Assistant General Counsel - Joint Ventures

Job Description

Location : New York, NY

Salary : $260,000 - 300,000 base + 20% bonus + 20% LTI

Position Overview :

We are working alongside a global real-estate investment, development and management firm, who are looking to onboard an Assistant General Counsel, Joint Ventures into their Legal team. You will provide high-level legal support across their U.S. joint-venture transactions, partnerships, and investment vehicles.

Key Responsibilities :

• Serve as lead legal counsel for U.S. joint-venture entities, including structuring, governance, equity contributions, financing, distributions, asset acquisitions and dispositions.
• Draft, review and negotiate joint-venture agreements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Investment, Development, Asset Management, Risk & Compliance, Tax, Finance) and external counsel to execute transactions on schedule, manage legal risk and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Advise on asset-level issues impacting joint-venture vehicles such as leasing, financing, refinancing, redevelopment, disposition and disposition mechanics.

Qualifications :