Sr. Counsel at Vinebrook Homes in Dayton, Ohio

Job Description:

Position Summary/Objective

Our Senior Counsel will manage a variety of real estate related transactional and litigation/compliance matters. For this key role, experience in managing complex transactions, nationwide leasing and high profile litigation is necessary.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Risk Mitigation:
  
  
  
  1. Work closely with the company's legal team, outside counsel, and key stakeholders to manage various real estate and commercial litigation matters
  
  
  2. Handle and coordinate responses to demand letters, discovery requests, subpoenas, warrants, civil investigative demands, and requests from governmental agencies
  
  
  3. Resolve legally sensitive complaints from customers
  
  
  4. Negotiate and draft settlement agreements
  
  
  5. Conduct legal research and internal investigations
  
  
  6. Create and manage company policies for risk mitigation
  
  
  7. Oversee regulatory compliance and privacy
  
  
  8. Support Human Resources team regarding employment disputes, policies and procedures
  
  
  9. Review marketing materials for legal compliance
  
  
  
  


• Transactional:
  
  
  
  1. Draft and negotiate leases, purchase and sale agreements, closing documents, management agreements and entity documents
  
  
  2. Participate in due diligence review including CC&Rs, title and survey
  
  
  3. Draft and negotiate commercial contracts
  
  
  4. Support Construction team, including drafting and negotiating master services agreements and resolving lien issues
  
  
  5. Create and update contract templates
  
  
  
  


• Develop and implement training for company employees on legal issues and best practices


• Work closely with property management team to resolve issues


• Manage outside counsel, as needed

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• 10 years’ experience in real estate, with a mix of law firm and in-house experience preferred


• Juris Doctor degree from ABA accredited law school


• Admission to and current good standing with a state bar


• Experience in single family rental or multifamily real estate


• Experience in landlord-tenant issues and regulatory compliance


• Experience with Salesforce and Yardi a plus


• Ability to collaborate with internal teams, external counsel, insurers, and other key stakeholders


• Demonstrated experience in resolving challenging legal issues and proven ability to deliver sound, clear, practical legal advice in a business setting


• Detail-oriented with excellent case analysis abilities


• Superior drafting and negotiation skills


• Ability to approach complex problems with a creative mindset


• Ability to prioritize and work with agility across multiple projects


• Ability to work both in a team and independently

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Travel

25% or less.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of the job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants shall be considered for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. We are also a Drug Free Work Place. Qualified applicants will also be required to pass a drug screening before receiving an offer or beginning employment. Refusal to submit to testing will result in disqualification of further employment consideration.

 

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