Real Estate Counsel

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General Summary:

Represents the company and its subsidiaries as legal officer on selected matters in order to ensure that the Company’s operations and policies are legally sound, and to ensure continued growth and profitability for the Company. 

Summary of Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepares and examines contracts pertaining to real estate transactions, including sales and acquisitions, development, design and construction, leasing, financing and joint ventures, management and operations of real estate assets, corporate governance and other corporate business.  May conduct selected negotiations of same
• Be the primary attorney responsible for managing the preparation and execution of all documents for the Southeast region of Rockefeller Group Development Corporation (“RGDC”)
• Notifies the SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary, Rockefeller Group International, Inc. (“RGII”)  (“CLO”), of proposed documents that may create substantial obligations and liabilities
• Oversees compliance with applicable laws and contractual commitments
• Supervises the work of outside counsel for RGII and its subsidiaries
• Performs selected in-house legal work such as corporate projects
• Assists the CLO in maintaining an effective communication system within the Legal Department and from the Legal Department to the corporate and subsidiary officers and department and division heads
• Assists the CLO in maintaining corporate records and documents
• Displays and maintains continuing commitment to enhancing customer service
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree required

Juris Doctorate required

Experience / Knowledge / Skills Requirements:

• Minimum of six to eight years progressive experience in real estate and corporate law.
• Ability to effectively and clearly present complex legal information to tenants, top management, employees, prospective investors, government officials and the general public.  Ability to read, write and thoroughly understand and apply complicated legal data
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions, including decisive thinking in crisis situations.  Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
• Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities.  Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to a wide variety of intellectual and practical problems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
•  Proficient with Microsoft office and related programs
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions and percentages, and to apply mathematical concepts
• Ability to work long, irregular hours, a varied schedule including weekends, and ability to return to work for emergency situations on an on-call basis
• Ability to travel to meetings in and outside New York City

Licenses / Certifications Requirements:

License to practice law in New York State. May require other limited licensure as required in other jurisdictions where the Company has offices.

Annual Salary Range: $240,000 - $260,000 plus annual discretionary bonus

Rockefeller Group offers a competitive benefits package. Please click here to view a comprehensive list of benefits.

The position description is a guide to the critical duties and essential functions of the job, not an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, qualifications, physical demands and work environment conditions. Position descriptions are reviewed and revised periodically to meet the changing needs of the Company at the sole discretion of management. Position responsibilities are subject to change, consistent with business needs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions unless this causes undue hardship to the Company.

Rockefeller Group International, Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and comply with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws. Our aim is to continue to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that promotes inclusiveness and emphasizes individual initiative, continuous improvement and teamwork to deliver the highest quality real estate and services throughout the United States.