Job Description
When you join Hines, you will work alongside innovative leaders who set the standards responsible for our reputation as an industry leader today, and you'll be a part of shaping our future in the years to come.
As Legal Counsel with Hines, you will assist the Assistant General Counsel - APAC with Hines’ legal activities in the APAC region. Advising on risks and liability standards in Hines’ investment vehicles, including joint ventures, separate accounts and funds, as well as assisting with real estate transactions. Coordinating and providing guidance to external law firms to ensure all material legal risks, issues and disputes relating to Hines are effectively managed and controlled. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Assist with preparing term sheets for joint ventures, separate accounts and funds to invest in real estate assets and development projects in APAC markets
- Review a mix of core & ancillary legal agreements for joint ventures and separate accounts prepared by outside counsel, and participate in negotiations as required
- Work closely with the tax team to determine and implement investment structures
- Assist with real estate transactions such as acquisitions & dispositions of assets and corporate vehicles, forward funding and/or forward purchase transactions etc including all stages of such transactions from initial NDAs & NBOs, through to final closings, leases and loan documents
- Assist with corporate authority matters, including establishment of SPVs, drafting authorizing resolutions, preparing intercompany agreements and shareholder loans, responding to due diligence and “know your customer” requests and reviewing PoAs
- Draft, review and negotiate service agreements (asset, development and property management agreements, corporate service / consultancy agreements etc.)
- Draft, review and negotiate a variety of service contracts with Hines vendors
- Review guarantees provided by Hines entities
- Assist where necessary with licensing and regulatory matters in various jurisdictions
- Assist with strategic projects such as preparing guidance notes & template documents for use within the legal team and the wider business issues
Minimum Requirements include:
- Licensed to practice law in Singapore or other relevant APAC jurisdiction
- Two or more years’ post qualified experience working for a major law firm with experience in some of all or the following:
- Structuring and negotiating real estate joint ventures
- Advising on real estate, forward funding and/or forward purchase transactions
- Advising on corporate real estate transactions
- Excellent academic qualifications
- In-house experience would be beneficial but not essential
- Strong commerciality - i.e., know how to get things done within a fast-paced organization
- Demonstrable organisational, problem solving skills, able to prioritise and work independently
- Rigorous, detail orientated, flexible, versatile and with good people skills and ability to work in a multi-discipline team
- Excellent oral and written communications skills and confident advising senior executives
- Fluent in English and proficiency in a second language (Chinese, Japanese or Korean) will be considered as an asset
- Availability to travel within APAC is required