In-House Attorney

Latitude Legal Recruitment Limited; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Latitude, an established real estate development company’s in-house legal team in St. Louis, Missouri, seeks a junior attorney with 1 year of experience in transactional and real estate matters to join our collegial department on-site.

The ideal candidate will review and draft a range of agreements and documents, report to Senior Corporate Counsel or Associate General Counsel, and grow within the real estate development practice in-house.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of attorney experience.
• Experience with transactional and real estate matters.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Excellent academic credentials from a U.S. accredited law school.
• Outstanding references.
• Active license with a state bar with eligibility to apply for licensure in Missouri.

Responsibilities

• Review and prepare various agreements and legal documents such as contracts, leases, amendments, broker agreements, termination agreements, license agreements, easements, construction contracts, service agreements, and lease summaries.

Skills

Transactional law

Real estate law

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Academic credentials

State bar license

Missouri licensure eligibility

Education

US law school degree

Job description

An established real estate development company based in St. Louis, Missouri is seeking an attorney with at least 1 year of experience with transactional and real estate matters to join its collegial in-house legal department in a junior in-house attorney role.

The attorney in this role will review and prepare various agreements and legal documents such as contracts, leases, amendments, broker agreements, termination agreements, license agreements, easements, construction contracts, service agreements, and lease summaries. The position will report to the Senior Corporate Counsel or Associate General Counsel. If you are an attorney interested in growing your career in-house in the real estate development industry, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

This is an on-site position based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Requirements For The In-House Attorney

• 1-3 years of attorney experience
• Experience with transactional and real estate matters
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Excellent academic credentials from a U.S. accredited law school
• Outstanding references
• Active license with a state bar with eligibility to apply for licensure in Missouri

Position Details For The In-House Attorney

• Type of Role: In-House Counsel, Direct Hire
• Schedule: Full-Time
• Location: Onsite in St. Louis County, MO

Compensation

Pay: The targeted salary range for this role is highly competitive and commensurate with work experience, qualifications, and credentials.

Benefits: In addition to pay, a competitive benefits package is also provided.

Confidentiality

Latitude will not propose you to prospective clients without your prior consent. Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

About Latitude

Latitude is a full-service flexible legal talent company serving corporate legal departments and law firms nationwide. From Fortune Global 100 companies to start-ups and Global 50 law firms to boutiques, clients turn to us for top-tier attorneys and other legal professionals.

Latitude specializes in providing highly skilled former in-house counsel and Big Law attorneys for flexible contract engagements and permanent positions in dozens of practice areas, including commercial contracting, data privacy, M&A, employment, litigation, and more.

Founded in 2013, Latitude is a Chambers and Partners globally-ranked flexible legal staffing company.

Latitude Contract Engagements & Secondments

Outstanding attorneys and other legal professionals choose Latitude for contract, consulting, and secondment opportunities because we offer competitive compensation and benefits, sophisticated and engaging work, access to work with top-tier clients and peers, and a refreshing blend of freedom with self-designed boundaries. Our own experience as practicing attorneys and our client relationships enable us to effectively tailor our candidate proposals to the specific practice strengths and interpersonal attributes that matter most to our clients and to match our candidates with the opportunities that will be most fulfilling to them.

Our Specialty: Highly Skilled Contract Attorneys

Latitude Attorneys have the level of skill, experience, and judgment as would be expected of a permanent member of our client’s corporate legal department or law firm and the versatility to step into challenging environments and hit the ground running. Latitude Attorneys serve on a full- or part-time contract basis and work remotely or on-site at the client office.

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