Director, Corporate Legal & Compliance

POSITION

Director, Corporate Legal & Compliance (remote optional)

Pursuant to Colorado regulations, if this job is performed in Colorado, the salary range is $175,000 - $180,000 plus bonus potential. Eligible to participate in the company benefits plan. We offer health, vision, dental, and pet insurance. We offer a 401(k) retirement plan, student loan assistance, licensing and continuing education reimbursement, parental leave, and housing allowances or gifts.

General Counsel

Cardinal Group Companies is a premier real estate investment, development, construction, marketing, and management company specializing in the acquisition, development, and management of multifamily and student housing properties throughout the United States.

This position will provide insightful, creative legal counsel to Cardinal’s operating businesses to support their continued growth while managing legal-business risks. The Director will, among other things, focus on (1) lead negotiations of a variety of commercial contracts, (2) manage a full slate of outside counsel on litigation and other legal processes, and work cross functionally with our risk financing and insurance team (3) collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop enterprise risk management and compliance culture through training and other initiatives, (4) supervise the legal & compliance team, (5) identify, lead and own legal and compliance project management, and (6) administer and manage key legal and compliance platforms.

As a part of the Legal & Compliance team, all team members also contribute to developing and maintaining legal and compliance frameworks to ensure consistency and improve and maintain quality at scale across the company.

• Provide legal advice and assistance on a variety of commercial transactions. The Director will leverage substantive knowledge of market commercial contracting terms and strong negotiation skills to guide sales and operating teams through commercial contract negotiations. This position will lead the review, negotiation and drafting of key commercial contracts that make business possible and manage overflow resourcing and outside counsel.
• Provide daily counsel to business units regarding issues, programs, and products. The Director brings to the table an understanding of the balance between business interests and legal risks and is able to spot and explain issues to non-legal teammates and find creative solutions to business-legal challenges. The Director should possess a willingness to learn and understand internal business, operational, financial, and technical matters to provide sound legal advice and risk analysis, while simultaneously assisting business clients in achieving their commercial objectives.
  
  A successful candidate is able to clearly and concisely identify and explain the ramifications of contractual terms to the business decision-makers and third parties during contract negotiations.
• Manage outside counsel’s work on litigation and disputes. The Director candidate is not required to have direct litigation experience but should be comfortable managing local counsel that provide legal support for Cardinal’s operations across 40 jurisdictions. Litigation runs the gamut from routine to extraordinary disputes, coordinating with insurance professionals and tracking and reporting on matter status. A successful candidate will guide teammates and outside counsel to uphold the Cardinal value to “do the right thing” where conflict arises.
• Develop and maintain legal forms, systems, and processes. A successful candidate will help the company do less with more by continuing the development and improvement of form documents, knowledge databases, and implementing AI tools and platforms to find efficiencies in legal systems and processes, including tech-enabled solutions.
• Develop and execute training and resources to increase company-wide understanding and awareness of key legal issues and processes. The Director should be a good listener, who turns problems into opportunities to get creative and provide solutions to the business. This is also a…