Associate General Counsel/In-House Attorney

Responsibilities

• Report directly to CEO/President of the company and assume responsibility for all facets of the day-to-day business legal issues arising, related to:
• Compliance (ADA, environmental, TCPA)
• Real Estate/Land Use (acquisitions, zoning, approvals, contracts, broker agreements, due diligence)
• Contracts (marketing, general corporate)
• Construction (redevelopment, permits, architects contracts, construction contracts, consultant contracts, vendor agreements)
• Employee Litigation (worker’s comp and wage/hour claims)
• Manufacture Issues (fraud, facility upgrades)
• Customer Issues (complaints, fraud)
• Loans (term, construction, administration, amendments)
• Miscellaneous (Corporate ownership)
• Automobile law specific (labor, part rate increases, updates to our form customer contracts).

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice in the State of Florida and a member of the Florida bar association in good standing
• Experience with state and federal laws, rules and regulations with respect to licensing; marketing, origination, underwriting; warehouse lines of credit; and, affiliated transactions
• Knowledge of private real estate finance, including promissory notes, mortgages, title insurance, surveys, loan closing, etc.
• Excellent drafting skills and experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple short-term tasks under pressure and manage outside counsel Requirements
• Work with minimal supervision
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency
• Team player with the ability to interact with attorneys, clients, and office staff in a professional manner.
• Excellent strategic perspective to join the senior management team

Education and/or Experience

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• 5+ years of relevant experience either in-house with a real state or construction company

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