AVP, Legal

Overview

AVP, Legal for American Campus Communities (ACC), a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company, based in Bengaluru and hired through Revantage India. The role reports to ACC's General Counsel and serves as a senior extension of ACC's US-based Legal Department.

What you'll do

• Draft, review and negotiate vendor, service, consulting, confidentiality, access and other commercial contracts, resolving routine terms within established playbooks and escalating material issues.
• Advise on contract interpretation, amendments, extensions, renewals and termination provisions, supporting business teams on contract-related issues.
• Develop, draft and maintain standard contract forms, templates and playbooks, and recommend improvements to contracting standards and processes.
• Provide legal guidance on landlord-tenant requirements, leasing practices, eviction requirements and other legal matters affecting property operations.
• Provide and/or oversee research, monitoring and interpretation of federal, state and local laws and regulations affecting key areas of the business, analyze implications of changes, and propose policy or operational changes.
• Recommend, draft and support updates to agreements, forms, policies, procedures and operating practices in response to changes in law or identified legal risks.
• Maintain oversight of corporate entity files and organizational records, including formation documents, operating agreements, amendments and registrations.
• Support the maintenance, development and documentation of corporate governance matters.
• Provide substantive legal support for privacy, litigation, insurance claims and risk matters, including legal research, document review, issue analysis, case or claim summaries and coordination with outside counsel.
• Support the General Counsel and US-based Legal team in evaluating and managing significant legal matters, identifying key facts, issues, risks, deadlines and recommended paths.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and other legal service providers, monitor progress and deliverables, and ensure efficient use of external legal resources.
• Partner with property operations, Asset Management, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Risk, Information Security and other business functions to provide practical legal support.
• Maintain high-quality legal documentation, matter files and records, ensuring confidentiality, privilege, version control and follow-through.
• Exercise independent judgment within established areas of responsibility and escalate significant, novel or high-risk matters to the General Counsel or US-based Legal leadership.
• Identify and drive improvements to legal processes, contracting workflows, knowledge management and technology use, including opportunities to leverage AI and other legal tools.
• Oversee the work and performance of junior attorney(s) on the Bengaluru legal team.
• Perform other legal, regulatory and strategic projects and responsibilities as assigned.

What you'll need

• JD, LL.B. or equivalent law degree.
• Eight or more years of relevant legal experience, including meaningful experience supporting US corporate, commercial, real estate or operating-company matters.
• Strong commercial contracting experience, including ability to independently draft, review and negotiate vendor, service, consulting, confidentiality and other business agreements.
• Demonstrated ability to apply legal judgment to operational matters, identify material legal and business risks and develop practical solutions within established areas of authority.
• Strong legal research and regulatory analysis skills, with ability to interpret statutes, regulations and other requirements across multiple US jurisdictions and translate them into practical business guidance.
• Strong legal drafting and writing skills, with ability to prepare agreements, legal analyses, executive summaries and other work product requiring limited revision.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to assess complex or incomplete fact patterns, identify key legal issues and determine when escalation is appropriate.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple substantive matters from intake through resolution while communicating appropriately with senior Legal leadership.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with ability to work effectively with senior business leaders, attorneys, outside counsel and other parties across functions and time zones.
• High degree of professional judgment, discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive, privileged or business-critical matters.

Nice to have

• Admission to practice law in the candidate's home jurisdiction.
• Experience supporting landlord-tenant, real estate operations or other multi-jurisdiction operating matters.
• Experience maintaining corporate entity records, organizational documents and governance-related materials.
• Experience with legal research databases, contract or matter-management systems, document-management tools and technology-assisted legal workflows.
• Experience supporting a US real estate company, property management company, corporate legal department or law firm.
• Experience in one or more of commercial contracts, landlord-tenant law, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, privacy, litigation or insurance and risk management.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India, hired through Revantage India.
• Work mode: Hybrid.
• Working hours aligned to provide meaningful daily overlap with US business hours; flexibility expected for time-sensitive matters and peak periods.