Real Estate Legal Manager - Milano Milano

Real Estate Legal Manager - Milano
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

About Action

Action stores are enjoying great success in Europe.

We started our business with a small store in the Netherlands in 1993 and today our company has grown into an international retail organization with more than 2, 000 stores in 10 countries and over 65, 000 employees.

Working for Action means having a solid and financially reliable employer, with a concrete and motivating approach.

**Real Estate Legal Manager - Milano**:

The Legal Manager is managing the Legal department in the relevant country and reports directly to Acquisition & Construction Manager.

The job has 3 direct reports: Legal specialist.

Provides legal advice and support in the process from Lead to Store, especially in relation to (negotiating) lease contracts and permits.

Arranging all legal works in the relevant country mainly for Real Estate and eventually relevant topics more general (f. e. customs, fraud, claim, insurance ).

**This is your daily job**:

1.

Operational Management

Develops strategic and operational plans for the Legal team

Supports Acquisition managers with contract negotiations; makes text proposals, alternative clauses/ sections check.

Secures high quality lease contract by checking "must haves/ nice to haves" conform Action standard.

Screens (standard) lease contracts.

Monitors the expiration date of current lease contracts and ensure timely termination or extension of the lease contracts.

Arranges financial securities (bank

- or concern guarantee).

Ensures alignment with Action Legal Counsel (internal) and external Lease Law specialist.

Sources materials and services for the lowest possible price (in coordination with Legal Manager International).

Makes sure our ways of working and stores are in line with local regulations. Works within the guidelines of the Central organization (PoR, standards, document naming, h drive structure, timelines etc. ).

2.

Optimizing

Continuously ensures an up-to-date administration and archive of all legal Real Estate related documents.

3.

People Management

Clearly steers a category team, takes the lead, gives clear working instructions, plans employees and activities in such a manner that targets are successfully achieved.

Is actively involved in improving employee skills by providing legal feedback, instructions, explanation and coaching.

Makes employees enthusiastic, clearly indicates the intended effect of targets, brings about a positive attitude towards the work and inspires team members.

Gives direct and constructive feedback about the delivered performance and personal development related to future requirements and priorities.

Stimulates employees to join in on the thought process and to actively contribute to the development of new ideas and to learn from his/her own experiences and those of others.

Responsible for an optimal staffing, recruitment activities and retaining of employees within the department.

Implements best practice processes and ways of working.

Communicates local exceptions and circumstances and integrate these in our way of working.

4.

Reports

Prepares various (periodic) Management Reports for the relevant country Acquisition & Construction Manager.

**This is you**:

Equivalent of Master level degree in Law

Experience practicing as a lawyer with specialization in Real Estate (lease

- purchase, permits, cadaster etc. )

and minimum 5 years of relevant working experience for retail stores.

As a guide, we prefer a person who has reviewed a minimum of 50 retail lease contracts and a minimum of 50 permits for retails stores.

Managing and motivating (legal) employees

Fluent in Italian and English

Make proposals for efficient and effective working methods with the least possible complexity and implements these

Demonstrates a high level of pragmatism

Is very organised, is able to structure activities and projects, sticks to agreements within deadlines and according to guidelines

Works efficiently and effectively, also when under time pressure

Works effectively with others to achieve common targets