Legal Counsel - Joint Ventures

Overview

When you join Hines, you will embark on a career journey fueled by vision and guided by leaders who set the standards of our industry. Our legacy is rooted in innovation and excellence, earning us a spot on Fast Company’s esteemed annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, as well as recognition as one of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Companies to Work For in 2024. Discover endless opportunities to grow and make your mark at Hines.

Responsibilities

Hines is seeking an experienced lawyer to support its European business, with a particular focus on the structuring, negotiation and management of joint ventures, investment arrangements and associated transactional documentation. Reporting to Assistant General Counsel – Joint Ventures in Europe, this role will work closely with Hines’ investment, development, asset management and finance teams, and will provide commercially focused legal advice throughout the lifecycle of Hines’ European joint ventures and investments. The role will involve significant interaction with institutional investors, capital partners, external counsel and other professional advisers across multiple European jurisdictions. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Advise on the formation, structuring, negotiation and operation of joint ventures involving Hines and its investment partners across Europe.

• Draft, review and negotiate shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, investment agreements, limited partnership agreements, articles of association, side letters and other governance documentation.

• Support the negotiation and documentation of equity commitments, shareholder funding arrangements, preferred equity and other investment structures.

• Advise on governance matters, including reserved matters, decision-making rights, deadlock provisions, transfer restrictions, exit arrangements and investor protections.

• Draft, review and negotiate management and service agreements (asset management agreements, development management agreements, etc.)

• Coordinate and oversee external legal counsel across relevant European jurisdictions, ensuring advice is commercially focused, proportionate and efficiently delivered.

• Provide legal input into transaction structuring, investment committee materials and transaction execution.

• Advise on amendments, waivers, consents and other matters arising during the ongoing operation of joint ventures.

• Support the management of disputes or potential disputes between joint venture partners where required.

• Identify legal and contractual risks and provide pragmatic solutions that balance risk management with Hines’ commercial objectives.

• Develop and maintain precedent documentation and contribute to the continuous improvement of legal processes relating to European investments and joint ventures.

• Build strong working relationships with senior stakeholders across Hines and act as a trusted legal adviser to the European business.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements include: 

• Excellent academic qualifications
• Licensed to practice law in the UK or other relevant European jurisdiction
• In-house experience would be beneficial but not essential
• At least 5 years’ post qualified experience working for a major law firm with experience in structuring and negotiating real estate joint ventures, corporate transactions, investment structures an associated documentation.
• Strong corporate IQ – i.e., know how to get things done within a corporate 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 will be considered as an asset

Closing

At Hines, we believe the built world is ultimately about people. As one of the world’s largest privately held real assets firms, we bring nearly seven decades of investment, development, and management experience to work that shapes cities and communities around the world.

Our people make that possible. Across 29 countries, more than 4,600 colleagues bring different perspectives and expertise to Hines, with opportunities to take on meaningful responsibility, learn from leaders across the business, and build a career with room to evolve. We support that journey through professional development, competitive rewards, comprehensive benefits, and a culture grounded in trust and high standards.

Hines is proud to be named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2024.

We are an equal opportunity employer and support workforce diversity.

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