WeWork - General Counsel Role - Corporate & Transactions

WeWork is hiring for its Counsel, Corporate & Transactions position. The role is a unique opportunity to be an integral part of the business and legal teams to support our growth in India. The hire will be responsible for:

- Real estate leases: negotiating commercial real estate leases

- Construction agreements: negotiating general contractor, engineer and architect agreements

- Sales and vendor agreements: advising sales and operations teams, negotiating and resolving issues on our customer and supplier agreements

- Employment: supporting our HR team on regulatory and contractual matters

- Corporate: corporate secretarial work on corporate entities

- New market preparedness: structuring our operations to meet regulatory requirements and localize agreements

- Litigation: advising business teams on resolving pre-litigation disputes and directing disputes once developed into formal litigation

- Compliance: work with global HQ to implement

Qualifications

- 8 to 12 years experience in corporate and commercial matters, in-house experience preferred but not required.

- Facility with drafting and fast-paced negotiation and dealing with subject matters outside of the area of expertise.

- The ideal candidate will be able to strategize on high-level matters while advising business teams on day-to-day contract negotiations and regulatory matters.

- A sincere desire to help small businesses: not just because that's what our mission is, but also because that's how we think of our internal clients.

- Able to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic growth-mode environment.

- Good educators and communicators.

- Strong English language skills required.

- Critical Competencies for Success