Legal Counsel - Industrial Leasing and Operations

Legal Counsel - Industrial Leasing and Operations

Job Category:
Leasing & Administration

Requisition Number: LEGAL
003185

• Posted:
  January 5, 2026
• Full‑Time
• On‑site

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Dream is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Legal Counsel, Industrial Leasing and Operations to join our industrial team. This role is ideal for a lawyer with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in commercial and industrial leasing and/or commercial real‑estate transactions (investments and financing) who thrives in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment and is comfortable working independently. This role will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer of Dream Industrial.

The Legal Counsel will work closely with senior management and cross‑functional teams to evaluate, structure, and implement legal and business solutions across various arrangements, including new and existing leases, service contracts, secured financings, value‑add investments such as development and solar panel installations. This includes drafting and negotiating agreements, amendments, and related documentation for commercial and industrial real‑estate assets as well as managing tenant relations and recoveries.

The successful candidate will clearly and concisely communicate legal positions to both internal stakeholders and external parties. A strong general understanding of leasing, tenant relations, and real‑estate developments and operations is beneficial.

• Working with regional portfolio management and leasing teams, draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial leasing documents and operational contracts, including offers to lease, leases, amendments, assignments, terminations, NDA’s, and service contracts.
• Provide strategic legal advice and support to internal stakeholders on leasing matters, operational matters and related real‑estate issues.
• Manage lease‑related disputes and liaise with external counsel as needed.
• Delivery of efficient and effective legal advice and support of Dream’s management team.
• Support legal due diligence and leasing aspects of acquisitions, dispositions, secured financings and development projects.
• Maintain and update lease templates and legal precedents;
• Manage and mentor regional lease documentation teams and coordinate with internal European legal counsel.

• Strong people skills. You are a team player with an ability to build relationships at all levels of an organization.
• Strong communication skills. You write clearly, you speak with kindness and respect, your team understand your expectations.
• Responsiveness. You can anticipate needs, commit to respond as agreed, but really, you want to over‑deliver!
• Innovator. You are respectful of current operating processes, but look to develop new ideas to bring better results.
• Deliver on commitments. You set clear goals and objectives, and then you deliver.
• Strong business acumen. You apply your technical skills in a pragmatic manner to assist the leasing and portfolio management teams in achieving positive business results.

• 5+ years of commercial real‑estate experience at a Canadian public company and/or major law firm;
• A law degree from a recognized university and member of the Ontario Bar in good standing;
• Highly focused with attention to detail;
• Superior verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities;
• Proven analytical and problem‑solving skills with experience resolving complex problems; and
• Superior organizational and time management skills.

Dream Unlimited provides asset management and advisory services to Dream Industrial REIT, a TSX‑listed real‑estate investment trust that owns a portfolio of high‑quality light industrial properties located in key industrial markets across Canada and the United States. Dream Industrial Management Corp. is a property management division within Dream Unlimited that provides services to Dream Industrial REIT.

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