In-House Real Estate Counsel
Growing real estate development company is adding an attorney with 5-7 years of experience of land acquisition experience to support the legal department, landmen, and all other business departments. This is a great time to join a collaborative and highly intelligent team of professionals and be a part of the company's growth!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Draft, review and negotiate various contracts, land acquisition documents, and transactional documents that meet the Company's risk tolerance and other standards.
- Effectively lead real estate professionals within the Legal Department.
- Establish and monitor quality control for legal work product.
- Identify and resolve project and business risks creatively.
- Advise business units on legal risk and compliance for their real estate initiatives.
- Provide sound, cogent legal advice related to land acquisitions and land development.
- Perform due diligence and prepare any documents related to transactional needs of land acquisition and development process.
- Monitor legal developments that affect the Company's business.
- Must sometimes complete assignments with very short notice under extreme time constraints.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor from accredited law school and current law license from the State Bar of Texas.
- Minimum 5 years of experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating real estate contracts in law firm or in-house legal department. Prefer experience leading others in those settings. Land acquisition, land development, and/or homebuilding experience will be valuable but not a prerequisite.
- Demonstrated computer skills including a working knowledge of MS Office products, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.