Commercial Real Estate Lawyer

Epiq Counsel; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

PTO and federal holidays

Optional medical coverage

HSA Account

Wellness Program

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Epiq Counsel is seeking an experienced Commercial Real Estate Lawyer in Charlotte, NC to support our client's legal team on a full-time basis. The role offers a hybrid schedule with three days onsite and focuses on leases, acquisitions, dispositions, portfolio management, and strategic real estate transactions.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of CRE experience, JD from an accredited law school, and active bar membership.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school with active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Approximately 8–10 years of commercial real estate experience in law firms or corporate legal departments.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial real estate leases and related agreements.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial real estate leases and related agreements.
• Support real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and transaction activities across a diverse property portfolio.
• Advise on commercial real estate matters involving owned and leased properties, including operational and strategic initiatives.
• Analyze and resolve legal issues related to maintenance obligations, easements, condemnations, property disputes, landlord-tenant matters, and purchaser-seller matters.
• Collaborate with attorneys, business stakeholders, and external advisors to facilitate real estate transactions and objectives.
• Research complex legal issues, evaluate risks, and develop practical solutions for business and legal goals.

Skills

Strong communication

Project management

Collaboration

Risk assessment

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school

Active U.S. bar membership

Job description

Our client, a leading U.S. financial institution, is seeking an experienced Commercial Real Estate Lawyer to support its legal team on a full-time basis. This position is based in Charlotte, NC with a hybrid schedule requiring three days/week onsite.

This professional will provide legal support across a broad range of commercial real estate matters, including leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, property operations, and strategic real estate transactions. The ideal candidate will have experience managing sophisticated real estate matters in a law firm or in-house legal environment and will serve as a trusted partner to internal business stakeholders and legal colleagues.

We are actively seeking Commercial Real Estate Lawyers located in Charlotte, NC with the following qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Approximately 8-10 years of commercial real estate experience gained in a law firm, corporate legal department, or combination thereof.
• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial real estate leases and related agreements.
• Experience supporting real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and portfolio management matters.
• Strong understanding of commercial real estate operations and related legal considerations.
• Proven ability to analyze complex legal issues, assess risk, and provide practical business-oriented advice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate across legal and business functions.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize competing responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative legal team.
• Experience supporting financial services, banking, or highly regulated industries is preferred.
• Epiq Counsel partners with industry-leading clients in support of their sophisticated interim talent needs. Must be interested in practicing in an alternative, fixed-term legal services model.

Support our client on the following:

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial real estate leases and related agreements.
• Support real estate acquisition, disposition, and transaction activities across a diverse property portfolio.
• Advise on commercial real estate matters involving owned and leased properties, including operational and strategic initiatives.
• Analyze and resolve legal issues relating to maintenance obligations, easements, condemnations, property disputes, landlord-tenant matters, and purchaser-seller matters.
• Collaborate closely with attorneys, business stakeholders, and external advisors to facilitate real estate transactions and operational objectives.
• Research complex legal issues, evaluate risks, and develop practical solutions to support business and legal goals.
• Build effective working relationships with internal clients and legal team members while proactively identifying issues and opportunities for support.
• Manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• Support additional transactions, initiatives, and special projects as needed.
• 401(k) with company match
• PTO and paid federal holidays
• Optional medical coverage; HSA Account; Wellness Program
• Employee Assistance Program

Should your experience meet the role requirements, the Epiq Counsel team will contact you. The Epiq Counsel team strives to respond to all applications; however due to the volume of applicants, we cannot always respond to every application.

About Epiq Counsel

Epiq Counsel is an innovative legal services talent provider that offers meaningful in-house legal work and flexibility to sophisticated and credentialed lawyers and legal professionals. Our lawyers and legal professionals work on a wide variety of matters for Fortune 500 clients. Epiq works hard to provide our diverse legal talent with challenging work for sophisticated clients that does not require sacrificing flexibility or control.

Epiq Counsel takes the time and attention to understand each professional's practice areas, experience, and preferences to ensure they are presented with compelling engagement opportunities with leading law departments across the globe.

It is Epiq’s policy to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws by making all employment decisions without unlawful regard or consideration of any individual’s race, religion, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expressions, transgender status, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, marital status, age, national origin, genetic information, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran or family status or any other basis protected by applicable national, federal, state, provincial or local law. Epiq’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on any of these impermissible bases, as well as any bases or grounds protected by applicable law in each jurisdiction. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. Epiq is pleased to provide such assistance and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. Pursuant to relevant law, where applicable, Epiq will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.