Associate Legal Counsel (Real Estate)

Assistant Legal Counsel, Real Estate

As the largest jewelry brand in the world, Pandora gives a voice to millions of people’s loves every day. Our beautiful jewelry empowers people all around the world to express themselves. We are proud to be part of their stories and the most important moments in their lives.

Where original thinking is welcomed, and can turn into positive impact in a heartbeat, we can dream big, dare to act, and deliver with care and passion. At Pandora where you can each craft far more than just an incredible career.

About the Team:

 

The Assistant Legal Counsel will advise on a wide range of real estate matters affecting Pandora’s corporate owned stores in North America. Pandora is in a growth phase and has an aggressive expansion plan of retail stores in the US and Canada. In addition, Pandora maintains a lease portfolio for over 400 stores that requires ongoing administration and legal review.

This role will report the Vice President of Legal and General Counsel and will be part of Pandora’s lean legal team supporting the North American business. The role will be the primary support for, and work very closely with, the Legal Counsel, Manager, for real estate and with members of the real estate team. It is a fast paced, exciting environment where the results of your work are often quickly realized in our business performance.

Your role as Assistant Legal Counsel, Real Estate:

• Draft, review, and engage in lease negotiations for a high volume of new leases, lease amendments, and related documents for real estate matters with major and independent landlords in the US and Canada in partnership / collaboration with the legal and real estate teams
• Review and prepare estoppel certificates, SNDAs, easement agreements and other documents needed in the ordinary course of lease administration.
• Provide fast and efficient advice and counsel to the real estate team, assisting in ensuring our leases are as favorable as possible, and manage complex legal and transactional issues relating to Pandora’s expansion plans and strategy.
• Review and advise on lease related matters in acquisitions and dispositions.
• Assist with documentation review and negotiation for store construction agreements and related documents.
• Provide legal support for real estate related disputes and litigation.
• Monitor legislative and regulatory developments related to real estate compliance matters.
• Provide legal support with general corporate/miscellaneous matters as needed (e.g., review of vendor contracts, non-disclosure agreements)
  
  
  

Craft your career with us if you have:

• A juris doctorate from an accredited US law school
• Licensed to practice law in the US.
• At least 4 years of experience with complex retail leases in malls, life-style centers, and high street locations
• A strong foundational knowledge of current retail store lease practices and trends
• Ability to work independently, with some supervision, on complex transactions
• Prior in-house experience in consumer products and/or retail sectors is preferred
• Must be detail oriented and interested in personal and organizational improvement
• Previous experience partnering with various levels stakeholders in the organization and operating in a matrixed environment
• A legal mindset that adapts to business requirements and priorities and a problem-solving mentality
• A strong networking capability with like industry legal counsel and outside attorneys
• Ability to manage outside counsel as needed
  
  
  

Our Benefits:

• We Dare! We offer robust compensation package including base and bonus, a 401K plan to help you secure your financial future
• We Care! Pandora offers extensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Short/Long Term Disability, Basic Life and AD&D, anniversary gift cards, recognition program and product discounts!
• We Dream! Pandora is fostering growth and crafting opportunities to support the business needs which learning and development programs, continuous feedback, LinkedIn learning, tuition reimbursement and more
• We Deliver! PTO Package including: Vacation, Personal, Sick, Birthday, Celebration days and Paid Holidays
  
  
  

About Pandora:

Pandora designs, manufactures, and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 6,800 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores.

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 27,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated a revenue of DKK 23.4 billion in 2021.

Pandora’s recruitment procedures are designed to be transparent and clear for all candidates. This helps us ensure that applicants are provided with a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their competencies and skills by removing blocking factors, possible biases, and risks of discrimination. We encourage everyone applying to our vacancies to refrain from adding identity-related elements such as a photo, marital status, and age.

About Pandora NAM:

The Pandora North America team in the USA & Canada consists of more than 115 employees working at our offices in New York & Baltimore, more than 80 in our Logistics Center in Columbia, Maryland, an additional 100 in field positions, and more than 3,900 in our owned and operated stores.

Today, the USA is Pandora’s single largest market. The Pandora North American region as a whole encompasses over 1,400 points of sale, including over 420 concept stores, with more than 300 being owned and operated by Pandora.