Senior Lease Negotiator
$120,000–$150,000 year
On-siteNorth Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Draft lease documents, including secondary documents like renewals and expansions, from letters of intent using internal software. Prepare redlines and revisions of subsequent drafts, adapting existing forms to specific deals based on tenant and attorney comments. Collaborate with attorneys, departments, and tenants to process executed documents and complete legal abstracts while maintaining lease production and weekly status reports. Draft and negotiate vendor and broker agreements, investigate information from internal and external sources, and coordinate with outside counsel on documentation status. Create and maintain working, chronological, and litigation files, draft correspondence, and check tenant accounts for defaults. Complete various projects as assigned, with occasional adjustments to working hours to meet East and West Coast deadlines.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years previous paralegal/lease negotiator experience
- College degree or paralegal certificate
- Highly proficient using MSOffice (Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Knowledge of legal terminology
- Experience with generation of lease briefs and retail leases
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong time management skills and attention to detail
- High degree of accuracy and success in delivering to key deadlines
- Flexibility to occasionally adjust working hours to meet deadlines
- Collaborate in a team environment
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience in a legal department of a real estate company
- Previous experience with Salesforce
- Ability to learn and use new software and systems
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