Legal Counsel, Real Estate Transactions

QuadReal; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

About QuadReal Property Group

QuadReal Property Group is a global real estate investment, operating and development company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its assets under management are $85 billion. From its foundation in Canada as a full-service real estate operating company, QuadReal has expanded its capabilities to invest in equity and debt in both the public and private markets. QuadReal invests directly, via programmatic partnerships and through operating platforms in which it holds an ownership interest.

QuadReal seeks to deliver strong investment returns while creating sustainable environments that bring value to the people and communities it serves. Now and for generations to come.

QuadReal: Excellence lives here.

ABOUT QUADREAL’S LEGAL TEAM

QuadReal’s Legal Team comprises ten lawyers and three paralegals and is overseen by our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Most of the Team is based in Canada, with one lawyer in New York and one lawyer in London. Six of those lawyers are dedicated to Transactional work and form the Transactions Legal Team.

The Transactions Legal Team provides commercial advice and legal support to QuadReal with respect to its investment opportunities. We negotiate the best outcomes possible, mitigate risks, and support informed and transparent decision making. We help to create enduring value by implementing QuadReal’s strategic vision and seek the best path forward through complex legal and commercial landscapes.

ROLE AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

You would be responsible for providing legal support, oversight and strategic advice to QuadReal’s European Real Estate Equity Investments and Credit businesses. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Europe, Legal, who is based in the London office, you would undertake the following matters with an appropriate degree of supervision depending on the task:

• Provide advice that is focused on business results, with respect to:

  • Joint venture formation and oversight of existing joint venture relationships;

  • The development, asset management, purchase and sale of real estate investments;

  • Private M&A transactions and the oversight, governance and growth of our portfolio companies;

  • Borrower side debt financings/refinancings;

  • Lender side financings/refinancings across the capital stack (senior, mezzanine, preferred equity).

• Review and negotiate legal documentation in connection with the above.

• Assist with regulatory compliance in connection with the above.

• Assist the Investment and Asset Management Teams with the preparation and presentation of Management Investment Committee materials for each investment.

• Work closely with, and, together with the Investment and Asset Management Teams, manage and provide instructions to external legal counsel (including establishing and monitoring legal budgets).

• Work closely with QuadReal’s Tax Team to develop, implement and maintain efficient business structures.

• Collaborate closely with QuadReal’s Legal Team.

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

Required level of qualification:

• Lawyer qualified to practice law in England.

• Minimum of 3 years post-qualification experience at a UK or International law firm in its real estate, corporate-real estate or real estate-finance practice.

Specific Skills:

• Has a deep understanding of the commercial real estate industry in the UK.

• Takes a creative, solution-oriented, strategic and forward-thinking approach that is focused on business results.

• Collaborative, communicative, proactive and hard-working team player.

• Excellent attention to detail, analytical, problem-solving, negotiating and critical-thinking skills.

• Ability to distill and communicate, concisely, complex legal issues and advance clear, confident and strongly supported recommendations and decisions, whether orally or in writing.

• Takes ownership and accountability of matters, with appropriate supervision, while keeping colleagues informed of the status of matters and material developments and decisions.

• Eagerness to develop a deep understanding of how legal and business decisions impact a broader organisation.