Senior Counsel (Real Estate)

*This position can be based in any of our locations. Will be remote/hybrid.

This position is responsible for providing legal representation in a wide variety of real estate related matters, including acquisition, negotiations, finance, development rights, construction, leasing, and a portfolio of other commercial contracts arising from Switch's core business operations; corporate governance and other legal matters.

This position may require supervision of legal staff assisting with the foregoing.

• Counseling management on real estate matters and related rights; negotiating real estate, purchase, easements, development and construction agreements, financing transaction permitting, lot-line adjustments, sub-division, parcel map filings and related tax parcel mapping with local county and municipal jurisdictions in multiple states; participating on a team responsible for the expansion and development of a multibillion-dollar real estate portfolio
• Draft, review and negotiate various commercial contracts relating to the Switch ecosystem, with an emphasis on vendor and procurement agreements, colocation facilities agreements, telecommunications contracts, and AIA construction contracts
• Support the Legal Department needs for corporate governance matters, tax matters as it relates to REIT compliance of real estate holdings
• Coordination with various service providers to company such title companies, surveyors, engineers, utilities, energy developers
• Provide practical, business-oriented advice directly to business clients
• Ensure proper contract fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and Switch specifications
• Coordinate between departments to facilitate completion and execution of various projects
• Support implementation of existing agreements and practices
• Work with the team to create, maintain and manage contract files and information flow
• Prepare reports and transaction memos and perform legal research
• Review and update policies and procedures
• General corporate legal representation as needed
• Perform other assignments or duties as required

• Strong knowledge and understanding of legal documents
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication abilities
• Independent judgment for issue identification and creative resolutions
• Excellent customer service in working with various departments and customers
• Ability to manage a high-volume workload in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent organizational and time management skills to meet competing deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Willingness to assist the legal team in a wide variety of matters

• Intermediate working knowledge of various software applications including Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), DocuSign and Adobe
• Advanced understanding of contract and file management solutions

Education:

• J.D. required
• Bar admission and in good standing in at least one state

Experience:

• Licensed to practice law in a U.S. state
• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience in a law firm and/or in-house legal department
• Procurement, construction-related, real estate development, REIT, telecom, or data center experience a positive, but not required

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.