St. Louis County in house legal department seeks a Senior Corporate Counsel (Real Estate Devolopment/Construction Law).

Duties:

• Reviews various agreements and legal documents including contracts, leases, licenses, purchase and sale agreements, title/survey and other due diligence materials, easements, insurance provisions, legal pleadings, loan agreements, etc.
• Prepares contracts, leases, amendments, broker agreements, termination agreements, license agreements, easements, construction contracts, lien releases/settlement agreements, service agreements, legal correspondence, contract summaries, lease summaries and other legal reports.
• Represents and advises the company on various commercial real estate issues that arise throughout the acquisition, development and construction processes.
• Researches and analyzes laws and regulations necessary to complete their work.
• Participates in legal department meetings and initiatives such as template development and makes determinations on how to respond to legal issues or proposed changes in laws and regulations.
• Provides legal advice to an organization on both routine and non-routine legal issues and works closely with other departments to foresee and protect company against legal risk.
• Typically reports to the Associate General Counsel, Senior Associate General Counsel or to the General Counsel.
• May lead and direct the work of Staff Attorneys, paralegals and support staff.
• A specialist that serves as the primary legal contact for the organization in one or more functional areas and works on complex aspects of a project within that functional area.

Requirements

• Qualified candidates should have prior legal experience working on a variety of real estate development and/or construction projects in either an in-house legal department or law firm.
• Work is generally performed independently, but they may collaborate with their supervisor or consult with outside counsel on high level legal issues and complex aspects of a project unless knowledge in a particular area has been achieved.
• Requires a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and admittance to a state bar.
• Typically requires 6+ years of related experience.
• This is an in-person office position; standard office hours are required.