Senior Real Estate Transaction Specialist, Legal

A Brief Overview

In collaboration with the Real Estate, Leasing, Construction & Facilities Practice Group lead within Corporate Legal Services, this position has responsibility administering real property leases and related documents associated with real estate leases, including reviewing, drafting and negotiation of real property leases within the University Hospitals Health System; responding to requests for document preparation; responding to questions and addressing issues associated with the real estate leases;

preparation of various template lease forms; preparation of lease abstracts; monitoring expiration and other critical response dates; the development of leasing procedures; providing supervisory guidance to the Legal Assistant in connection with the performance of their respective duties; reviewing fair market value opinions; generating reports, spreadsheets and other tools necessary for the Real Estate, Leasing, Construction, and Facilities Practice Group function within Corporate Legal Services;

management of outside counsel and consultant's budget; providing assisting with the UH Law Department's real estate database.

• Ensure all real property leases comply with UH policies and procedures and monitor compliance with industry standards, the UH Code of Conduct and applicable regulatory compliance requirements.
• Provide guidance to the members of the Practice Group in all areas of real estate, and provide supervisory guidance to the Legal Assistant and other Paralegals that are responsible for assisting in all facets of the administration of owned or leased real property within the system or for various real estate transactions.
• Participate in Corporate Legal Services staff meetings, Law Department retreats (as requested from time to time by the General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel) and other Law Department process improvement functions and initiatives.
• Assist with the processes of corporate real estate acquisition and divestment including organizing, monitoring and completing the closing of transactions; reviewing surveys, title commitments and title policies; drafting the reviewing purchase agreements, deeds, closing documents, escrow instructions; and checklists., closing documents, options, leases reviewing purchase agreements and drafting Duties include the conduct of the transaction matters pertaining to: (1) title and survey review;
  
  (2) assisting in review of Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments; (e3 documentation preparation; (4) review and preparation of deeds of declaration; reciprocal easement agreements, utility, parking, sign and ingress and easements; and (5) transaction closing and related matters.

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)

• 5+ years experience in commercial real estate transactions; (Required)
• Significant experience in the conduct of pre-acquisition due diligence (Required)
• Experience in site evaluation and selection (Required)
• Experience with a commercial real estate firm or as a real estate or transactional paralegal with a law firm or health care institution (Preferred)
• This is a professional position, a strong background in commercial real estate and transactional experience (Required)

• Planning and zoning approval process (Required proficiency)
• Comprehensive understanding of environmental compliance and engineering (Required proficiency)
• Strong written and oral communication skills essential and strong computer skills in Word, Excel and Power Point (Required proficiency)
• It is expected that the holder of this position will be familiar with the types of commercial real estate transaction from a first-hand knowledge and experience based standpoint. (Required proficiency)