Senior Attorney- Real Estate

Builders FirstSource; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Builders FirstSource is seeking an experienced Real Estate Attorney to provide legal advisory across the company's real estate operations, disputes, and transactions. You will serve as a strategic partner to stakeholders on a broad range of real property issues.

The role emphasizes drafting and negotiating real estate documents, coordinating due diligence with M&A teams, and managing external counsel to optimize portfolio value, while ensuring compliance with applicable laws.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and active bar in good standing.
• 3–5 years of relevant real estate transactional experience.
• Hybrid of law firm and in-house experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate real estate documents including leases, amendments, estoppels, purchase agreements, easements, and related filings.
• Provide counsel to Real Estate Department and field operations on real estate matters.
• Coordinate real estate due diligence for M&A with internal and outside counsel.
• Oversee title and survey review; resolve title issues in acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing.
• Manage landlord-tenant disputes and coordinate outside counsel for real estate controversies.
• Identify legal risks in real estate operations and develop mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local real estate laws and regulations.
• Advise on land use, zoning, permitting, and entitlement for facilities.
• Evaluate outside counsel to ensure value and efficiency.
• Proactively manage the real property portfolio and look for optimization opportunities.
• Research and evaluate legal/tech tools for department optimization.

Skills

Legal research

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Written communication

Presentation skills

Word Processing basics

Education

Juris Doctorate (J.D.)

Active State bar membership

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

We are Builders FirstSource, America's largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. You'll feel proud of the work you do here every day to transform the future of home building and help make the dream of home ownership more achievable. At BFS, we believe building a successful career is not solely defined by a degree. Your experience, skills, and passion are just as important, if not more so. As such, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that welcomes candidates from all backgrounds and experience levels.

The ideal candidate will provide legal advisory and support across the Company's real estate operations, disputes, and transactional matters, and serve as a strategic partner to business stakeholders on a broad range of legal and real property issues.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Draft, review, and negotiate real estate documents including commercial leases, amendments, estoppels, purchase and sale agreements, easements, SNDAs, demand letters, and other similar documents.
• Provide counsel to Real Estate Department and field operations on real estate matters.
• Coordinate real estate due diligence in connection with M&A transactions with the Company's M&A team and outside counsel.
• Oversee or conduct title and survey review, and manage resolution of title issues in connection with acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing transactions.
• Manage landlord-tenant disputes, property rights matters, and related real estate controversies, including directing resolution strategies and coordinating with outside counsel.
• Proactively identify potential legal risks in real estate operations and policies, and develop risk mitigation strategies
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local real estate laws and regulations.
• Advise on land use, zoning, permitting, and entitlement matters in connection with facility development, expansion, and operations.
• Manage and evaluate outside counsel to ensure high-value, efficient representation.
• Proactively manage the legal aspects of the Company's real property portfolio, including identifying portfolio optimization opportunities.
• Research and evaluate legal and other technology tools for inclusion in the Real Estate Department and Legal Department's optimization strategy.
• Fulfill other company-related legal functions, as needed.
• Other duties may be assigned, including, but not limited to, compliance-related tasks.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Juris Doctorate (J. D.) from an accredited law school, excellent academic record, and active member in good standing in at least one State bar.
• Minimum three (3) to five (5) years of relevant legal experience. Real estate transactional experience is a must.
• Ideal candidates will have a combination of law firm and in-house experience.

COMPETENCIES

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to think strategically and translate complex legal concepts into practical business guidance.
• Ability to write using original or innovative techniques or style.
• Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management or industry groups.
• Strong negotiation and dispute resolution skills.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic skills with Word Processing and Internet software.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• Work is in an office setting and generally sedentary with physical effort associated with using a computer, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.
• May be required to occasionally lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects up to 25 pounds.
• Must be able to travel 10% of the time.

Successful, innovative, and fulfilling careers are built here, and your professional development is a high priority. We invest in your future through the latest training, tools, and technologies. Highly collaborative, we work together to solve problems and find better ways to continually grow our business and careers every day. You'll be empowered to try new things, gain new experiences, and build a career with unlimited horizons. The scale and depth of resources that being the #1 building materials distributor in the nation provides a variety of opportunities for you to explore - all in a friendly, people-first environment. Join us to be more, do more, and build more, together at BFS.

At Builders FirstSource, we offer competitive, affordable benefits designed to make life better for you and the people you love. Our goal is simple - provide great plans that help you and your family to live happier, healthier and more secure lives. To view all our benefit offerings click here www.bldrbenefits.com.

Builders FirstSource is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.

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