Real Estate Attorney

About the role

This attorney will support the Company’s $60+ billion real estate investment portfolio, including providing legal advice on matters relating to the Company's commercial mortgage loan and real estate equity portfolio; most legal work is handled entirely in-house.

• Serve as primary legal counsel to the Company's real estate investment professionals in structuring, negotiating, and documenting complex commercial mortgage loans (floating, fixed, permanent, and construction), real estate acquisitions, and joint venture and development transactions.
• Provide legal support for a wide range of asset management and loan servicing activities for the Company’s real estate investment portfolio, including development matters, joint venture amendments, consents to loan transfers, leasing and management agreements, and other asset management and loan servicing needs.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of legal experience in one or more of the following areas: commercial mortgage lending, commercial real estate development, real estate joint ventures, large commercial real estate acquisitions.
• A Juris Doctorate degree and an exemplary academic record.
• A license to practice law in the State of Wisconsin or a commitment to become licensed within the first year of employment.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly analytical and curious mind.
• Creative, detail-oriented, with the judgment to navigate ambiguity and the willingness to ask questions and collaborate.
• High integrity, ethical standards, and a positive, collaborative attitude.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to prioritize multiple tasks effectively.
• Strong problem-solving skills and practical business judgment, with a focus on client service.
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet evolving business needs.
• Accountability: Holds self accountable for measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results, delivery, and execution. Determines objectives, sets priorities.
• Business Influence: Collaborates, communicates, and influences stakeholders and other business functions based on understanding of the marketplace, organizational needs, and the client.
• Decision Making: Makes timely decisions by understanding the probability of success, identifying risks, gathering business requirements, and developing value statements.
• Project Management: Delivers projects in alignment with business requirements, specific success criteria, and stakeholder expectations.
• Risk Assessment & Identification: Leverages industry knowledge to determine and seek hazards that could potentially prevent the program, enterprise, or investment from achieving their objectives.

Benefits

• Be part of a diverse, inclusive, and nationally recognized Law Department, with 130+ members from across the country and a culture that values every background and perspective.
• Work in-house on high-impact projects, with minimal reliance on outside counsel and direct engagement in business strategy.
• Competitive compensation, annual bonus eligibility, and opportunities for career growth.
• Join a Fortune 500 leader with $378 billion in assets, $38 billion in revenues, and a legacy of helping millions achieve financial security.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Concierge service.
• Comprehensive benefits.
• Employee resource groups.

Pay

The standard pay range for this role is:

• $144,000.00 - $216,000.00 (Structure 110)
• $158,400.00 - $237,600.00 (Geographic Specific Pay Structure 115)
• $165,600.00 - $248,400.00 (Structure 115)

Final salaries are based on skills, experience, location, and other factors uncovered during the hiring process.