Commercial Real Estate Associate Attorney

Location: Buffalo, NY | Work Arrangement: Hybrid | Employment Type: Full-time

About The Employer

Cohen Liuzzo PLLC is a highly collaborative law firm with an open-door culture and a strong commitment to mentorship and professional growth. Team members work closely together, receiving hands-on training and guidance from partners, and are trusted with meaningful responsibility. The firm focuses on representing developers who create and preserve affordable housing, allowing team members to see the tangible, lasting impact of their work on communities across the country while working with complicated financing structures in a sophisticated and collegial practice.

Role Summary

Cohen Liuzzo PLLC is seeking a Real Estate Associate with 3-6 years of sophisticated transactional commercial real estate and multifamily housing experience. This is an opportunity to bring commercial expertise to a growing practice that handles complex, multi-layered affordable housing transactions.

Responsibilities

• Support in running deals and supervise deal team members
• Represent owners and developers of commercial and multifamily real estate
• Handle complex property acquisitions and dispositions
• Structure and negotiate joint ventures and development deals
• Execute financing transactions

Requirements

• 3-6 years of transactional commercial real estate and multifamily housing experience
• Experience representing owners/developers of commercial/multifamily real estate
• Key roles in complex property acquisitions/dispositions, joint ventures, development deals, and financing transactions
• Excellent academic credentials
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Confident drafting and editing abilities
• Commitment to excellence and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Affordable housing experience

Pay

$155K-$185K, commensurate with experience

Benefits

• Competitive healthcare options
• Generous 401(k) match
• Backup family care
• 20 days of paid time off
• 11 holidays
• Weekly training sessions
• Firm-sponsored lunches Tuesday-Thursday