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Senior Counsel - Americas

Cushman & Wakefield · Chicago, Illinois, US

Job Title Senior Counsel - Americas Job Description Summary The Senior Counsel serves as a key legal partner to Cushman & Wakefield businesses, providing emb...

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Job Title Senior Counsel - Americas Job Description Summary: The Senior Counsel serves as a key legal partner to Cushman & Wakefield businesses, providing embedded, real‑time support in a fast‑paced, deal‑driven environment. As a central legal point of accountability, this attorney brings sharp commercial judgment and the ability to assess risk quickly, frame options, and guide senior leaders through complex commercial, operational, regulatory, and talent‑related matters - ensuring clear, well‑framed decisions across risk‑sensitive areas. This role requires an attorney with strong strategic judgment who can operate with agility in a transaction‑ and advisory‑intensive, client‑facing environment. Expertise in the commercial, risk, and financial dynamics of brokerage, capital markets, valuation, or similar transaction‑driven service lines is essential, along with the ability to anticipate how legal, regulatory, and market changes influence fast‑moving deal structures. The Senior Counsel leads high‑value advisory work and complex commercial matters across multiple service lines, including MSAs, integrated multi‑service engagements, and other cross‑functional structures that drive mean...