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ALTAREA

Diversified real estate developer transforming cities

Legal Director

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÎle-de-France, FranceNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher education degree in law, such as real estate law, business law, tax law, or equivalent; knowledge of cultural heritage law.
  • Confirmed experience in a legal function, including securing complex transactions and specific structures, accounting for their tax implications, and leading legal teams.
  • Ability to handle strategically and regulatorily significant matters in close interaction with commercial teams and business divisions.
  • Expertise in real estate law, business law, tax law, and cultural heritage or rehabilitation law.
  • Mastery of tax issues related to real estate transactions and structures.
  • Ability to structure and secure complex legal arrangements.
  • Expertise in managing contracts, pre-litigation, and litigation.
  • Expertise in organizing and leading a legal department.
  • Ability to coordinate across business divisions and with commercial teams.

Responsibilities

  • Define and deploy the legal strategy for activities involving the preservation and enhancement of historical heritage.
  • Ensure consistent application of the legal and regulatory framework.
  • Ensure operations comply with regulations applicable to protected heritage.
  • Structure and evolve legal methods, procedures, and reference frameworks.
  • Manage tax matters, including regulations and relations with the tax authorities.
  • Provide legal security for real estate transactions involving investment, development, programs, and operations.
  • Support business divisions in structuring contractual arrangements.
  • Support projects involving the acquisition, restoration, rehabilitation, and enhancement of heritage properties.
  • Secure specific legal arrangements and account for the particular characteristics of Histoire & Patrimoine projects.
  • Ensure tax issues are considered in structuring and monitoring transactions and clients.
  • Identify and manage legal risks related to projects and strategic decisions.
  • Supervise the drafting, negotiation, and approval of contracts.
  • Lead pre-litigation and litigation matters in coordination with external counsel.
  • Define appropriate legal strategies for significant matters.
  • Supervise and animate legal teams, including legal counsel, drafters, and experts.
  • Structure the allocation of responsibilities among expertise, drafting, and oversight.
  • Ensure the quality and consistency of legal work products.
  • Coordinate closely with Finance, Tax, Development, Management, Human Resources, and Histoire & Patrimoine commercial teams.
  • Strengthen coordination between the Legal Department and commercial teams, particularly on Histoire & Patrimoine projects.
  • Provide legal expertise to decision-making bodies and commitment committees.
  • Report regularly to Histoire & Patrimoine's General Management and Altarea's Group Legal Department.

About the Company

ALTAREA

Diversified real estate developer transforming cities

Altarea is a real estate company focused on low-carbon urban transformation in France. It designs and manages a broad portfolio including retail spaces, housing, offices, and digital and energy infrastructure. Its products are built and operated as mixed-use urban projects, with active management of properties and ongoing investments in photovoltaic infrastructure and large data center campuses to support digital growth, including AI. What sets Altarea apart from competitors is its intentional diversification across three main property markets (retail, residential, and offices) combined with a strategic shift toward sustainable, low-carbon development and energy infrastructure, rather than sticking to a single asset class. Its goal is to shape resilient, sustainable cities by delivering energy-efficient buildings while expanding into high-growth sectors that support modern life and the digital economy.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
1994

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