SENIOR DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL/Real Estate Attorney

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The Port of San Diego (Port) is seeking a senior attorney with a practice focus in real estate to join their General Counsel department of 17 people and support the fourth largest port in California. For over 50 years, the Port has developed and promoted commerce, navigation, recreation, and fisheries on and around San Diego Bay. This self-funded Port is San Diego’s gateway to the world. This Port leads the working waterfront and facilitates the international and domestic movement of goods and people. As an organization, the Port is a conscientious innovator that leverages unique expertise, deep-water berths, forward-thinking solutions, and strategic relationships to expand opportunities for businesses and employees. The Port generates billions of dollars per year for the regional economy, creating well-paying jobs and a prosperous global economic engine for all. Its General Counsel team is an integral part of making it all happen, and this vital senior-level counsel position will have a pivotal role in supporting the complex real estate work that provides all these amazing impacts to the region. Apply today to be a part of this amazing team and organization and use your legal expertise and know-how to not just make an amazing living but to make a difference!

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The Port is seeking a Deputy General Counsel IV or V to work on a variety of matters with a focus on real estate transactions. This senior-level attorney will oversee the Port’s legal aspects of discrete real estate transactions and should have superb negotiation and analytical skills to draft and negotiate the terms and conditions of real estate documents, including, but not limited to leases, ground leases, short-term leases, and real estate finance documents. Much of the Port’s revenue is generated through the Port’s real estate portfolio: hotels, marina, shipyards, restaurants, and specialty retail, requiring a good deal of tenant management and transactions related to that work. All real estate agreements – amounting to hundreds of agreements – are reviewed by the real estate attorney team. This position will also assist with revenue growth related to redevelopment projects and adding assets to the portfolio. They will ensure that real estate transactions are legal, binding, and in the best interest of the Port. This attorney will also monitor legal risk in real estate documentation and advise clients accordingly. In addition, they will draft leases and amendments, ensure that appropriate approvals are in place before real estate transactions are executed, manage regulatory and compliance-related matters, and support legal and general advisory needs associated with a large-scale real estate portfolio.