Senior Leasing Counsel

About this Opportunity:

At Regency Centers, our people are our greatest asset, and we believe that our highly skilled and talented team makes us better. We are seeking a Senior Leasing Counsel to join our regional office located in Westport, Connecticut. This position requires advanced-level skills in retail leasing and strong organizational and management skills, including building, managing, and being a part of an effective team. This individual will provide high-quality, timely, and cost-effective legal advice to manage risk and protect Regency’s interests. This person may lead, manage, and direct a subgroup of Regency’s in-house Legal team, including attorneys and paralegals, focused on retail leasing within a particular region.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Provide advanced retail leasing and related transactional legal support, primarily on a regional basis, in collaboration with Regency's business and corporate teams, outside counsel, tenants, and tenants' counsel.
• Draft, negotiate, review, and revise retail leases (including shop, ground, and anchor leases) and related leasing documents, property operations documents, and national contracts.
• Provide legal analysis and guidance on complex leasing and leasing-related matters.
• Review and analyze leases, related agreements, title documents, and surveys to address business needs, evaluate risk, and determine appropriate courses of action.
• Prepare detailed lease summaries, exhibits, matrices, legal memoranda, and abstracts related to exclusive, restricted, and prohibited uses, redevelopment rights, signage rights, control areas, and other lease provisions.
• Assist with determining, drafting, and revising consents and other documentation needed to support business objectives.
• Manage and support legal team members, including counsel and paralegals, as well as outside counsel, including providing training and development opportunities.
• Drive process improvements related to legal team operations, business support, leasing forms, training, procedures, and collaboration with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
Are You Qualified?

• Juris Doctor Degree from an ABA certified law school
• Membership in state bar association
• At least eight (8) years of experience as a practicing retail leasing attorney, including experience in other commercial real estate matters and agreements such as acquisitions/dispositions, financings, and due diligence (e.g., title and survey review).
• Previous law firm and/or in-house legal experience required.
• Prior supervisory experience of assistants or paralegals required.
• Advanced-level legal drafting skills, analytical skills, oral and written communication skills, problem-solving, conflict resolution, negotiation skills, research, writing and advocacy skills
• Proficiency in or ability to quickly learn Microsoft 365 products and technology.
• Ability to understand and learn to use new technologies, including AI.
• Familiarity with e-billing and matter management systems (the department currently uses Ascent).
• Ability to develop and implement systems to gather and use data and KPIs to support legal department operations.
• Familiarity with other technologies and their productive use within legal departments.
* Regency Centers will not sponsor employment-based immigration petitions or applications for this position, including but not limited to H-1B, TN visa, or permanent residency.

Personal Traits We Value:

• Self-motivated, works equally well independently and with a team in a multi-tasking, dynamic, team-oriented environment
• High level of professionalism and integrity; must be trustworthy and able to handle confidential and proprietary information appropriately
• Strong attention to detail, organization, priority setting and time-management skills
• Good customer and task focus coupled with interpersonal savvy and perseverance skills
• Enthusiasm and aptitude for learning and appropriately leveraging emerging technologies
• Ability to effectively collaborate with team members to achieve goals in a positive and constructive manner
• Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings, analyzing and presenting complex information with ease and reliable accuracy
• Ability to be accountable, handle multiple challenges, and drive for results at a brisk pace
• Ability to effectively mentor, train, manage, motivate, lead and develop legal team members

A Little Bit About Us:

We own and operate premier shopping centers in suburban neighborhoods in the top cities and markets across the country. We live by a strong set of values, which have guided us for more than 60 years.

Our centers thrive with highly productive grocers, restaurants, service