Legal Analyst

About Realty Income 

Realty Income (NYSE: O), an S&P 500 company, is a real estate partner to the world's leading companies. Founded in 1969, we invest in diversified commercial real estate and have a portfolio of 15,600 properties in all 50 U.S. states, the UK and six other countries in Europe, with a gross book value $58bn. We are known as "The Monthly Dividend Company®” and have a mission to deliver stockholders dependable monthly dividends that grow over time. Since our founding, we have declared 656 consecutive monthly dividends and are a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats® index, having increased our dividend for the last 30 consecutive years.

You will be joining one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the world as we rapidly expand into the UK and European markets, including moving into new offices at 3 St. James’s Square.

The European portfolio, including the UK, has experienced consistent growth quarter-on-quarter since our first international acquisition, a £429m 12-property portfolio from Sainsbury’s in 2019. In just five years the portfolio now includes investments of over $11bn, and 483 distinct properties.

Position Overview 

Realty Income is seeking a Legal Analyst to support its European Legal group with the administrative and operational work that underpins property acquisitions, disposals, portfolio management, and broader legal-department activity. Reporting to the Head of Legal (UK), the role will organise transaction and entity records, coordinate post-closing activity, maintain legal and cost trackers, support invoice and KYC/AML workflows, and liaise with internal colleagues, outside advisers, tenants, and third-party providers. This opportunity suits a highly organised legal professional who brings accuracy, sound judgement, and confidence working across multiple deadlines in a real estate environment. 

Responsibilities 

• Compile transaction file documentation and distribute materials requested by the legal team. 

• Organise and maintain files for multiple properties and legal entities. 

• Coordinate post-closing items and prepare transaction reports and interdepartmental communications. 

• Arrange the preparation and delivery of notices to tenants and third parties as instructed. 

• Manage records retention and filing across SharePoint and internal and external drives. 

• Maintain accurate trackers for transactions, legal costs, and other legal information. 

• Coordinate legal invoice collation, tracking, and related follow-up. 

• Collate responses and supporting documentation for KYC/AML requests. 

• Coordinate and liaise with outside counsel and other advisers. 

• Prepare tenant welcome letters and support routine lease activity, including licences, easements, and releases, as instructed. 

• Arrange large meetings and provide printing, copying, postal, and document-distribution support. 

• Attend European Legal group and wider Legal Department meetings. 

• Communicate with Company lawyers, paralegals, and Environmental, Technical, and Lease Abstraction teams on the status of assigned matters. 

• Correspond as needed with outside counsel, advisers, tenants, service providers, and internal employees. 

• Handle other requests for legal administrative and operational support as assigned. 

Qualifications 

We would expect the successful candidate to have: 

• At least three years of relevant professional experience and/or training. 

• Experience working in a legal environment. 

• Familiarity with lease and property documentation and terminology. 

• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with a high degree of accuracy and timeliness. 

• The ability to prioritise a large workload, manage competing deadlines, seek guidance appropriately, and work independently. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, and other Microsoft Office applications. 

• Strong internet research capability. 

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to compose correspondence and reports from brief instructions. 

• The ability to enter and retrieve data with the speed and accuracy required for assigned work. 

• Intermediate reasoning skills and basic mathematical skills, including rates, ratios, percentages, and interpretation of bar graphs. 

• A combination of education, training, experience, skills, and other characteristics that provides the knowledge and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience in commercial real estate or a property-focused legal team. 

• Prior exposure to acquisitions, disposals, post-closing activity, entity records, or routine lease matters. 

• Experience maintaining legal trackers, transaction files, cost records, and document-retention systems. 

• Experience coordinating KYC/AML documentation and working with outside counsel or professional advisers. 

• Familiarity with SharePoint-based legal records and collaborative document management. 

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This role is subject to enhanced compliance and disclosure requirements consistent with those of a financial services organization.

Our Mission & Values

For more than 50 years, Realty Income has been guided by our mission to invest in people and places to deliver dependable monthly dividends that increase over time. We do this by nurturing long-term, meaningful relationships that enable people to achieve a better financial outlook. We understand that when individuals succeed financially, they are able to provide for their families, support local businesses and pursue their greatest ambitions, creating a lasting positive impact on communities.

Realty Income is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.