Real Estate Attorney Partner

Job Overview

Attorney Partner (Contract to Hire) — Bridge Financing, Land Acquisition, Corporate and Construction Company

Location

Remote within the United States. The governing law and court venue for the engagement will be in the State of Wyoming, while active licensure in the State of Illinois is required.

Job Type

This engagement will begin as a consultant partner arrangement on a contract-to-hire basis. The selected candidate will serve as outside legal partner through the initial bridge financing and land acquisition closings, and after successful completion, the role will convert into a full-time founding corporate counsel position with salary and benefits set forth in writing.

We are building an integrated and sustainable manufacturing platform that will be anchored by newly constructed facilities in the State of Illinois. We are presently preparing for an initial bridge financing along with a series of parallel land acquisitions. Our discipline is lender-grade, our documentation practices are rigorous, and our operating culture is built upon absolute confidentiality. This public posting does not contain any confidential business information. All candidates will be required to sign a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement before they are provided with non-public details about the project or company.

The Engagement

The Attorney Partner will lead all legal work necessary to complete the bridge financing closing and the related land acquisitions. This engagement will be structured on a fully deferred basis with one fixed success fee to be paid only at closing. There will be no retainers, no interim invoices, and no partial payments prior to the closing. Upon successful completion, this engagement will convert into a full-time employee position as Founding Corporate Counsel, ensuring continuity from the first transaction through the long-term corporate structure.

Compensation

The Attorney Partner will be compensated through a fixed success fee of five hundred thousand dollars, which will be paid directly from the first disbursement at the bridge financing closing. Reasonable expenses incurred in the course of this engagement will be reimbursed at closing, provided that the Company approves in advance any individual expense exceeding five thousand dollars. No payments of any kind will be made prior to the closing.

What You Will Lead

The Attorney Partner will be responsible for guiding the bridge financing from the initial term sheet through to the final agreements, managing the closing agenda, tracking deliverables, and ensuring precise execution of signature and funding mechanics. The Attorney Partner will also lead confidential land acquisitions, preparing and negotiating purchase agreements, reviewing title and survey documentation, and drafting closing and escrow instructions to secure each site. The Attorney Partner will prepare and oversee employment and consulting documentation, including confidentiality agreements, invention assignment agreements, and role-specific letters of intent. The Attorney Partner will manage commercial agreements, such as confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, supply contracts, and construction agreements. The Attorney Partner will oversee escrow and disbursement processes, drafting escrow agreements and payment instructions in alignment with lender requirements. In addition, the Attorney Partner will prepare a documentation plan for regulatory compliance and for the pursuit of government incentives and environmental programs. A single master closing checklist will be maintained, updated weekly, and used for risk and status tracking to ensure timely completion of all deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications

The Attorney Partner must be a licensed attorney in good standing in the State of Wyoming and Illinois. The ideal candidate will have at least ten years of experience successfully closing debt financing, project finance, or corporate finance transactions.

Preferred Qualifications

It will be considered advantageous if the Attorney Partner has experience with manufacturing projects, environmental programs, government incentives, or large multi-site rollouts. It will also be valuable if the Attorney Partner has guided a new holding company through its first financing closing under compressed timelines.

How to Apply

Applicants are invited to submit a short note confirming acceptance of the fully deferred success-fee structure and affirming compliance with professional conduct rules. Applicants should also disclose any potential conflicts of interest and provide their earliest start date together with their daily availability over the next sixty days. Applicants who are selected for the next stage will be contacted directly by the Consultant.

Equal Opportunity

The Company welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or veteran status.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $3,000,000.00 per year

Work Location: Remote