Real Estate Legal APAC Manager

Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

Do you love tackling big challenges without precedent? As a part of our group, you’ll help uphold Apple’s high ethical and corporate standards, as well as defend our intellectual property. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll be challenged to creatively apply your legal expertise to rare and often unexplored aspects of the law. Together with your team, you’ll provide the critical support needed for all Apple products and businesses.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented lawyer to join in Apple’s Real Estate Legal team. With passion, dedication, and a desire to tackle challenges, you will play a crucial role as we provide the legal support needed for Apple to continue to build cutting-edge technologies.

Description

You will lead a regional team of attorneys acquiring and developing offices, retail stores, campuses, data centers and other purpose-built facilities across Greater China and Southeast Asia. You will collaborate with other legal groups and cross-functional business teams including Places, Finance, Government Affairs, Corporate Communications, Procurement and Operations on a variety of real estate projects and services. This is a unique opportunity to work on a wide range of matters in a fast-paced environment and develop a broad skill set. The job involves on-the-ground legal work as well as participation in strategic discussions on how to best satisfy Apple’s business requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience negotiating office and retail leases, purchase and sale agreements, design, construction and other development services agreements and governmental approvals and permits
• JD or equivalent, excellent academic credentials and admission to at least one bar

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to advise and build relationships with executive management, teammates, and cross-functional partners
• Strong analytical skills and business sense with the ability to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways
• Ability to develop and facilitate collaboration by cultivating relationships and effectively counseling and communicating with legal and cross-functional partners
• Ability to drive transactions and focus and cut through complexity to distill the most important issues