastructure, procurement, vendors, and complex transactions.

• Oversee corporate entity filings and prepare necessary corporate documentation.

• Advise on process enhancements that align with business objectives.

• Manage external legal counsel for local and regulatory issues.

• Collaborate within a highly matrixed environment.

• Report directly to the General Counsel.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA accredited law school.

• Must be admitted to and in good standing with a state bar.

• 5 to 8+ years of extensive real estate and transactional experience, with a thorough understanding of real estate law, land use, development, construction, corporate governance, complex contracts, compliance, and regulatory issues pertaining to commercial real estate acquisitions and development.

• Proven success in all facets of complex commercial real estate transactions.

• In-depth knowledge of real estate, development, land use, construction, infrastructure, and complex transaction terminology.

• Significant experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating real estate documents essential for all phases of the real estate purchase, sale, and development processes.

• Strong understanding of corporate governance.

• Extensive experience in drafting and preparing corporate entity documentation.

• Significant experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating documentation related to land use, entitlement, infrastructure, and construction.

• Familiarity with real estate finance and real estate investment trusts (REITs).

• Extensive experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts.

• Ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams of internal and external resources to drive projects and teams to successful and predictable outcomes.

• Demonstrated project management skills, ideally linked to real estate acquisitions, sales, land use, development, and construction.

• Strong problem-solving skills, utilizing independent analysis, local relationships, corporate resources, and executive support.

• Willingness to travel significantly to Tract markets.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance.

• 100% employer-paid dental insurance.

• 100% employer-paid vision insurance.

• 401K program.

• Standard paid holidays.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Discretionary bonus.