Real Estate Attorney

The Team You Will Be Joining

• Join a well-established, family-owned commercial real estate investment and development firm headquartered in Charlotte, with decades of success.
• Operate within a flat, highly collaborative environment, partnering directly with development managers, construction leadership, design teams, finance, ownership, and external business partners.
• Serve as the company’s primary in-house legal resource, providing practical counsel on acquisitions, dispositions, financing, leasing, development projects, and risk management initiatives.
• Work closely with executive leadership and ownership to support strategic growth while reducing reliance on outside counsel and creating greater efficiency across the organization.

What They Offer You

• A highly visible opportunity to establish and grow the in-house legal function for a successful and expanding real estate organization.
• Direct access to ownership and executive leadership, with meaningful influence on business decisions, transaction structures, and risk management strategy.
• The ability to work across a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate transactions, development projects, financing arrangements, and operational matters.

Why This Role Is Important

• Serve as the company’s primary legal advisor, helping leadership navigate complex business decisions while balancing risk management and transaction execution.
• Provide in-house legal expertise across acquisitions, dispositions, development projects, financing transactions, leasing activities, entity management, and corporate governance matters.
• Reduce dependence on outside counsel by handling a significant portion of legal work internally, creating cost savings and greater operational efficiency.
• Partner with ownership and business leaders to proactively identify risks, negotiate favorable agreements, and support the company’s continued growth strategy.

Location

• On-site five days per week in the SouthPark area of Charlotte, NC.

The Background That Fits

• Licensed to practice law in North Carolina.
• 5+ years of experience focused on commercial real estate law.
• Experience handling acquisitions, dispositions, financing transactions, leasing, development agreements, easements, title matters, and entity structuring.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and contract review experience.
• Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice rather than purely technical legal guidance.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with executives, business leaders, lenders, developers, and external counsel.
• Strong commercial judgment, with the ability to balance legal protection and business objectives.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate independently as an in-house legal resource.