Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Highgate is a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company seeking a dynamic mid to senior-level associate for their Hospitality Law Group. The role involves independent management of transactional and litigation-based projects, providing legal support to hospitality operations, and engaging with hotel properties across the United States.
Responsibilities
- Legal support to United States based hospitality operations
- Thoroughly examine, analyze, and prepare responses to third-party subpoenas, state agency audit requests, and property-related inquiries
- Draft responsive communications addressing issues involving hotel guests, tenants, vendors, and property-level matters
- Engage with hotel properties across the United States to gather information, assess issues, and support timely legal responses
- Contract review and related transactional support
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of hotel vendor contracts and related agreements
- Support HLG development initiatives and other transactional matters as assigned
- Collateral support to co-counsel leading litigation, arbitration, and claims support
- Assist with insurance coverage issues, document collection, case preparation, and matter tracking
- Partner with the legal team on employment-related documentation, compliance questions, and process improvements
- Identify and execute process and policy enhancements that support scalable, efficient contracting, litigation tracking, and legal operations workflows
- Organize and maintain case materials using traditional and electronic document management systems
- Assist the legal team with organizational, administrative, and project management matters as needed
- Provide legal advice on various HLG development initiatives
- Attend industry conferences supporting firm marketing and growth
- 1500 annual billable hour requirement
Skills
- JD degree required
- Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction; admission in New York, Texas, or California is a plus
- Minimum of three years of transactional and/or litigation experience at a law firm
- Experience with subpoenas, contract review, legal drafting, and matter management
- Excellent legal writing, analytical, and judgment skills
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Exceptional time management, organizational skills, attention to detail, and work ethic
- Comfortable working in a high-pressure, high-volume environment with multiple assignments, concurrent deadlines, and shifting priorities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Adobe, Westlaw and document management systems
- Hospitality, real estate, employment, commercial litigation, insurance, vendor contracting, or multi-state regulatory experience is preferred
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and bonus opportunity.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Flexible PTO plan.
- 401(k) program.
- HSA and FSA options.
- Career development opportunities within a growing hospitality-focused legal platform.
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