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Real Estate Transactional Associate

$160k - $230k

Orion Placement

Pay: $160,000.00 - $230,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

  • Join a sophisticated real estate and community development finance practice handling complex, high-value transactions.
  • Work directly on financings involving multifamily housing, office, hotel, industrial, and other major real estate projects.
  • Gain exposure to innovative financing structures involving low-income housing, historic rehabilitation, new markets, energy, and other tax credit programs.
  • Represent lenders making loans secured by real estate and investors investing in real estate joint ventures.
  • Build meaningful experience in real estate lending, joint ventures, secured finance, title, survey, and transactional due diligence.
  • Join a collaborative, entrepreneurial legal environment with strong benefits, 401K, profit sharing, bonus potential, and hybrid flexibility.

Location: Hybrid opportunity with office options in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, or San Francisco, California.

Note: Candidates must be admitted to the California Bar and be a 2nd to 6th year associate with recent experience representing lenders in loans secured by real estate and/or investors investing in real estate joint ventures.

About Us

We are an established full-service business law firm known for sophisticated transactional work, practical legal counsel, and a collaborative approach to client service. Our attorneys work with businesses, lenders, investors, developers, and other organizations on complex matters across major industries. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

  • Represent lenders in loans secured by real estate and investors in real estate joint ventures.
  • Draft and negotiate senior real estate secured loan documents.
  • Draft and review real estate joint venture partnership and operating agreements.
  • Handle sophisticated real estate lending, joint venture financing, and community development finance transactions.
  • Review title commitments, recorded documents, and surveys and oversee related paralegal review.
  • Assist with financings involving low-income housing, historic rehabilitation, new markets, energy, and other state and federal tax credit programs.
  • Work on transactions involving multifamily residential, office, hotel, industrial, and other real estate assets.
  • Collaborate with experienced attorneys while developing increasing transaction and client responsibility.

Qualifications

  • Active California Bar license required.
  • Recent real estate transactional experience required.
  • 2+ years of experience representing lenders in real estate secured lending transactions and/or investors in real estate joint ventures preferred.
  • Experience drafting secured loan documents and/or real estate joint venture partnership or operating agreements.
  • Experience reviewing title commitments, recorded documents, and surveys.
  • Strong legal writing and drafting skills.
  • Strong academic credentials.
  • Tax credit transaction experience preferred.

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will work on sophisticated real estate transactions that have a visible impact on communities and development projects across the country. The role offers exposure to complex financing structures, sophisticated institutional clients, experienced transactional attorneys, and hybrid flexibility while providing a strong platform for long-term career growth.

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Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance

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