Winston & Strawn Work Values

Daily Duties at Winston & Strawn:

Negotiate and draft real estate sale and acquisition contracts; negotiate and draft documents related to sale-leaseback transactions; perform acquisition due diligence including title review; negotiate and draft complex construction financing documents; negotiate and draft leasing documents; research related to above and other real estate issues (e.g., easements, licenses, common wall agreements, etc.).

What they like about Winston & Strawn:

Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.

Tags

real estate, law, counsel, attorney, contract, in house, TIF, tax abatement, incentives, writer, copywriter, partner, guitar

Skills

Negotiate contracts, Draft real estate sale and purchase agreements, Draft real estate development contracts, Research all legal issues, Negotiate public economic incentives, Write clear and concise communications, Develop and produce creative writing, Negotiate and drafting leasing agreements, Negotiate and draft public works agreements, Negotiate and draft architect and engineering agreements, Lead diverse development teams (attorneys, architects, engineers, environmental, title insurance, brokers, etc.), Present applications for economic incentives or other public issues to public bodies, Draft and negotiate bond documents, Draft litigation motions, briefs and other instruments, Effectively communicate, sell and negotiate with all types and professional levels of people, Read, comprehend and summarize all types of documentation, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, Negotiate and draft financing agreements, Prepare and negotiate land use (zoning) applications, Prepare and negotiate tax abatement, tax increment financing (TIF) and other tax credit and local, state and federal applications, Work well within a team, effectively and respectfully communicating with diverse group of people, Work long hours and under short deadlines, Effectively address multiple complex tasks at the same time

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Winston & Strawn: