Counsel, Real Estate & Construction

Position

Louis Vuitton Americas is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Counsel, Real Estate & Construction to join our dynamic legal team. This pivotal role will primarily focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a comprehensive range of construction documentation, commercial agreements, and real estate lease-related documents, supporting the strategic expansion and maintenance of our luxury retail presence across the Americas.

The ideal candidate will bring a robust background in transactional real estate law, with a strong preference for prior in-house experience, and a proven ability to manage complex legal matters with exceptional attention to detail.

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Primary responsibility for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating construction documentation, including contractor, architect, consulting, and services agreements, including AIA documents.
• Primary responsibility for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating facilities service agreements and other commercial agreements.
• Primary responsibility for reviewing and negotiating SNDAs and estoppel certificates.
• Primary responsibility for maintaining and reviewing insurance claims (with support from paralegal)
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating office leases, licenses and location agreements for pop ups and events.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating retail lease–related documents, including subleases, assignments, amendments, renewals, surrender, release agreements, access agreements, and termination agreements.

Profile

The ideal candidate will possess 4+ years of transactional real estate legal experience in a law firm or combination of law firm and in-house corporate setting. Prior in-house experience will be given priority consideration.

• J.D. from an accredited law school and admitted to practice law in New York State and in good standing with the New York State bar.
• Ability to manage a high volume of projects and deadlines independently.
• Excellent business judgment, high-quality attention to detail and keen ability to identify and anticipate issues. Ability to analyze and draft real estate legal issues with and without AI assistance.
• Knowledge and ability to remain abreast of current developments in commercial real estate law.
• General knowledge and understanding of insurance, indemnification, and risk management.
• Proactive and resourceful approach to recognizing needs and solving problems.
• Excellent interpersonal and client relations skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team, as necessary.

The appointed candidate will be offered a base salary within the range of USD $130,000- $155,000 a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, various paid time off programs, employee discount/perks and two retirement plans both with employer contributions.

• Please note that restrictions may apply to part-time employees

The position requires 4 days per week on site in the Louis Vuitton Corporate Office, located in the heart of Midtown, Manhattan.

Additional information

Louis Vuitton is a company that respects the uniqueness of each employee and offers everyone the means to find their place and prosper. We promote initiatives aimed at supporting professional equality for everyone. We strive to go above and beyond purely symbolic measures by building a culture passionate about meaningful strategies aimed at crafting an inclusive workforce.

In addition to a generous benefits package, unparalleled career development opportunities, both locally & globally, as an employee at Louis Vuitton, you can expect to be provided with industry leading training which will offer you an in-depth insight into the luxury and retail environment.