Senior Legal Counsel - Property

Reporting to our Chief Legal, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer, you'll be a trusted advisor and an integral member of our legal team.  Your primary focus will be supporting The Warehouse Group's extensive property portfolio, providing strategic and practical legal advice across a broad range of property matters, including:

• Lease renewals and rent reviews
• Negotiation and drafting of commercial leases and related agreements
• New store acquisitions and developments
• Property transactions and projects
• Managing legal risks across our primarily retail property portfolio
• Building strong partnerships with internal stakeholders and external partners
• Ability to assist with other broadly connected areas which may include commercial, consumer, insurance, construction or other fields would be considered desirable.

This is a role where you'll be trusted to operate with a high degree of independence while remaining closely connected to the wider legal and business teams.  Our legal team is small, so given capacity/workload, there is a degree of ‘flow to work’ so you will be expected to support in other areas outside of property from time to time.

As a team, we're also exploring how AI can help us work smarter and create more capacity for complex, high-value legal work. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to this journey, whether through existing experience or simply a curiosity and willingness to embrace new ways of working.

We anticipate this role being full-time, however we're open to discussing a 4-day week for the right candidate.

You're a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys building strong relationships and finding pragmatic solutions. You can confidently translate complex legal issues into clear, practical advice and thrive in a collaborative environment.

You'll ideally bring

• A current New Zealand practising certificate (or eligibility to obtain one)
• Minimum 8+ years' PQE, gained in private practice and/or in-house
• Strong expertise in commercial property law
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• A proactive and adaptable approach, with the ability to navigate a dynamic and evolving business
• An interest in innovation, including how AI can support legal teams to work more effectively

When you join The Warehouse Group, you'll enjoy a range of benefits that support your career, wellbeing and lifestyle, including:

• Team member discounts across our brands
• Birthday leave
• Free parking at our Northshore Support Office
• A collaborative and flexible working environment, including one work-from-home day each week (Friday)
• Onsite gym and café
• Wellbeing initiatives and professional development opportunities

 

This is a unique opportunity to combine high-quality property work with the scale, variety and visibility that comes from supporting one of New Zealand's largest retail groups.  Interested? Apply now. We'd love to hear from you.