Corporate Counsel – Network Real Estate Transactions

T-Mobile T-Mobile · Telecom · Parsippany, NJ

This is a Corporate Counsel role focused on Network Real Estate Transactions at T-Mobile. The role involves drafting and negotiating commercial leases and related agreements for cell sites, working with cross-functional teams, and ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory obligations. Responsibilities include leading negotiations, analyzing local ordinances, building government relationships, enhancing legal efficiency through tools and processes, leading training initiatives, and overseeing external legal resources. The role requires a Juris Doctorate, admission to a state bar, and 2-4 years of relevant experience in real estate transactions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead negotiations for complex real estate agreements, including leases, amendments, easements, SNDAs, estoppel certificates, and more.
  2. Analyze and influence local ordinances and codes to facilitate wireless infrastructure deployment. Act as a key subject matter expert for state and federal laws and regulations, shaping the future of wireless policy.
  3. Forge impactful partnerships with state, local, and federal agencies to advance wireless deployment initiatives.
  4. Design and implement tools and processes that streamline legal services and promote consistency across regions and functions.
  5. Co-create training materials and deliver sessions to T-Mobile attorneys, development teams, and vendors, sharing best practices to enhance efficiency and collaboration.

Skills

Required

  • Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school
  • Admission to a state bar, with eligibility to practice as in-house counsel in New Jersey
  • 2-4 years of relevant in-house or law firm experience
  • Strategic thinking
  • Executive maturity
  • Track record of providing actionable legal advice
  • Ability to manage high transaction volumes within ambitious timeframes
  • Collaborative leadership
  • Proactive collaboration
  • Can-do attitude
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Critical thinking skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Project management skills
  • Ability to balance multiple priorities
  • Ability to manage complex projects with precision and clarity
  • Strong time management skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Proven ability to collaborate with other legal and business professionals
  • Focus on identifying efficiencies and delivering results
  • Results-oriented
  • Customer-focused
  • Ability to work efficiently
  • Meet demanding deadlines
  • Balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

What the JD emphasized

  • critical to expanding and enhancing the company’s network real estate assets
  • rapid deployment and upgrade of our nationwide cell sites
  • support long-term growth, operational flexibility, and compliance with applicable contractual and regulatory obligations
  • dynamic team of legal professionals dedicated to delivering innovative solutions and ensuring smooth operations in a fast-paced environment
  • Drive Strategic Negotiations
  • Champion Regulatory Innovation
  • Build Government Relationships
  • Enhance Legal Efficiency
  • Lead Training Initiatives
  • Optimize Cost Management
  • 2-4 years of relevant in-house or law firm experience, demonstrating a proven ability to deliver results.
  • A team player with executive maturity and a track record of providing actionable legal advice.
  • Adept at managing high transaction volumes within ambitious timeframes, ensuring seamless delivery.
  • A proactive collaborator with a "can-do" attitude, excellent communication, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
  • Skilled at balancing multiple priorities and managing complex projects with precision and clarity.
  • 2-4 years of on-point in-house and/or law firm real estate experience.
  • Proven ability to collaborate with other legal and business professionals with a focus on identifying efficiencies and delivering results.
  • Ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines, and balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.