Senior General Counsel – Real Estate & Hospitality

Fontainebleau-Florida-Hotel,-LLC; Florida; On-site; USD 210,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Paycom - ATS is seeking a General Counsel to partner with the president and executive team on real estate acquisitions, development, and financing, with a focus on structuring, negotiating, and documenting complex transactions. The role also oversees employment and labor matters across a multi-entity hospitality, gaming, and development portfolio.

This leadership position manages outside counsel, protects the company from legal and regulatory risk, and guides corporate governance and risk

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active Florida Bar membership or eligibility with willingness to obtain it (Authorized House Counsel acceptable).
• 12+ years of legal experience, with time at a top-tier firm and/or in-house with a real estate developer, owner, or investor.
• Deep experience structuring, negotiating, and documenting real estate financing transactions, including construction and acquisition loans, mezzanine debt, and JV equity.
• Strong drafting skills and command of complex transaction documentation from term sheet through closing.
• Working knowledge of employment and labor law and experience advising management on workforce matters.
• Proven ability to manage outside counsel and legal budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal side of real estate acquisitions, dispositions, JVs, and development projects from term sheet to closing.
• Structure and document construction loans, acquisition financing, mezzanine debt, and equity.
• Draft and negotiate purchase/sale agreements, loan documents, guarantees, inter-creditor, JV/operating agreements, and leases.
• Oversee due diligence, title/survey review, zoning, and closing documents.
• Manage lender, investor, and partner relationships and compliance reporting.
• Draft and negotiate construction contracts, architect/design agreements, development agreements, and consultant contracts.
• Advise on construction risk, change orders, liens, insurance, and warranties.
• Support in-house construction team on subcontractor agreements and dispute resolution.
• Coordinate with municipalities on permitting and land-use matters.
• Advise HR on employment law compliance, investigations, terminations, severance, and restrictive covenants.
• Manage employment-related claims and litigation with outside counsel.
• Review employee handbooks and policies across entities; advise on WARN notices and workforce actions.
• Maintain corporate records and entity structures; support formation of new project entities.
• Draft/review commercial contracts, NDAs, and hospitality management agreements.
• Identify legal/regulatory risks including gaming/hospitality licensing; propose practical solutions.
• Oversee litigation strategy, budgets, and outside counsel; build/lead the in-house legal function.

Skills

Commercial judgment

Executive presence

Communication

Discretion

Integrity

Education

Juris Doctor

Job description

Paycom - ATS is seeking a General Counsel to partner with the president and executive team on real estate acquisitions, development, and financing, with a focus on structuring, negotiating, and documenting complex transactions. The role also oversees employment and labor matters across a multi-entity hospitality, gaming, and development portfolio.

This leadership position manages outside counsel, protects the company from legal and regulatory risk, and guides corporate governance and risk