Counsel, Litigation & Commercial Matters

Job Title: Counsel, Litigation & Commercial Matters, Legal

FLSA Status: Exempt, Salaried

Location: New York, NY

Worksite Status: Hybrid

Make New Yorkers Feel at Home.

Beam living supports and manages communities across New York City—except here, we’re not just in the business of rent rolls and repairs. We’re in the business of creating places people call home. That takes a team of people who care harder, think sharper, and refuse to settle for what has always been. Being a team member at Beam means staying curious, being a good neighbor, leading with heart, and consistently raising the bar.

If you want work that matters, teammates who show up, and impact you can see and feel, you belong at Beam!

What the role looks like

Beam Living is seeking an experienced Counsel, Litigation & Commercial Matters to join its Legal team and provide practical, business-oriented legal support across a sophisticated New York City residential real estate portfolio.

Reporting directly to the Head of Legal, this attorney will have primary responsibility for managing a broad portfolio of civil litigation and pre-litigation disputes, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, handling debt collection proceedings and negotiations, and supporting insurance-related claims and litigation matters.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on attorney capable of independently managing matters from initial assessment through resolution, while working effectively with business teams, outside counsel, insurance carriers, adjusters, brokers, and other external partners. This role requires strong judgment, organization, negotiation skills, commercial instincts, and the ability to translate legal issues into practical business recommendations.

What you will do

Civil Litigation & Dispute Management

• Manage a portfolio of litigation, pre-litigation disputes, claims, and contested matters.
• Develop resolution strategies with the Head of Legal and business stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary liaison with outside counsel, overseeing strategy, budgets, deadlines, discovery, settlements, and trial preparation.
• Conduct case assessments evaluating risk, exposure, defenses, and resolution options.
• Coordinate discovery, witness preparation, mediations, depositions, and related activities.
• Review and negotiate settlements, releases, and dispute-resolution agreements.
• Monitor case status, legal spend, deadlines, and key developments, providing regular reporting to leadership.
• Identify litigation trends and partner with teams to mitigate future risk.

Insurance Claims & Coverage Coordination

• Manage insurance-related litigation and claims in collaboration with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
• Partner with carriers, brokers, adjusters, and defense counsel on coverage, defense strategy, reserves, settlements, and resolution.
• Coordinate claim tendering, carrier responses, and coverage-related matters.
• Review coverage issues and support recovery, escalation, and resolution strategies.
• Facilitate communication among insurers, counsel, and business teams to ensure efficient claim management.
• Identify claim trends and support risk mitigation initiatives.

Contracts & Commercial Matters

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a wide range of commercial agreements.
• Support contracts involving vendors, consultants, technology providers, contractors, settlements, and confidentiality matters.
• Negotiate key provisions including indemnification, insurance, liability, warranties, data protection, confidentiality, and dispute resolution.
• Partner with business teams to develop practical, risk-balanced contractual solutions.
• Advise on contract interpretation, amendments, renewals, disputes, and terminations.
• Maintain contract templates, standards, and guidance to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on contractual matters.

Debt Collection & Recovery

• Manage collection and recovery strategies for outstanding receivables.
• Evaluate matters based on risk, collectability, costs, and business considerations.
• Oversee demand letters, payment negotiations, settlements, collection litigation, and recovery efforts.
• Negotiate directly with debtors, guarantors, counsel, and other stakeholders.
• Manage outside collection counsel and service providers.
• Review settlement agreements, payment plans, and related documentation.
• Partner with Finance to improve collection processes, recoverability, and reporting of recoveries and trends.

Legal Counseling & Risk Management

• Provide practical legal guidance on disputes, contracts, claims, litigation, and business risks.
• Escalate significant legal issues to the Head of Legal as appropriate.
• Support investigations, subpoenas, document requests, and other legal processes.
• Collaborate on cross-functional matters and special projects.
• Maintain organized matter management, reporting, and documentation.
• Improve legal operations through templates, workflows, technology, and outside counsel management.

Who You Are

• Practical, business-focused attorney who takes ownership and delivers sound recommendations.
• Skilled negotiator and relationship builder.
• Comfortable partnering with senior leaders, outside counsel, insurance professionals, and operational teams.
• Highly organized with strong judgment and prioritization skills.
• Collaborative communicator who provides clear, practical advice.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment requiring responsiveness and discretion.
• Curious about business operations and committed to understanding organizational priorities.
• Accountable, solutions-oriented, and committed to excellence.
• Authentic, professional, and aligned with Beam's cultural values.

Your Skills & Experience

• Juris Doctor and admission to the New York State Bar in good standing.
• 5-8+ years of legal experience with a focus on civil litigation and commercial contracting.
• Demonstrated ability to assess claims, develop strategy, manage outside counsel, and negotiate resolutions.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Experience with collections, creditor-side litigation, and debt recovery strongly preferred.
• Experience handling insurance claims, insured litigation, and coverage-related matters involving carriers, brokers, adjusters, and defense counsel.
• Familiarity with claim tendering, coverage issues, insurance recovery, reserves, and settlement authority preferred.
• Experience in residential real estate, property management, hospitality, financial services, insurance, or similarly complex industries preferred.
• Working knowledge of New York State and federal court practice.
• Strong organizational, analytical, negotiation, drafting, research, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and translate complex legal issues into practical business guidance.
• Experience managing outside counsel and legal spend preferred.

What we offer

• Base Salary: $130,000 to $160,000 annually
• Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience & location and other job-related factors.
• Bonus: Eligible for an annual performance-based bonus and Beam Living’s employee benefits program.

A full slate of benefits

• Family care benefits like parental leave, adoption assistance and fertility reimbursement.
• Personalized development programs with our dedicated L&D team.
• 401(k) plans and matching (with no vesting period), life and AD&D benefits, ID theft coverage, financial planning and legal advice, will creation, and tax prep assistance.
• A range of medical, dental and vision plans (of course)
• Short/long term disability, flexible/health savings accounts and commuter benefits.
• Mental and emotional support services like ginger and Headspace, which provide access to guided workouts, meditations, music and more.

About Beam Living

Beam Living is a premier New York City-based multifamily residential property management company responsible for elevating, operating, and supporting some of the city’s most iconic communities. As a Blackstone-owned portfolio company, Beam manages multibillion-dollar real estate assets and serves more than 30,000 residents across properties including StuyTown & Peter Cooper Village, Kips Bay Court, Parker Towers, and 8 Spruce.

Beam’s culture is grounded in integrity, transparency, and care. The company believes that taking care of its team enables it to take care of its residents and that values-driven leadership is critical to long-term success. Inclusion and innovation are core to Beam’s identity, and team members live by four Cultural Values: Stay Curious, Raise the Bar, Lead with Heart, and Be a Good Neighbor.

Beam Living is an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive workplace. Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and interview process.

Be you, so we can be us together

At Beam Living, we believe our differences make us stronger. We want you to be you, because diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds help us build better teams, stronger communities, and a workplace where everyone feels they belong.

To further our commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity, all employment decisions at Beam Living are based on individual qualifications, business needs and job requirements without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.