Associate Counsel I - Legal Leasing

Tanger Inc.

7d•$109,000 - $166,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Tanger is seeking an Associate Counsel I - Legal Leasing to join their team. This role offers the opportunity to work both independently and collaboratively, supported by a flexible, Teams-driven workplace designed to empower connection, innovation, and impact across geographies. The Associate Counsel I - Leasing will draft, review, and negotiate leases and other legal documents for every department of the Company, perform legal research, and interpret existing legal documents to determine the legal rights and obligations of the Company.

Requirements

J.D. from accredited law school
Licensed to practice law in one state
0-4 years of drafting and negotiating retail space leases
Ability to demonstrate sufficient computer skills that allow employee to use, in a proficient manner, all company issued software programs (Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Office 365, Internet browser programs, Workday)

Nice To Haves

Relationship Building - Builds relationships to increase performance, team cohesion and engagement.
Problem Solving & Decision Making - Translates the mission, vision and strategy into projects and initiatives with milestones and delivery schedules. Identify, interpret and apply results of research.
Project Management - Detail oriented, experience handling multiple projects, prioritizing workflow, and ability to meet deadlines, problem solve and work independently as well as in a team.
Team and Collaboration - Fosters team collaboration and cohesion. Helps the team accomplish goals and objectives by breaking down shared goals into smaller tasks. Supports implementation of team decisions.
Confidentiality & Ethics - Keeps all privileged information confidential except when required by law.
Substantive Knowledge - Competent to make sound decisions on various substantive areas of contract and lease principles and law without significant managerial oversight.
Adhere to Tanger’s Values: Integrity, Inclusion and Innovation

Responsibilities

Draft and Negotiate Lease Related Documents
Work with senior level counsel and other senior members of Legal department to review document requests, verify inconsistencies, prepare documents, gather information, research and incorporate prior negotiated language, review tenant comments/requests, discuss business points with leasing representatives, negotiate open business and legal points with tenant’s legal contact, and revise documents based on negotiations.
Review tenant executed documents to ensure form and content reflect negotiations and approvals and commence document execution process.
Draft and Negotiate Non-Lease Related and Lease Management Documents
Work with senior level counsel and other senior members of Legal department to review requests for legal documents, clarify scope of projects, prepare or revise documents, negotiate open business and legal points with the other party’s legal contact, and obtain appropriate internal approvals.
Revised documents based on negotiations and direction from department representative and legal management.
Review executed documents to ensure form and content reflects negotiations and approvals and commence document execution process.