Legal Counsel - Industrial Leasing and Operations

Dream is looking for Legal Counsel, Industrial Leasing and Operations!

Dream is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Legal Counsel, Industrial Leasing and Operations to join our industrial team. This role is ideal for a lawyer with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in commercial and industrial leasing and/or commercial real estate transactions (investments and financing) who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is comfortable working independently. This role will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer of Dream Industrial.

What will you do?

The Legal Counsel will work closely with senior management and cross-functional teams to evaluate, structure, and implement legal and business solutions across various arrangements, including new and existing leases, service contracts, secured financings, value-add investments such as development and solar panel installations. This includes drafting and negotiating agreements, amendments, and related documentation for commercial and industrial real estate assets as well as managing tenant relations and recoveries. The successful candidate will clearly and concisely communicate legal positions to both internal stakeholders and external parties. A strong general understanding of leasing, tenant relations, and real estate developments and operations is beneficial.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Working with regional portfolio management and leasing teams, draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial leasing documents and operational contracts, including offers to lease, leases, amendments, assignments, terminations, NDA’s, and service contracts.
• Provide strategic legal advice and support to internal stakeholders on leasing matters, operational matters and related real estate issues.
• Manage lease-related disputes and liaise with external counsel as needed.
• Delivery of efficient and effective legal advice and support of Dream’s management team.
• Support legal due diligence and leasing aspects of acquisitions, dispositions, secured financings and development projects.
• Maintain and update lease templates and legal precedents;
• Manage and mentor regional lease documentation teams and coordinate with internal European legal counsel.

What type of experience should you have?

Skills

• Strong people skills. You are a team player with an ability to build relationships at all levels of an organization.
• Strong communication skills. You write clearly, you speak with kindness and respect, your team understand your expectations.
• Responsiveness. You can anticipate needs, commit to respond as agreed, but really, you want to over-deliver!
• Innovator. You are respectful of current operating processes, but look to develop new ideas to bring better results.
• Deliver on commitments. You set clear goals and objectives, and then you deliver.
• Strong business acumen. You apply your technical skills in a pragmatic manner to assist the leasing and portfolio management teams in achieving positive business results.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial real estate experience at a Canadian public company and/or major law firm;
• A law degree from a recognized university and member of the Ontario Bar in good standing;
• Highly focused with attention to detail;
• Superior verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities;
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with experience resolving complex problems; and
• Superior organizational and time management skills.

Who are we?

Dream Unlimited provides asset management and advisory services to Dream Industrial REIT, a TSX-listed real estate investment trust that owns a portfolio of high-quality light industrial properties located in key industrial markets across Canada and the United States. Dream Industrial Management Corp. is a property management division within Dream Unlimited that provides services to Dream Industrial REIT.

Dream Unlimited is an award-winning Canadian real estate investment, development and management company with approximately $28 billion of assets under management in North America and Europe. Our scope of business includes asset management and management services for both publicly listed real estate as well as private capital..

Dream has grown substantially since its formation in 1996, becoming one of Canada’s leading real estate companies with a diverse workforce in North America and Europe. We are one of Canada’s largest developers, building communities for people to live in; developing land, homes, condominiums, retail centers and renewable power projects. We also build communities to work in, bringing office, industrial and retail spaces to life. We invest in and manage properties, enriching them for the people who work here and the greater community.

Our entrepreneurial spirit drives us to seize unconventional opportunities and approach every project with passion and purpose. At Dream, we care about our employees, provide exciting work opportunities, open work environments, and fun events, fostering an atmosphere where continuous learning and innovation thrive. Join us and make a difference.

We look forward to hearing from you, but please note; due to the high volume of applications, only candidates who qualify will be contacted. This position is for an existing vacancy.

Dream Unlimited is committed to workplace diversity and provides accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout our hiring process. If you require accommodation through any aspect our process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs. Our recruitment process does not include the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).