Counsel, Litigation & Commercial Matters

Job Title: Counsel, Litigation & Commercial Matters, Legal

FLSA Status: Exempt, Salaried

Location: New York, NY

Worksite Status: Hybrid

Make New Yorkers Feel at Home.

Beam living supports and manages communities across New York City—except here, we’re not just in the business of rent rolls and repairs. We’re in the business of creating places people call home. That takes a team of people who care harder, think sharper, and refuse to settle for what has always been. Being a team member at Beam means staying curious, being a good neighbor, leading with heart, and consistently raising the bar.

If you want work that matters, teammates who show up, and impact you can see and feel, you belong at Beam!

Beam Living is seeking an experienced Counsel, Litigation & Commercial Matters to join its Legal team and provide practical, business-oriented legal support across a sophisticated New York City residential real estate portfolio.

Reporting directly to the Head of Legal
, this attorney will have primary responsibility for managing a broad portfolio of civil litigation and pre-litigation disputes, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, handling debt collection proceedings and negotiations, and supporting insurance-related claims and litigation matters.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on attorney capable of independently managing matters from initial assessment through resolution, while working effectively with business teams, outside counsel, insurance carriers, adjusters, brokers, and other external partners. This role requires strong judgment, organization, negotiation skills, commercial instincts, and the ability to translate legal issues into practical business recommendations.

• Civil Litigation & Dispute Management
• Manage a portfolio of litigation, pre-litigation disputes, claims, and contested matters.
• Develop resolution strategies with the Head of Legal and business stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary liaison with outside counsel, overseeing strategy, budgets, deadlines, discovery, settlements, and trial preparation.
• Conduct case assessments evaluating risk, exposure, defenses, and resolution options.
• Coordinate discovery, witness preparation, mediations, depositions, and related activities.
• Review and negotiate settlements, releases, and dispute-resolution agreements.
• Monitor case status, legal spend, deadlines, and key developments, providing regular reporting to leadership.
• Identify litigation trends and partner with teams to mitigate future risk.

• Manage insurance-related litigation and claims in collaboration with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
• Partner with carriers, brokers, adjusters, and defense counsel on coverage, defense strategy, reserves, settlements, and resolution.
• Coordinate claim tendering, carrier responses, and coverage-related matters.
• Review coverage issues and support recovery, escalation, and resolution strategies.
• Facilitate communication among insurers, counsel, and business teams to ensure efficient claim management.
• Identify claim trends and support risk mitigation initiatives.

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements.
• Support contracts involving vendors, consultants, technology providers, contractors, settlements, and confidentiality matters.
• Negotiate key provisions including indemnification, insurance, liability, warranties, data protection, confidentiality, and dispute resolution.
• Partner with business teams to develop practical, risk-balanced contractual solutions.
• Advise on contract interpretation, amendments, renewals, disputes, and terminations.
• Maintain contract templates, standards, and guidance to improve…