Real Estate Transactional Associate – CA

Pay: $160000.00 - $230000.00 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.
• 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.

JPC-2129

Benefits:

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

Requirements: Must-have: CA bar license. Must be a 2nd-6th yr associate. Preferred: 2 yrs of lender-side real estate finance or real estate joint venture exp.

• Required Years as Associate 2nd to 6th year associate
• Salary Bands (Only if attorney role): 2nd year $160K to $175K
• 3rd year $175K to $190K
• 4th year $190K to $205K
• 5th year $205K to $220K
• 6th year $220K to $230K

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2nd to 6th year CA real estate finance associate. Must have recent experience representing lenders in real estate secured lending and/or investors in real estate JVs. Hybrid; tax credit/community development finance experience preferred.

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• Client job title: Real Estate Transactional Associate
• Location: Los Angeles Irvine San Diego or San Francisco CA
• On-site hybrid remote: Hybrid
• Experience: 2
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