Counsel, Real Estate

Sephora USA, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 169,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a diligent attorney to join their Real Estate Legal Team. This role involves supporting store growth initiatives, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, and fostering strong relationships with internal clients. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in real estate law, excellent communication skills, and a passion for continuous learning. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, contributing to the future of beauty and innovation.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

401(k) plan

Paid time off programs

Employee discount/perks

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Employee referral bonus program

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in real estate law required.
• Strong academic credentials and training at a major law firm.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal clients on lease modifications and general real estate work.
• Advise on compliance with real estate and environmental laws.

Skills

Real Estate Law

Project Management

Communication Skills

Customer Service

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

California Bar Membership

Job description

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Job ID:265538
Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA_0173)
Address: FSC, Remote, CA 94105, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Legal
Remote Eligible:Yes

Company Overview:

At Sephora we inspire our customers, empower our teams, and help them become the best versions of themselves. We create an environment where people are valued, and differences are celebrated. Every day, our teams across the world bring to life our purpose: to expand the way the world sees beauty by empowering the Extra Ordinary in each of us. We are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

The Opportunity:

Location: Remote

About Legal at Sephora:

Sephora’s Legal team is seeking a creative, agile, and diligent attorney to join the Real Estate Legal Team as a Counsel, Real Estate. As an integral member of the Legal Department, this role will help in implementing and ensuring compliance with Sephora’s legal requirements. The position will report to the Vice President, Real Estate Legal/Ethics and Compliance. In addition, you will:

Your role at Sephora:

• Work with internal clients on business initiatives, lease modifications, renewals, amendments and general real estate work. Expert in real estate law and makes decisions with minimal oversight for non-routine issues and exercises discretion guided by leadership objectives.
• Be the primary contact for lease compliance issues for our business partners, including the stores and distribution center. Interacts cross-functionally and build strong relationships through trust and decision making.
• Handle new leases as appropriate with expert analysis of situations and data to exercise clear judgement for obtaining results and making improvements for business outcomes.
• Support store growth initiative and expansion; assist in managing company compliance with relevant real estate and environmental laws, including implementation of new requirements; help triage and respond to real estate legal requests; assist with dispute and litigation response; help develop and deliver presentations and materials for ongoing projects
• Be responsible for legal issues relating to estoppel certificates and Subordination Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement
• Assist in the development and implementation of processes; maintain and improve processes and workflows; support maintenance of various policies.
• Advise the business in assessing and responding to issues related to store, construction and maintenance; advance a positive spirit of solution-oriented partnership and collaboration with internal clients, internal legal colleagues, and outside counsel.
• Work with our lease compliance team to respond to requests.
• Help foster a culture of teamwork.

We’re excited about you if you have:

• 5 years’ real estate law experience;
• Strong academic credentials and training at a major national law firm; in-house experience a plus;
• California bar membership or other bar membership;
• Approachable attitude and patience with internal clients; good communication skills a must, with passion for providing excellent customer service;
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, effectively prioritize multiple projects simultaneously under time-sensitive deadlines, and adapt quickly to changing priorities;
• Strong project management skills with an emphasis on being detail-oriented and organized;
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with cross-functional teams;
• Enthusiasm for taking on new and additional responsibilities as business and team needs evolve; and
• Passion for continuous learning and professional development, with flexibility and willingness to dive into any projects requiring support

The annual base salary range for this position is $169,000.00- $175,000.00 The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses. Sephora offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan, various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program. This job will be posted for a minimum of 5 days.

While at Sephora, you’ll enjoy…

• The people. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented leaders and teams – people you can be proud to work with.
• The learning. We invest in training and developing our teams, and you will continue evolving and building your skills through personalized career plans.
• The culture. As a leading beauty retailer within the LVMH family, our reach is broad, and our impact is global. It is in our DNA to innovate and, at Sephora, all 40,000 passionate team members across 35 markets and 3,000+ stores, are united by a common goal - to reimagine the future of beauty.

You can unleash your creativity, because we’ve got disruptive spirit. You can learn and evolve, because we empower you to be your best. You can be yourself, because you are what sets us apart. This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.

Sephora is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company.We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Sephora is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Sephora will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.