Real Estate Attorney

Key Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, review, and finalize tenant-side transactional retail real estate documents, including letters of intent, leases, amendments, purchase and sale agreements, and related ancillary documents
• Support acquisitions, renewals, relocations, dispositions, and financing transactions across a national retail portfolio
• Assist in the development, maintenance, and governance of real estate leasing, development, and construction templates, standards, and playbooks
• Facilitate and coordinate internal stakeholder input regarding deviations from established legal and business standards
• Manage contract workflows, approvals, and tracking to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely execution
• Assist with contract issue resolution and provide risk-based legal guidance to business partners
• Conduct real estate due diligence, including review of title commitments, surveys, and title insurance policies and endorsements
• Support development teams in securing required governmental approvals, permits, and third-party consents
• Maintain current knowledge of evolving real estate, leasing, construction, and procurement legal concepts and best practices
• Collaborate with external counsel as needed to manage workload or jurisdiction-specific matters

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited U.S. law school
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (Texas preferred)
• Minimum of five (5) years of commercial retail real estate legal experience
• Substantial experience drafting and negotiating commercial retail leases
• Experience closing purchases, sales, and financing transactions involving commercial real estate
• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance legal risk and operational priorities
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills with high attention to detail
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and project management skills
• Demonstrated integrity, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities under deadlines