Senior Counsel - Legal Leasing

Tanger Inc.

8d•$139,500 - $214,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Tanger is seeking a Senior Counsel - 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 Senior Counsel - Legal Leasing will draft, review and negotiate leases and other lease-related documents, perform legal research and interpret existing legal documents to determine the legal rights and obligations of the Company and assist with negotiating non-lease related and lease management related documents.

Requirements

J.D. from accredited law school
Licensed to practice law in one state
9+ years of drafting and negotiating retail space leases
Experience drafting and negotiating retail leases in-house with landlord or tenant preferred.
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, Ultimate Software, Workshare, DocuSign.)

Responsibilities

Draft and Negotiate Lease Related Documents
Review document request received from leasing department, verify inconsistencies on such lease request with leasing representative and/or legal management and obtain all required approvals.
Prepare document based on the document request, gather information needed, research and incorporate prior negotiated language (confirm any nonconforming language with the leasing representative and legal management) and include all necessary language to address all issues.
Review tenant comments/requests.
Discuss business points with leasing representative and offer suggestions to address both tenant’s concerns and the Company’s interests.
Negotiate the open business and legal points with tenant’s legal contact and obtain internal approvals of negotiated solutions with leasing representative and legal management, as necessary.
Revise document based on negotiations and direction from leasing representative and legal management, as necessary.
Review tenant executed document to ensure the form and content reflect negotiations and approvals and commence document execution process. If through this review and execution process language or exhibits need to be changed, obtain necessary approvals prior to execution by the Company.
Review lease documents and provide legal drafting guidance drafted by Senior Paralegal and Associate General Counsel I
Drafting and Negotiation of Non-Lease Related and Lease Management Documents
Review requests for legal documents from various departments or provided forms and follow up with department representative to clarify scope of projects.
Prepare or revise documents to address all legal and business concerns important to the department representative and the Company.
Negotiate the open business and legal points with the other party’s legal contact and obtain appropriate internal approvals of negotiated solutions with department representative and legal management.
Revise document based on negotiations and direction from department representative and legal management, as necessary.
Review executed document to ensure the form and content reflects negotiations and approvals and commence document execution process. If through this review and execution process language or exhibits need to be changed, obtain necessary approvals prior to execution by the Company.