NFI
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Advise on and structure various real estate transactions and draft, review and negotiate various types of agreements in connection with such transactions, including:
- Leases and other related documents for warehouses and distribution centers, maintenance facilities and parking lots from both the landlord side and the tenant side;
- Amendments to leases, including term extensions;
- Estoppel certificates, non-disturbance agreements and collateral access agreements with lenders and property owners;
- Subleases and assignments of leases;
- License agreements, easements and right of entry agreements;
- Purchase and sale agreements for the acquisition and disposition of properties;
- Development and construction agreements in connection with the construction of new facilities or tenant improvements;
- Loan agreements and related documents in connection with the financing of acquisitions or construction projects.
- Provide legal counsel and guidance to the Real Estate team regarding leasing proposals, commission agreements and landlord-tenant issues, as well as the interpretation of lease and other contractual provisions.
- Maintain status reports of active and executed contracts and ensure appropriate approvals are obtained prior to execution of contracts.
- Confer with executives regarding real estate initiatives to assess legal risks and plan actions to control or minimize such risks.
- Work with Real Estate department in handling real estate-related disputes.
- Manage and prioritize projects as they arise working alongside the Real Estate team.
- Build and maintain productive working relationships with internal clients; establish credibility and influence where appropriate.
Qualifications, Experience And Competencies
- J.D. from an accredited law school.
- Between 3 and 8 years of legal experience in real estate, preferably including large law firm experience.
- Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating leases (from both the landlord and tenant perspective), purchase and sale agreements, development and construction agreements, and loan and loan-related documents.
- Preference for experience in the warehousing and/or industrial real estate sectors.
- Ability to quickly understand new, novel or unexpected legal issues or circumstance relating to real estate matters.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Superior analytical and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously meeting tight schedules.
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of NFI about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at NFI via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of NFI, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by NFI for this position and a valid agreement with NFI is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the NFI agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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