Attorney

Commercial Real Estate and Finance Associate | Charlotte, NC | $310,000 to $455,000 plus bonus

Most lawyers who want New York pay assume they’ll need a New York mortgage to go with it. This Charlotte office pays the New York scale. The difference between the two costs of living is yours.

• I’m Clark Pollins, a recruiter at Distinct Recruitment, hiring on behalf of a national law firm for its real estate team in Charlotte.
• I placed an attorney with this firm earlier this year. So when you ask me what it’s actually like inside, you’ll get a straight answer.
• The need is live. They want someone in the seat soon.

You’d see the whole deal, not half of it

Finance

• Lender side work for institutional lenders, investment banks and CMBS platforms.
• Drafting and negotiating loan agreements, notes, mortgages, deeds of trust and guaranties.
• Structuring loans so they hold up when rating agencies and securitization teams go through them. Cash management, ground lease treatment, the details that decide whether a loan sells.

Real estate

• Acquisitions and dispositions, plus the diligence behind them: title, survey, zoning, leases and third party reports.
• Leasing and ownership issues across office, retail, multifamily, hospitality and industrial assets.
• Running closings and setting the timeline that everyone else works to.

Why it’s worth the call

• The real estate practice is Chambers ranked and the work is already coming in. You start on live deals.
• Your clients sit on the capital side. You’d be advising the people who set the terms.
• Five asset classes and both sides of the transaction. Your experience compounds instead of narrowing.
• You run matters from term sheet to closing, so you’re building judgment, not just doing one slice of each deal.

The numbers

• $310,000 to $455,000 base on the New York scale, with bonus on the same scale.
• The range is wide because they’re hiring across two levels: mid level associates around four years in, and senior associates. Your class year sets the figure.

You’ll fit if

• You have four or more years in commercial real estate, real estate finance, or both. Lender side experience will stand out, and CMBS or CLO work is a strong plus.
• You write tightly. You’d notice a defined term drifting between the loan agreement and the guaranty.
• You have a strong academic record. The firm asks for transcripts.
• You’re licensed in North Carolina or able to waive in.

Questions first, or want to talk it through? Call me, Clark Pollins at Distinct Recruitment, on View phone number on click.appcast.io, email View email address on click.appcast.io, or find me on LinkedIn at .