H&M · 7 hours ago
Associate Counsel, Real Estate and Commercial USA-CA-PR,
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$146K/yr - $200K/yr
3+ years expH&M is a global retail company seeking an Associate Counsel for their Real Estate and Commercial division. The role involves overseeing lease transactions, providing legal guidance on real estate issues, and managing lease negotiations to support the company's real estate portfolio in the US and Canada.
Customer ServiceFashionRetail
Responsibilities
Lead the legal review, drafting, and negotiation of commercial agreements and contracts for H&M’s real estate portfolio in the US and Canada
Provide through leadership the development of the legal strategies and the improvement of standards while guaranteeing that the corporate Global legal guidelines are met
Provide strategic legal guidance, directions and practical solutions to business deal makers and executives on a wide range of real estate issues and identify, analyze, and communicate complex business and legal issues that may have a significant impact to H&M’s real estate portfolio in the US and Canada
Ability to negotiate/draft leases, amendments, estoppels, SNDAs, lease abstracts, side letters – with an emphasis on amendments and conforming leases
Attends weekly and monthly meetings regarding lease status and lease approvals
Support the Senior Real Estate Attorney to bring structure, consistency, and efficiency to the real estate legal department while being involved with all aspects of expansion including construction, leasing, finance and logistics
Partners with Lease Administration, Controlling and Accounting team to manage lease portfolio in connection with co-tenancy audits, exercising kick-outs or options and renewals
Actively facilitates the resolution of lease problems whether they are based in accounting issues due to interpretation of lease language, facilities issues or any other problem that may arise in store locations
Perform other general legal work as assigned from time to time, including, but not limited to, assistance with commercial contracts, collaboration other H&M attorneys, liaising with data privacy and product safety teams, customer activation, marketing, and human resources as well as due diligence, legal research and compliance verifications
Act as a role model, delivering feedback, communicating in an inspiring and inclusive way, assisting in the preparation of the legal and lease administration matters the team while coaching the H&M values and the Expansion’s internal and external ways of working
Demonstrate a strong understanding of best practices in LIMA, and/or other lease management software
Willingness to attend occasional legal conferences
Qualification
Required
College degree and J.D. from a U.S. accredited law school along with admission to and in good standing with the NY bar, or any bar in the United States
3 to 8 years experience in leasing required
Can state facts, law and legal arguments clearly and logically in written and oral form
Needs to be able to think in terms of business strategy while fulfilling legal standards
Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word and Excel)
Inclusive, positive, open to feedback, willing to multitask and learn on the job
Preferred
Retail leasing and in-house experience strongly preferred but not required
Lease Administration Software (Virtual Premise, or some similar real estate database software) knowledge preferred but not required
Benefits
Health insurance
Wellness and family support programs
Company match 401k
Paid leave programs
Paid time off, including a community day to serve your local community
Employee discount at H&M, & Other Stories, and COS
Company
H&M
H&M Clothing Company is a Swedish multinational retail-clothing company, known for its fast-fashion clothing for men and women.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.24M2018-03-27Grant· $1.24M
2004-10-08IPO
Leadership Team
Cathrine Wigzell
Global General Manager/MD H&M Beauty
Johanna Fernstedt
Global Product Manager
Recent News
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