Corporate Counsel

Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled Corporate Counsel to join our team at Realty One Group. The successful candidate will be responsible for negotiating, drafting, and reviewing various contracts and service agreements, as well as making recommendations for changes or additions to contracts, forms, and legal documents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in ensuring that the company is operating in compliance with state and federal laws.
• Advise all departments on legal norms, restrictions, and policies.
• Negotiate, review, and manage all legal aspects of project acquisition and development.
• Negotiate and draft various contracts and service agreements.
• Review and analyze all contracts, forms, and legal documents.
• Oversee litigation when it arises.
• Make recommendations for changes or additions to contracts, forms, and legal documents.
• Develop complex business contracts.
• Determine when legal actions are necessary.
• Work closely with each division of the company to fulfill all reasonable legal needs.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
• Licensed to practice law by state licensing board.
• 5+ years of experience in contract negotiation and review/drafting of complex agreements and contracts, including real estate.
• 5+ years of experience with transactional issues and legalities along with real estate law.
• Previous legal experience in a law firm or within an in-house legal department; prior experience as a Corporate Counsel is desired.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven ability to understand complex business and technical concepts and to make good judgment when faced with trade-offs.
• Demonstrated success in establishing, managing, and maintaining effective working relationships at the senior management level, both internal and external to the organization.
• Negotiation skills to influence strategic issues requiring coordination across functional lines or influencing senior leaders regarding matters of significance to the organization.

Working Conditions:

The Corporate Counsel must be able to bend, stoop, stand, drive, and sit for various lengths of time. They must be able to lift and carry items up to 20 lbs. This is primarily a sedentary office classification and employees work in an office with moderate noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, and no direct exposure to hazardous physical substances. However, a portion of the time the employee will be on the road driving in various weather conditions.

EEO Statement: All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.