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About This Role
The Senior Director Legal - Towers is responsible for mitigating legal risk and collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization, often focusing on specific areas like compliance, while navigating the unique legal challenges presented by the tower industry. This role oversees a team of contract, real estate lawyers and compliance associates; provides strategic legal oversite on complex issues related to tower operations; manages master lease agreements, site license agreements, ground leases, easements and other tower-related agreements; manages tower compliance; and provides other legal support for the business.
- Providing leadership and direction to the tower legal organization, including the formulation of effective legal strategies, and support of legal functions such as real estate leasing, acquisitions, divestitures, compliance, and special projects.
- Providing high-level legal counsel on complex business decisions.
- Identifying, assessing, and mitigating legal risks associated with tower operations and developing proactive strategies to address potential compliance issues.
- Ensuring adherence to relevant laws and regulations across different jurisdictions.
- Leading the negotiation and drafting of complex commercial contracts with partners and vendors.
- Contributing to the development of innovative legal strategies to address emerging tower issues.
- Identifying legal risks, developing mitigation strategies, and counseling internal clients with respect to legal risks and mitigation strategies.
- Monitoring the effectiveness and compliance of the organization's practices, policies, guidelines, and procedures and working closely with the rest of the leadership team to ensure that documentation, communication, and training are delivered where appropriate.
- Following the close of the T-Mobile transaction, interacting with the company's a board of directors and the TDS legal organization.
Minimum Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree
- License to practice in any jurisdiction in the United States, a member of a state bar in good standing
- Extensive experience as a practicing lawyer with significant real estate contract experience
- Deep understanding of relevant legal frameworks, including regulatory and compliance regimes impacting tower operations
- Proven leadership skills with a successful track record of managing strategic partner negotiations and contract drafting from start to finish, including strong negotiation presence and the ability to manage teams of internal and external resources working towards a shared goal
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills to effectively advise stakeholders at all levels
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate legal complexities into clear business implications
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and proactively identify potential legal risks
- In-office (Chicago) with potential for 2 days/week remote
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Tower company experience strongly desired
Benefits
Associates have access to healthcare benefits (medical,
dental and vision), retirement plans (a 401(k) plan with
company match and a pension plan funded by the company),
Paid Parental Leave (6 weeks after 6 months of
employment), Basic Life Insurance (if eligibility
requirements are met), Education Assistance (after 3
months of employment), paid Vacation Days (15 days accrued
per year for full-time/6 days accrued per year for
part-time), paid Sick/Care-Giver Days (6 days accrued per
year), and seven paid national holidays and one floating
holiday, among others. Short Term Disability (after 6
months of employment) and Term Disability (180 day waiting
period) coverage is also available for full-time
associates. Associates Scheduled to work under twenty
hours per week or for a limited term are eligible for
medical plans and retirement plans (a 401(k) plan with
company match and a pension plan funded by the company).
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U.S. Cellular
life insurance, parental leave, short term disability, 401(k)
Mar 12, 2025