Senior Real Estate Attorney

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Job Summary: Senior Real Estate Attorney for remote work in real estate litigation, drafting complex legal documents, and defining legal strategies—with emphasis on solutions and leadership. Key Highlights: 1. 100% Remote Work 2. Focus on Real Estate Litigation and Legal Strategies 3. Work Environment that Values Leadership and Autonomy **Law Firm in São Paulo/SP is hiring:** Senior Real Estate Attorney **Employment Type:** PJ (Individual Entrepreneur), Associate, or Service Partner (to be determined) **Remuneration:** R$8,000 to R$10,000 (depending on experience) **Benefits:** Performance-based incentive plan **Work Format:** 100% Remote **Working Hours:** Monday to Friday, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, flexible schedule. **Residency Requirement:** Any city in Brazil. Law degree with active OAB registration; Postgraduate degree in Real Estate Law and Civil Procedure; **Senior Experience in Real Estate Law:** lawsuits against construction companies, contract rescissions, possession claims, property rights, judicial auctions, adjudication, mortgage enforcement, construction defects, civil liability, leasing, condominium disputes, and documentary analysis; **Excellent Legal Writing Skills:** drafting complex initial pleadings, defenses, appeals, motions, objections, and legal memoranda; organizing evidence and factual chronologies; Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; Familiarity with technology, Bitrix CRM, digital processes, and AI tools will be considered a plus. **Expected Behavioral Profile:** A professional demonstrating leadership, firm and mature technical judgment, attention to detail, organization, and proactivity—capable of assuming responsibility for complex cases and focused on solutions. Must possess strong communication skills, ability to clearly explain legal matters to lay clients, confidence in decision-making, capacity for autonomous work without micromanagement, strict adherence to deadlines, and excellent legal writing. Immediate availability required. **Responsibilities:** Handling real estate litigation—including drafting complex initial pleadings, defenses, counterclaims, appeals (motions, appeals, objections, memoranda), challenges, various submissions, technical opinions, expert examination instructions, and enforcement-of-judgment filings. Defining each case’s strategic direction, identifying risks and opportunities, suggesting evidence, assessing the viability of claims, advising partners on operational decisions, monitoring deadlines, organizing the legal calendar, preparing reports, and maintaining system updates. Conducting intake screening for new cases, reviewing documents, formulating legal strategies, advising active clients, clarifying doubts, requesting documentation, supporting business development, and participating in technical meetings—all with clear and assertive communication to convey confidence and professionalism. Also responsible for operational organization and internal management—including deadline tracking for oneself and the team, standardizing legal writing, organizing documents, reviewing drafts prepared by interns or assistants, maintaining high technical standards, ensuring consistency in legal arguments, proposing workflow improvements, creating standardized document templates, updating case law references, conducting strategic legal research, populating the technical repository, daily alignment with the partner, performance meetings, goal planning, and ethical, courteous communication with clients, experts, attorneys, notaries, and registrars. **Minimum Education Requirement:** Postgraduate Specialization/MBA Performance-based incentive plan