Associate - Real Estate Attorney (New York)

Job Title Salary range: $190K - $260K Location: New York City, NY About This Role What We're Looking For: We need someone with 3–5 years of transactional affordable housing or LIHTC experience at a law firm who can take deal ownership quickly. You should be comfortable drafting and negotiating complex real estate transaction documents and have a track record of closing multi-layered financing deals. Bonus points if you have broader commercial real estate transactional experience. What You'll Do: Own the center of affordable housing transactions — drafting, editing, and managing execution on acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and multi-layered LIHTC financing structures Draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, loan documents, and organizational documents Work closely with partners and counsel in a flat, collaborative deal-team structure to move transactions from signing through closing Manage deal timelines and coordinate with multiple parties across complex, multi-source financing structures involving tax-exempt bonds and tax credit programs Receive direct mentorship from Elior Cohen, one of the most recognized names in affordable housing law, and participate in weekly training sessions Contribute to a fast-growing firm (6 → 16 people in ~16 months) doing sophisticated, mission-driven work that creates affordable housing Talent Search PRO