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Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Imagine a position that allows you to apply your trusted legal expertise while working alongside the world’s largest retailer. Imagine an opportunity where your knowledge takes you beyond the closing table or courtroom and positions you as a trusted business advisor.  At Walmart, our Counsels drive strategy while empowering the organization to make informed decisions that align to enterprise objectives. 

About Team:

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy solving problems and working collaboratively toward a solution, you will find that being a part of our Legal division is a move that brings with it tremendous growth potential and exciting new challenges.  The most exciting part?  You will likely find yourself in a place you never envisioned your law degree would take you.  

Join the Walmart Real Estate Legal Center of Expertise to partner with business leadership on fast-paced real estate-focused development, operations and strategy, for the world’s largest company. 

This Counsel Real Estate role is critical in supporting Walmart’s real estate strategy and operations, including omni-channel real estate initiatives, the acquisition and construction of retail, industrial and healthcare facilities, dispositions, portfolio management and much more.  You will provide legal guidance on a broad range of real estate development and operational subjects; negotiate and draft contracts, policies, program documents and communications; and develop and leverage internal and external partnerships to address complex and novel legal issues that transcend functional departments.

What you'll do:

• Drafting, reviewing, and editing contracts and leading contract negotiations on high profile real estate matters.
• Identifying diverse transactional and operational legal issues originating from cutting edge strategic initiatives.
• Crafting novel legal solutions to drive business growth.
• Delivering legal advice to the company by providing clients with an informed understanding of legal rights, obligations, and risks enabling the client to make informed decisions.
• Counseling officers and associates on alternative legal and business strategies.
• Collaborating with various Global Governance and business partners to timely deliver cross-functional projects.
• Evaluating and assisting with the development of standard operating procedures, policies, guides, training, and communications.
• Partnering with compliance and litigation professionals to mitigate trending risk.
• Monitoring legislative and regulatory developments related to real estate compliance matters.
• Valuing diversity and cultivating an environment of professional respect.

What you'll bring:

• Subject matter expert in the area of real estate law, including significant experience with the acquisition and construction of retail and industrial projects and realty management matters.
• Effectively and efficiently evaluate and analyze risks.
• Demonstrate confidence and are willing to make decisions.
• Craft innovative legal solutions and think strategically.
• Demonstrate leadership and are able to influence others through effective communication.
• Manage a high volume, diverse workload that includes significant transactional work.
• Resilient and respond well to adversity.
• This position will be stationed in Bentonville, AR.

About Walmart

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability—and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries—all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?

​​​​Future Ways of Working:

Our company's success can be attributed to our employees. While technology has allowed us to be effective while working remotely, there is no substitute for being in the office together; it helps to shape our culture, collaborate, innovate, build relationships, and move more quickly. We strive to provide flexibility in order to promote a healthy work-life balance but recognize that in-person interactions are important to our culture and shared success. We'll meet in person on a regular and purposeful basis.

Benefits:

Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer –By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity-unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions –while being inclusive of all people.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• Law degree from an accredited law school and 4 years’ experience in law.
• License to practice law in at least one state.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

• Leading cross-functional teams