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Real Estate M&A Attorney (5 Years Experience) – Madison, WI

Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. · Madison, WI · 1 mo ago
HybridFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 for headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: Who We Are (overview), Overview (description of role), Our Ideal Candidates Will Have (requirements/qualifications), Our Benefits (benefits), The salary range... (Pay) but says varies by market, dependent on experience etc. That's not a specific number; we should not create Pay section if it's just "varies" or not specific. The instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Benefits are stated (list). So we can include Benefits section. Pay: they say "The salary range for this position varies by geographical market. The compensation offered will be dependent on the candidate’s experience, skills, education, professional background, overall qualifications, and geographic market location." That's essentially "varies" and not specific; we should not create Pay section. Schedule: not mentioned, so omit. We need sections: About the role? Could be "Overview" as description. Could use "About the role" heading for the overview paragraph. Responsibilities: we have description of duties: serving as subject matter resource, leading transactions, working with colleagues, etc. Could put under Responsibilities. Requirements/Qualifications: we have "Our Ideal Candidates Will Have" list. Could split into Requirements and Qualifications but we can combine? The instruction: prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits. Use h3 for each. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we need to strip out the "Applying For This Position" paragraph, also "About Fredrikson" repeated, EEO statement, etc. Also remove "Our Benefits" heading? We'll keep Benefits section with content. We need to use
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      for prose. So if we have a series of duties, we should make a list. Similarly for requirements/qualifications list. Benefits list also. We need to preserve all substantive information; we can break into list items but must keep the content. Let's extract substantive content: Who We Are / Overview: "Fredrikson & Byron is the premier Midwest-based law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally, and globally." Then overview paragraph: "We are seeking an attorney to join the Real Estate Department in our Mankato, Madison, or Minneapolis offices as a Real Estate M&A Attorney. This position is ideal for an attorney with significant experience advising clients on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions, including real estate transactions that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, financings, and other strategic corporate transactions. This role offers the opportunity to serve as a subject matter resource on real estate issues that arise in complex M&A and corporate transactions, while also leading sophisticated standalone real estate transactions. The attorney will work closely with real estate, corporate, private equity, M&A, finance, and tax colleagues on matters for regional and national clients. Successful candidates will have over five years of transactional experience and a strong foundation in core real estate matters. An ideal candidate for this position will have deep experience negotiating and drafting complex commercial leases for both landlords and tenants. The ideal candidate will also have experience managing the real estate aspects of fast-paced corporate transactions, including conducting and coordinating real estate due diligence, identifying and evaluating title, survey, zoning, leasing, and property-related risks, and advising clients and deal teams on transaction structure and risk allocation. Candidates should also have experience negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements and related ancillary documents for both sellers and buyers in commercial real estate transactions, representing borrowers in mortgage loan transactions; and managing the closing of real estate sale and purchase and financing transactions." Then "Our Ideal Candidates Will Have" bullet list (though not formatted as bullets in text): - 5+ years of transactional real estate experience, with a demonstrated ability to independently handle core real estate transactional tasks - Significant experience with negotiating and drafting complex commercial leases - Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and writing skills - Strong academic background - J.D. from an ABA-Accredited Law School - Active attorney license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and ability to promptly get admitted in the state of Minnesota Then Benefits: "Our comprehensive benefits options include medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short-and long-term disability, employee resource benefits (inclusive of counseling, coaching, and care-giving guidance), paid-parental leave, parenting classes, pre-tax parking and transportation options, and much more! Our retirement plan includes financial planning, Social Security/Medicare planning, 401k/Roth investment options, and a firm-paid profit-sharing contribution. Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms and conditions." We should not include the sentence about benefits subject to eligibility? It's substantive; we can keep as prose after list. We need to avoid duplication: The "About Fredrikson" paragraph repeats similar to Who We Are; we can keep only one instance. The "About Fredrikson" after benefits is duplicate; we should remove. Also remove EEO statement, applying instructions, etc. Now structure:

      About the role

      Fredrikson & Byron is the premier Midwest-based law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally, and globally. We are seeking an attorney to join the Real Estate Department in our Mankato, Madison, or Minneapolis offices as a Real Estate M&A Attorney. This position is ideal for an attorney with significant experience advising clients on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions, including real estate transactions that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, financings, and other strategic corporate transactions. This role offers the opportunity to serve as a subject matter resource on real estate issues that arise in complex M&A and corporate transactions, while also leading sophisticated standalone real estate transactions. The attorney will work closely with real estate, corporate, private equity, M&A, finance, and tax colleagues on matters for regional and national clients. Successful candidates will have over five years of transactional experience and a strong foundation in core real estate matters. An ideal candidate for this position will have deep experience negotiating and drafting complex commercial leases for both landlords and tenants. The ideal candidate will also have experience managing the real estate aspects of fast-paced corporate transactions, including conducting and coordinating real estate due diligence, identifying and evaluating title, survey, zoning, leasing, and property-related risks, and advising clients and deal teams on transaction structure and risk allocation. Candidates should also have experience negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements and related ancillary documents for both sellers and buyers in commercial real estate transactions, representing borrowers in mortgage loan transactions; and managing the closing of real estate sale and purchase and financing transactions.

      But we might want to split responsibilities into list. However the instruction: Use
      • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The responsibilities are not explicitly a list but we could make a list of duties: serve as subject matter resource, lead transactions, work with colleagues, etc. But we risk losing some nuance. Perhaps better to keep prose for overview and then a separate Responsibilities section with list of duties extracted. Let's extract duties from the overview: - Serve as a subject matter resource on real estate issues that arise in complex M&A and corporate transactions. - Lead sophisticated standalone real estate transactions. - Work closely with real estate, corporate, private equity, M&A, finance, and tax colleagues on matters for regional and national clients. - Negotiate and draft complex commercial leases for both landlords and tenants. - Manage the real estate aspects of fast-paced corporate transactions, including conducting and coordinating real estate due diligence, identifying and evaluating title, survey, zoning, leasing, and property-related risks. - Advise clients and deal teams on transaction structure and risk allocation. - Negotiate and draft purchase and sale agreements and related ancillary documents for both sellers and buyers in commercial real estate transactions. - Represent borrowers in mortgage loan transactions. - Manage the closing of real estate sale and purchase and financing transactions. That seems comprehensive. Now Responsibilities section:

        Responsibilities

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        Now Requirements/Qualifications: we have list from "Our Ideal Candidates Will Have". Could be Requirements. We'll make a list. Now Benefits: list. We need to avoid filler like "much more!" maybe keep as part of list? It's vague; but it's part of benefits description. Could keep as a list item: "and much more!" but that's vague. Might be considered filler but it's part of the posted benefits. The instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Benefits are stated; we can include them. The "much more!" is vague but it's part of the posting; we can keep. We'll produce Benefits list items: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short-and long-term disability, employee resource benefits (inclusive of counseling, coaching, and care-giving guidance), paid-parental leave, parenting classes, pre-tax parking and transportation options, and much more! Then separate retirement plan details maybe as prose after list. We could also include retirement plan as list items: financial planning, Social Security/Medicare planning, 401k/Roth investment options, firm-paid profit-sharing contribution. Now ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. We didn't. Now output only HTML fragment. Let's craft. Check for any duplicated lines: we removed About Fredrikson duplicate. Now produce:

        About the role

        Fredrikson & Byron is the premier Midwest-based law firm working collaboratively to help businesses achieve their goals regionally, nationally, and globally. We are seeking an attorney to join the Real Estate Department in our Mankato, Madison, or Minneapolis offices as a Real Estate M&A Attorney. This position is ideal for an attorney with significant experience advising clients on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions, including real estate transactions that arise in the context of mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, financings, and other strategic corporate transactions. Successful candidates will have over five years of transactional experience and a strong foundation in core real estate matters.

        But we might have removed some details that are also in responsibilities; but we need to preserve all substantive information. The overview includes many details that we moved to responsibilities list; we should ensure we didn't lose any. The overview also includes: "This role offers the opportunity to serve as a subject matter resource on real estate issues that arise in complex M&A and corporate transactions, while also leading sophisticated standalone real estate transactions. The attorney will work closely with real estate, corporate, private equity, M&A, finance, and tax colleagues on matters for regional and national clients. An ideal candidate for this position will have deep experience negotiating and drafting complex commercial leases for both landlords and tenants. The ideal candidate will also have experience managing the real estate aspects of fast-paced corporate transactions, including conducting and coordinating real estate due diligence, identifying and evaluating title, survey, zoning, leasing, and property-related risks, and advising clients and deal teams on transaction structure and risk allocation. Candidates should also have experience negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements and related ancillary documents for both sellers and buyers in commercial real

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