Commercial Real Estate Attorney, Leasing

Friedman Real Estate seeks to hire a Commercial Real Estate Attorney with a specialty in leasing. Primary responsibilities include drafting and negotiating commercial real estate leases and leasing-related documents. Additionally, the attorney will draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements and manage the due diligence/closing processes; review and negotiate property management agreements; review and negotiate loan documents; and work on receivership matters. The Commercial Real Estate Attorney position will be based in the companys Farmington Hills headquarters and will work closely with company principals, department heads and other important stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Structure, draft and negotiate commercial lease agreements, amendments, subleases, assignments and LOIs.
• Work with operations teams to coordinate implementation of leasing documents, including responding to RFPs and post-lease-execution delivery and construction matters.
• Draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements involving office, industrial, retail, multifamily, mixed-use and land-related transactions.
• Coordinate aspects of purchase/sale transactions from letter of intent through closing.
• Review and negotiate property management agreements, including lender assignments.
• Review and negotiate commercial loan documents including promissory notes, loan agreements and partner guarantees.
• Draft receivership motions and orders, prepare and draft receivership reports and attend receivership hearings (in-person and via Zoom).
• Assist with various legal issues associated with property management, facilities management, brokerage and construction.
• Provide legal analysis, strategy and solutions in a legally sound manner that balances risks with achievement of the companys general business goals and objectives.

Qualifications:

• JD from an accredited law school.
• Be in good standing as an active member of at least one state bar.
• At least 2-3 years of transactional commercial real estate experience that demonstrates an ability to independently structure, draft, negotiate, manage and close real estate deals.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills,
• Ability to multi-task and to work independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to be first chair for commercial lease drafting and negotiations.
• Knowledge of general real estate matters, with knowledge of sale/acquisition, financing, property management and receivership preferred.

Friedman Real Estate is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, family responsibility, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran's status, genetic information, or status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable law.

As one of the largest privately held full-service commercial real estate organizations in the nation, Friedman Real Estate provides clients with a single point of contact for the full range of Advisory, Property Management, Multi-Family, Brokerage, Financial, and Construction services that it offers.

Friedman manages more than 200 commercial properties encompassing more than 18 million SF and more than 15,000 apartment homes throughout the United States. Friedmans brokerage team has over 600 current listings with more than $22.5 billion in closed transactions. As owners and managers of commercial property for over 35 years, Friedman understands what it takes to achieve results that maximize their clients objectives

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