Real Estate Counsel

Our client, a well known real estate development and ownership firm, is seeking an experienced Commercial Real Estate Counsel to join its legal team. The role offers direct involvement in significant real estate transactions and the opportunity to work alongside senior management and business leaders as a key legal advisor to the company.

The Commercial Real Estate Counsel will have a leading role in transactions from inception through closing, including acquisitions and dispositions, development, design and construction, leasing, financing, joint ventures, and the management and operation of real estate assets, including multifamily, mid-rise and industrial properties. Counsel will prepare, review and negotiate transaction documents, oversee outside counsel when appropriate, advise business teams regarding contractual and regulatory obligations, and provide practical legal guidance on corporate governance and other matters affecting the company’s operations and investments.

The ideal candidate will have five or more years of substantive commercial real estate experience as an associate in Big Law, midsized firm or as in-house counsel within a real estate development or management company. The Counsel must have strong transactional experience and excellent drafting, negotiation, communication and analytical skills, together with the judgment and confidence to work directly with senior executives, business professionals, investors and outside counsel.

JD and admission to practice in New York are required. Periodic travel is required. Compensation includes an annual base salary in the range of $240K to $270K+, plus an annual discretionary bonus and a top tier benefits package.

For the right attorney, this is an opportunity to move beyond advising on transactions and become an integral legal and business advisor within a leading real estate platform.