Real Estate Finance Associate Attorney

About the Role

We are partnering with a highly regarded law firm to identify a transactional real estate attorney to deepen their experience in sophisticated real estate finance matters. This role offers the chance to work directly with experienced practitioners and sophisticated clients across a broad range of commercial real estate finance transactions.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on acquisition, construction, bridge, permanent, and refinance transactions
• Support and lead mortgage and mezzanine financing matters
• Work on structured real estate finance transactions
• Assist with construction lending and development finance deals
• Handle loan modifications, restructurings, workouts, and dispositions
• Participate in real estate joint ventures and equity investments
• Support private equity and institutional investment transactions
• Draft, review, and negotiate loan documents, organizational documents, purchase and sale agreements, and related transaction documents
• Conduct due diligence, title and survey review, and manage closing processes
• Collaborate directly with clients, opposing counsel, lenders, investors, and other transaction participants

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar admission in the state of the preferred office location (or eligibility for admission by waiver)
• 3+ years of transactional real estate or real estate finance experience
• Experience representing borrowers, lenders, developers, investors, sponsors, or financial institutions in commercial real estate transactions

Skills

• Strong drafting, negotiation, and issue-spotting abilities
• Ability to manage multiple transactions and competing deadlines
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Demonstrated commitment to client service and relationship building
• Strong desire to assume ownership of matters and develop greater autonomy in practice

Preferred

• Experience with tax-advantaged or incentive-based real estate transactions
• Tax or securities law experience

Details

Location: Seattle, WA or Columbus, OH preferred; other office locations may be considered for highly qualified candidates
Practice Area: Real Estate Finance
Compensation: $160,000 - $240,000 base salary

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) and profit sharing plans
• Paid vacation
• Parental leave
• Additional elective programs: health flexible spending account, health savings account, identity theft protection, dependent day care reimbursement account, commuter benefits, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, employee assistance program, and emergency travel assistance

Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship is required.