Vice President, Legal – Investments
Havenpark Communities
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Orem • Utah • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Serve as a senior legal advisor to the executive team on legal risk, deal structuring, and governance related to Havenpark’s investment activities.
- Build and lead a scalable internal legal framework aligned with enterprise investment objectives and risk tolerance.
- Act as Corporate Secretary for investment entities and activities, ensuring strong governance processes, documentation, and adherence to fiduciary standards.
- Oversee structuring, formation, and ongoing legal administration of Havenpark’s investment vehicles (funds, joint ventures, club deals, etc.).
- Ensure full compliance with securities laws, private placement rules, fiduciary duties, and investor documentation requirements.
- Serve as the company’s primary authority on governing investment documents, providing interpretation and guidance to prevent legal exposure and conflicts of interest.
- Lead legal oversight for acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and development projects across a national portfolio.
- Coordinate with external counsel to draft, review, and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, JV agreements, financing documents, and related instruments.
- Support due diligence, risk evaluation, and deal execution in partnership with Transactions, Asset Management, and external counsel.
- Build and maintain compliance programs governing Havenpark’s investment activities, including SEC, securities, investment management, and other regulatory requirements.
- Partner with Risk Management to identify, monitor, and mitigate legal risks tied to investment operations.
- Manage outside counsel involved in regulatory matters, disputes, and strategic transactions.
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school
- Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 7+ years of legal experience, preferably with a private equity real estate or investment management firm
- Deep expertise in real estate transactions, fund formation, and corporate governance
- Familiarity with SEC regulations, private placement, and investor reporting obligations
- Experience managing internal teams and outside counsel relationships
- Proven ability to translate complex legal issues into business decisions
- High integrity, sound judgment, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong leadership presence with a collaborative, low-ego approach
- Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to collaborate with a diverse group of employees to achieve shared goals
- This is a primarily office-based position with typical physical demands related to extended computer use. Occasional travel may be required.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
legal risk managementdeal structuringgovernancereal estate transactionsfund formationcorporate governanceSEC regulationsprivate placementinvestor reportinglegal documentation
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsleadershipcollaborationsound judgmentintegrityself-motivatedability to work independentlyability to translate legal issuesteam management
Certifications
J.D.active license to practice law