Company: CBRE
Position: Counsel
Location: Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX
Description: We are looking for a dynamic, innovative, creative, commercially-minded lawyer to support our Advisory business with a focus on property management and investment accounting & reporting. As a Counsel on the Advisory team of CBRE’s Legal Department, you will partner closely with our sales professionals, managers and leadership teams to negotiate and draft contracts and provide legal guidance, while assessing and mitigating risk proactively, creatively and strategically. You’ll also play a key role in the Legal Department by collaborating with colleagues on industry-leading legal risk mitigation strategies in response to market changes and conditions impacting CBRE’s Advisory business.
What You’ll Do:
- Review, negotiate and draft a high volume of contracts and transactional documents related to local and global commercial real estate services, including commercial brokerage, property management, national and global transaction management and consulting services.
- Assess moderately complex contractual risks and counsel business teams and leadership on legal risk issues associated with client contracts, as well as contract interpretation, implementation, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Support senior Legal colleagues and department leadership with research and other projects related to CBRE’s Advisory business.
- Partner with professionals, managers and leadership with respect to negotiation strategy, potential business disruptions, managing conflicts of interest and dispute resolution.
- Collaborate with senior Legal colleagues and other internal functional areas (e.g., Finance, People, Tax, Digital & Technology, Ethics & Compliance) to identify, assess and thoughtfully mitigate risk exposure.
- Investigate and respond to regulatory complaints and potential claims by or against CBRE.
- Make decisions with thorough understanding of procedures, company policies, and business practices to meet deadlines and achieve results.
- Maintain current knowledge of the law in areas of special interest to the business.
- Develop and conduct legal training sessions for business colleagues and Legal Department members.
- Perform other job-related duties as may be assigned.
Contact: Apply here: https://careers.cbre.com/en_US/careers/JobDetail/Counsel/202814
Qualifications:
What You’ll Need:
- J.D. from a top-tier ABA accredited law school.
- Member of applicable State Bar in good standing.
- At least 4 years of private practice and/or in-house experience.
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. Experience with property management and other service provider contracts preferred.
- Effective writing and oral presentation skills.
- Well-developed professional judgment.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, self-directed environment, manage multiple tasks and set appropriate priorities with excellent follow-up skills and organization.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team environment, with a strong focus on collaboration and innovation.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with experience in creative and strategic problem-solving.
- Ability to work flexibly in and out of a formal office environment.