Senior Commercial Real Estate Attorney

A law firm is seeking a Senior Commercial Real Estate Attorney for its Providence, RI office.

Job Overview:

The Senior Commercial Real Estate Attorney will be responsible for negotiating and drafting various commercial real estate documents, managing transactions, leading teams, and providing legal counsel to clients.

Duties:

• From both Landlord and Tenant perspectives, negotiate and draft leases for retail, office, ground leases, mixed-use developments, licenses, etc..
• Negotiate and draft property acquisition and sale documents, including letters of intent, purchase and sales agreements, deeds, and authority documents.
• Draft easements, CCRs, restrictive covenants, and similar documents encumbering title.
• Draft condominium documents.
• Coordinate and direct the review, management, and preparation of commercial leasing and acquisition/sale documentation.
• Conducted closings, reviewed settlement statements, and completed post-closing documentation and administration.
• Draft and review complex operating agreements, bylaws, shareholders’ agreements, and other client contracts.
• Draft correspondence on behalf of landlords to commercial tenants’ management and counsel regarding claims, defenses, and disputes arising under lease agreements.
• Organize and maintain client files.
• Organize and lead a team of attorneys for portfolio transactions involving properties in multiple jurisdictions.
• Monitor and calendar deadlines.
• Experience negotiating, documenting, and closing financing transactions is a plus.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of continuous, specific, and verifiable experience in a large law firm.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• J.D. Degree.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of laws, rules, state and federal court procedures, forms, deadlines, filing requirements, and portals.
• Ability to organize factual and legal data into clear and logical arguments.
• Ability to handle sensitive matters on a confidential basis.
• Licensed to practice law in North Carolina and in good standing.
• A high degree of initiative, mature judgment, and discretion.
• Organization and time management skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Portable book of business with at least $200,000.

With three offices in Massachusetts and offices in New York and Rhode Island, this law firm is a full service business law firm. This firm is committed to providing each client with the highest, most professional level of customer and legal services. The firm prides itself in paying attention to detail, as well as listening to and understanding their client's needs. The culture of the firm is a sophisticated yet practical approach in counseling clients. Added to that, the firm strives to be prompt in all that it does. Each lawyer of this firm is committed to providing expertise, protecting the client's interests, being ethical, and being ready at all times for a situation no matter how big or small.