Emory’s Office of the General Counsel seeks an
experienced commercial real estate and business attorney to serve as Associate
General Counsel. The Associate General Counsel will represent Emory University
and Emory Healthcare on challenging matters confronting one of the nation’s
premier universities and academic medical centers in the rapidly changing
educational and health care delivery environments. Primary duties will include legal analysis and
advice to clients on a broad spectrum of commercial real estate, construction,
and land use issues and opportunities.
The Associate General Counsel will also partner with clients across the
Emory enterprise to address a wide variety of general university and healthcare
business and corporate transactions, including potential partnership and vendor
opportunities, as well as contract negotiation, review, and regulatory
compliance issues. Duties may also
include participation on various university committees as the legal advisor.
The candidate must be capable of working with minimal
supervision, work well on a team, be an excellent communicator, and be willing
to develop new areas of sub-specialty as needs may arise. The candidate must
have excellent judgment, client counseling, multi-tasking, and decision-making
skills. Collegiality and a sense of
humor are valued. Active membership in the
Georgia Bar (or ability to become an active member within one year), excellent
academic credentials, and a minimum of seven years legal experience in the real
estate and general corporate fields required. Previous work experience with universities, academic
medical centers, health care delivery systems, and/or in-house legal
departments is preferred.
For more information and to apply, visit the Emory Human
Resources website at http://hr.emory.edu/careers. Resumes must be submitted no later than August
26, 2021.
