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Blackstone · 3 months ago

Legal & Compliance - Real Estate - Attorney, SVP

New York

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$210K/yr - $275K/yr

8+ years exp

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager, focused on creating positive economic impact and long-term value. They seek a Senior Vice President to join their in-house legal team, providing strategic legal guidance to the Real Estate business and managing complex legal issues with potential risks.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Play a key role in providing strategic legal guidance to Blackstone Real Estate and its portfolio companies on a broad range of legal matters, including risk management and crisis response; regulatory and compliance matters; material operational issues; material disputes, litigation and investigations; and sensitive employment and labor law matters

Collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Blackstone business teams, Blackstone corporate groups, portfolio company legal teams, outside counsel) to drive consensus on complex, material issues with potential portfolio-wide impact

Effectively brief up and concisely summarize complex legal issues to Real Estate leadership

Play a central role in preventing issues from happening and managing them when they do

Develop and maintain close working relationships with general counsels and legal teams at portfolio companies

Manage portfolio company escalation policies, including development and implementation of standards, playbooks and protocols

Propose and implement creative solutions to drive efficiency and improve processes, with particular focus on effective legal and compliance support across Blackstone’s Real Estate portfolio

Keep abreast of legislative and regulatory updates with potential impact on Blackstone’s Real Estate portfolio and advise on their business impact

Qualification

Real Estate LawRisk ManagementCompliance MattersInterpersonal SkillsProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementCreative Problem SolvingCommunication Skills

Required

An attorney with 8+ years of experience at a law firm and/or in-house (preferably at a real estate operating company or an asset manager)

Experience navigating sponsor/portfolio company relationships

Familiarity with real estate company operations

Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, including by effectively distilling complex legal issues into commercially actionable guidance

Demonstrated experience liaising with internal and external business and corporate teams on issues critical to corporate reputation effectively drives consensus among a variety of stakeholders

Successfully manages multiple priorities and stakeholders while raising issues in a timely and productive fashion

Manages projects independently and to completion on tight deadlines

Self-starter and creative problem solver interested in working as part of a collaborative team and willing to embrace a variety of responsibilities

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits

Paid time off

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Discretionary bonuses

Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s sole discretion.

Company

Blackstone

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Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager.

Founded in 1985

New York, NY, US

1001-5000 employees

http://www.blackstone.com

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