Senior Real Estate Attorney

Description

Job Summary: Senior Real Estate Attorney for complex real estate litigation, with a focus on legal strategy and operational management, seeking a professional with leadership and proactivity. Key Highlights: 1. Expertise in complex real estate litigation and drafting of legal documents. 2. Development of legal strategy, identification of risks and opportunities. 3. Operational organization and internal management, including standardization of legal writing. **Law firm based in São Paulo/SP is hiring:** Senior Real Estate Attorney **Employment Type:** PJ (Individual Entrepreneur), Associate, or Service Partner (to be determined) **Compensation:** 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. Bachelor's degree in Law with active OAB registration; Postgraduate specialization in Real Estate Law and Civil Procedure; **Senior-level experience in Real Estate Law:** lawsuits against construction companies, contract rescissions, possession, ownership, auctions, adjudications, mortgage enforcement, construction defects, civil liability, leasing, condominium disputes, and documentary analysis; **Exceptional legal writing skills:** drafting complex initial pleadings, defenses, appeals, motions, objections, and 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, organizational skills, 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 to work autonomously while meeting deadlines without micromanagement, and excellent legal writing skills. 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 strategies for expert assessments, as well as enforcement-of-judgment filings. Defining the strategic approach for each case, 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, defining legal strategy, advising active clients, clarifying doubts, requesting documents, 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 tracking personal and team deadlines, standardizing legal writing, organizing documents, reviewing drafts prepared by interns or assistants, maintaining high technical standards, ensuring consistency in legal arguments, proposing process improvements, developing standardized legal document templates, updating case law references, conducting strategic legal research, populating the technical repository, daily alignment with partners, performance meetings, goal planning, and ethical, courteous communication with clients, experts, attorneys, notaries, and registrars. **Minimum Educational Requirement:** Postgraduate specialization/MBA Performance-based incentive plan