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Job Overview
Position Schedule: Full-Time
This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 20-May-2025. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.
Branch Real Estate ("BRE") Legal Advisory Lead will provide business guidance on legal matters related to larger Branch Real Estate initiatives primarily within the Service Delivery Line of the department. This role is uniquely positioned at the intersection of legal and business providing critical guidance on leasing strategy, negotiations, and escalations across a national portfolio.
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The role will focus on several distinct work streams including: resolving branch lease issues that escalate from the field, acting as business lead for EDJ in lease documentation for high profile leasing projects with elevated complexity, visibility or cost outside of normal branch real estate parameters; and providing advice and strategic direction for various branch real estate issues as they arise in the leasing, design, construction, and administration of 16,000 branch offices and special projects. This role will act as a key thought partner to the business and legal teams ensuring risk aware, practical solutions that align with corporate real estate and legal objectives.
What You'll Do:
- Act as a liaison between the legal department, outside counsel, service provider partner, various other third parties and the business facing real estate team to help translate legal principals into practical business guidance.
- Identify, assess, and elevate legal issues that go beyond standard business decision making ensuring appropriate involvement from internal and external legal counsel.
- Serve as key advisor on lease negotiations and various other complex transactions related to EDJ real estate branch portfolio and special projects.
- Work cross-functionally with business teams, in-house and external counsel, landlords, brokers, etc.
- Assist in drafting, revising, and interpreting a wide range of real estate documents including leases, amendments, letters of intent, etc.
- Leverage internal and external relationships to ensure team deliverables are compliant with industry best practices and conform to internal policy and legal requirements. Communicate key business and legal concepts to senior management clearly in both written and oral form to effectively influence critical decisions.
- Provide subject matter expertise to leaders and associates as a they manage multiple projects and people concurrently.
- Support dispute resolution and recommend business strategy related to real estate issues as they arise in real time throughout the portfolio.
- Work with internal legal, compliance, and business teams to mitigate risk and ensure adherence to enterprise policies, relevant law, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.
Hiring Minimum: $117000
Hiring Maximum: $199300
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Skills/Requirements
Position Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree - JD strongly preferred
- Minimum of six years in financial services, corporate real estate, or legal settings.
- Proven understanding of commercial real estate law including retail and office leasing principals, lease structuring, and landlord/tenant relationships.
- Deep knowledge of lease negotiation process including key business and legal terms and structures. Working knowledge of interplay between legal risk and business objectives.
- Demonstrated experience in corporate real estate operations to effectively partner with cross functional teams.
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Awards & Accolades
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
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About Us
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
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Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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