Position Details

               ECHO REAL ESTATE SERVICES COMPANY
               Job Title: Senior Counsel
               Location: Pittsburgh (Hybrid)
               Department: Legal/Lease Administration
               Reports To: General Counsel
               FLSA Status: Exempt (Administrative duties)

Company Overview: 
ECHO Realty is a leading privately-held owner, operator, and developer of grocery-anchored retail real estate across the United States. The Company focuses on necessity-based assets that are integral to the communities it serves, with a portfolio anchored by high-quality grocers and complemented by best-in-class tenants. ECHO combines a disciplined growth strategy with a long-term ownership mindset and a strong emphasis on relationships. ECHO’s culture, known internally as “The ECHO Way,” emphasizes accountability, collaboration, integrity, and continuous improvement. The organization maintains a team-oriented structure and is intentional about fostering an environment where talented professionals can take ownership of their work, contribute meaningfully, and grow over time. 

Position Summary: 
The Senior Counsel will serve as a key member of a lean and highly collaborative legal team, working closely with the General Counsel and business stakeholders across the organization. This role offers a high degree of autonomy and responsibility, with a primary focus on commercial leasing transactions as well as involvement in acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and other strategic initiatives. The position is ideal for a commercially minded attorney who is comfortable operating independently, enjoys direct interaction with business partners, and is motivated by a dynamic environment where initiative, a team-first attitude, and sound judgment are valued.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of commercial retail leases and related agreements, including amendments, renewals, extensions, etc. with current/proposed tenants and/or their legal counsel.
• Serve as a trusted advisor providing practical, business-oriented legal guidance.
• Manage and collaborate closely with paralegals to ensure efficient execution of leasing activity.
• Assist General Counsel in the general legal affairs of the Company, including financings, acquisitions/dispositions and oversight of litigation matters.
• Contribute to special projects on an as-needed basis.
• Engage regularly with cross-functional teams, interacting daily with all departments at ECHO.

Qualifications:

• J.D. from an accredited law school and admission to practice in Pennsylvania.
• Minimum of 4 years of real estate legal experience, gained in a law firm or in-house environment.
• Strong background in commercial real estate, including leasing, acquisitions and dispositions.
• General understanding of real estate title matters including review of title commitments and resolution of routine title issues (excluding zoning matters).
• Familiarity with reviewing and drafting leasing documentation.
• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, time management, and customer services skills, with a practical and business-oriented approach.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office, with an emphasis on Outlook, Word, Excel. Knowledge of MRI (or comparable accounting software such as Yardi) is a plus.

Beneficial Experience (a plus but not required):

• Exposure to corporate transactional or tax matters
• Familiarity with commercial real estate disputes or litigation concepts
• Experience working with retail portfolios or shopping center assets

Environment and Culture:
ECHO offers a professional, collaborative environment with a high degree of trust and autonomy. Legal team members are expected to take ownership of their work and are supported in doing so without unnecessary oversight. The structure is intentionally lean, allowing for meaningful responsibility and direct interaction with senior leadership. The Company operates on a hybrid work model, with in-office collaboration complemented by remote flexibility. The culture emphasizes long-term career development, stability, and work-life balance, with many employees having built long tenures at the Company. This role presents an opportunity to join a growing organization during an active period of investment and transactional activity, with exposure to a wide range of sophisticated real estate matters. Over time, the position offers the potential for expanded responsibility within the legal function as the Company continues to grow.

ECHO believes success is built from the inside out, which is why they have always been intentional about fostering the culture at ECHO. It starts with hiring the right people for their team, and it continues throughout everything they do. This all-in mentality is the bedrock of their culture, which they affectionately refer to as The ECHO Way. Through effective communication, empowerment and leading by example, they hold themselves to these principles in all that they do.

THE ECHO WAY
Say It, Mean It, Do It
We believe in transparency, candor, and follow-through.
Commit To Being The Best, Then Do Even Better
We believe in challenging each other through performance initiative.
There Is No I In We
We believe in the power of collaboration and teamwork.
Do The Right Thing, Then Do The Next Right Thing
We believe in the character and integrity of doing what’s right.
Play The Hand You Are Dealt
We believe that resilience and adaptability are fundamental.

Compensation and Benefits:
ECHO offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including PTO, parental leave, professional development support, and a business casual work environment.

ECHO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.


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