Description

Job Title:                           Real Estate Transactional and Environmental Counsel

Department:                   Corporate & Capital Markets

Office:                               Boston Office

Summary

We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; global litigation; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation protection.

Brown Rudnick is seeking a qualified attorney with at least 10 years of experience practicing environmental and real estate law to join its Real Estate, Energy & Environmental Practice Group for a part-time Counsel-level role in the Boston, MA office. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of Massachusetts environmental law and a strong track record advising clients on land use, zoning, and regulatory permitting matters. The ability to navigate complex local and state permitting processes and to provide strategic counsel on regulatory compliance is essential. Candidates should also have experience counseling clients on environmental risks and liabilities in the context of real estate and business transactions. A background that includes work related to RCRA, CERCLA, and agency enforcement actions is particularly valuable. In addition to core environmental experience, candidates with a general real estate transactional background and familiarity with construction law will be well suited for this role. Experience with acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, or development agreements will be considered a plus.

Brown Rudnick represents sophisticated, large, national, multinational, and regional clients with complex legal matters in a variety of areas including real estate developers, industrial facilities, manufacturers, owners, utilities, and energy producers. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with a collaborative team on complex, high-impact matters that influence development and environmental strategy across Massachusetts and beyond.

This position offers a flexible schedule and is open to a professional track attorney seeking a part-time, hourly paid, arrangement.

Salary range based on experience level and qualification is estimated to be in the range of $175 to $200 per hour.

Qualifications

•     Candidates must have outstanding academic credentials, comparable law firm or other experience, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•     JD required
•     Admission to the Massachusetts Bar
•     Experience with Massachusetts environmental laws, land use and permitting.

Who We Are 

Brown Rudnick is a leading international law firm that provides exceptional, client-driven service in global litigation, crisis management (restructuring, investigations and special situations), brand and reputation management, life sciences and technology.  We advise on high-profile cross-border matters while providing the kind of personal attention to clients that is typically found at boutiques. Our enterprising and tenacious lawyers serve our clients around the globe from offices in key financial centers in the U.S. and the U.K., and have been recognized by, among others, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and Law360 for excellence in their fields.

Brown Rudnick LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing talented professionals from all backgrounds across the spectrum of diversity. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or another protected characteristic, all as defined by applicable laws.