Counsel, Transactions

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is "that the future may learn from the past" through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia's colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation. Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library. Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today's evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

About the Position

The Counsel, Transactions will work under the leadership of the Chief Legal Officer to support the mission of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (the "Foundation"). The Counsel's primary areas of practice will include support of the Foundation's contracts, real estate, hospitality, licensing and development teams.

Essential Functions:

1. Working with a variety of internal clients to support the substantial volume and wide variety of commercial agreements generated by the Foundation.
   
2. Handling other projects and assuming other responsibilities as needed, involving the extremely wide range of legal issues faced by the Foundation.
   
3. Providing high-quality support and advice to business clients across the organization.
   
4. Maintaining a high standard of client responsiveness.
   Required and Preferred Education and Experience:

   Required:

5. J.D. degree and Virginia bar membership, or eligibility to practice under Virginia's in-house practice rule.Special Skills:
6. A high degree of flexibility.
   
7. Strong communication skills, both verbal and in writing. The ability to communicate effectively with business clients and the staff of the Office of the General Counsel.
   Qualifications:

   Required: Qualified candidates will have two or more years of experience practicing law with a focus on commercial transactions, trusts, estates, and/or intellectual property.

   Preferred: Understanding of and a passion for early American history and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's educational mission, That the Future May Learn from the Past.

   Source: Hospitality Online