Associate Attorney

Associate Attorney

About this role

Our client is looking for an associate attorney with 3+ years’ experience with transactional real estate experience: acquisitions, dispositions, and financing who can step into active deal flow at a top-ranked regional law firm’s real estate practice. You should be comfortable drafting and negotiating purchase/sale agreements, loan documents, and leases, with a track record of handling complex transactions at a major or strong regional law firm. Bonus points if you have experience in leasing, development, or hospitality-related transactions.

What you'll do:

• Handle mid-level transactional real estate deal work across acquisitions, dispositions, and financing regularly on transactions of significant size
• Draft and negotiate purchase/sale agreements, loan documents, leases, and related transactional instruments
• Work closely with equity partners and practice group leaders on developer-oriented deal flow serving institutional clients, REITs, PE funds, foreign/domestic investors, and family offices
• Serve as key counsel on referral work involving real estate matters, including local counsel engagements
• Support complex transactions spanning mixed-use developments, redevelopment projects, transit-oriented projects, and cross-border investment
• Collaborate in a collegial team environment where creative problem-solving and client service are core values

Key qualifications:

• 3+ years of transactional real estate experience at a major law firm or strong regional firm
• Strong academic credentials required
• Must be a member in good standing of the Florida Bar, or eligible to sit for admission
• Broad transactional RE skillset: acquisitions, dispositions, financing
• Preferred but not required: leasing, development, and/or hospitality experience

Compensation & benefits:

• Base salary: competitive, commensurate with class year
• Year-end bonus eligible upon meeting billable hour target
• Relocation assistance available for out-of-market hires
• Standard AmLaw benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k))

Work arrangement: Hybrid 3 days in office, with additional flexibility considered for the Real Estate group

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