Senior Legal Counsel - Real Estate
BJ's Wholesale Club•BJ's Club Support Center Marlborough, MA
•Hybrid
About The Position
Senior Legal Counsel - Real Estate serves as lead real estate leasing and transaction counsel concerning retail locations, distribution centers, gas stations, and other company locations, and provides a broad range of real estate legal advice.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and law degree from a top college or university
- In-depth experience as deal counsel, particularly leasing experience and development experience, with significant experience on behalf of retail organization(s)
- Familiarity with reciprocal easement agreements, development agreements, joint ventures, condominiums, bankruptcy, condemnation, sale leasebacks, assignments, and environmental matters.
- Strong big box retail negotiating skills and experience with major national and east coast regional shopping center developers and landlords.
- 8-10 years’ experience at a top law firm and/or in-house environment
- Team player with a sense of humor
- Flexible and willing to pitch in wherever new issues arise
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks and projects without supervision
Nice To Haves
- Experience in construction law and familiarity with construction contracts preferred.
- Familiarity with AI tools, including ChatGPT
Responsibilities
- Serve as lead real estate leasing and transaction counsel concerning retail locations, distribution centers, gas stations, and other company locations.
- Negotiate and draft leases, purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, REAs, and various other commercial real estate documents, including lease amendments, ground leases, condominium documents, construction agreements, subleases, SNDAs, estoppel certificates, letter agreements, and default notices.
- Provide legal guidance to various in-house clients regarding lease provisions, operational issues, violations, signage, construction issues, access agreements, landlord/tenant disputes, and repair and maintenance issues.
- Analyze title and surveys and identify potential environmental risk and liability.
- Work with outside counsel as necessary
- Assist in management of all real estate related litigation.
- Assist in updating the Company’s real estate documents and forms.
- Assist local land use counsel as needed with respect to zoning, permitting, incentives and similar matters.
Benefits
- Weekly Pay
- Free BJ’s Memberships
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
