Commercial Real Estate Attorney - Now Hiring

Job opportunity- Commercial Real Estate Attorney-- Senior Associate AND Partner position(s) available

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Salary: $185,000 - $300,000 per year

A bit about us:

Commercial Real Estate Attorney- Senior Associate AND Partner position(s)

Why join us?

• Competitive compensation, benefits package, and a generous 401k plan
• Health care, life and disability insurance
• Ample opportunity for business development
• Low turnover, collegial, and collaborative environment
• Employee discounts and wellness programs
• Hybrid in-office/remote role based
• Base compensation bonus potential

Job Details

Job Description
Seeking a Senior Associate Partner to join Firm’s Real Estate Practice. The ideal candidate will have significant experience representing property owners, developers, lenders, and investors in their acquisitions, dispositions, sales, financings, leasing, and development of commercial real estate.
Handle all aspects of complex transactions for clients of all sizes and across industries. This attorney will gain direct client interaction, business development experience, and significant responsibility on complex and sophisticated legal matters. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney who is highly motivated and seeking a positive career trajectory.

Please note that this role allows a flexible work schedule with a hybrid remote and in-office presence.

Job Requirements

• Strong real estate experience in a variety of transactional matters, including commercial office and retail leasing, development, lending and financing. Candidates should also have experience handling title, survey, entity, and other real estate diligence matters.
• Additional experience in commercial lending and banking transactions, including commercial real estate loans, asset-based loans, or other secured credit facilities of varying types is a plus.
• Experience in affordable housing, low income housing tax credits, or historic tax credits is also preferred but not required.
• Experience with entitlement, zoning, and tax issues as they relate to real estate and construction transactions is also preferred.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills. Attention to detail, self-directed, and an ability to work efficiently on a several different matters at a time.
• Ability to lead, negotiate, manage and close complex transactions, as well as draft material agreements and documents.
• A drive for excellence and a willingness to take the initiative to solve problems.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. The ideal candidate will be an integral part of the team, and will have the confidence and demeanor to interact and build relationships with the Firm’s clients.
• This attorney will serve as business advisor to clients, guiding them in a full range of legal matters throughout their life cycle.
• Portable book of business not required.
• Candidates must be currently licensed in Illinois or licensed in another state with a UBE score that qualifies in Illinois for comity, be eligible to waive in, or be willing to sit for an upcoming IL bar exam (open to relocation candidates that meet these requirements.)

About Our Real Estate Practice

Firm’s Real Estate Practice supports clients with interests in some of the most desirable, iconic and innovative properties in Chicago and the United States. Firm works with clients based in the nation’s largest real estate markets and beyond, guiding projects and deals involving commercial, office, industrial, retail, shopping center, multifamily, hospitality, and hotel properties.

In addition to representing lenders, borrowers, developers, owners, and equity investors, our full-service Real Estate Practice also counsels on entitlement, zoning, and tax issues as they relate to real estate and construction transactions. Our team includes lawyers who advise and counsel clients through every phase of complex construction matters, using a unique blend of negotiating and drafting acumen, technical expertise, construction industry experience, and courtroom-honed trial and arbitration skills.

On a day-to-day basis, our lawyers handle virtually all types of real estate transactions, including:

• Development
• Commercial leasing
• Retail acquisitions and leasing projects
• Multiparcel assemblage
• Tax-deferred exchange transactions
• Mixed-use transactions
• Common-interest communities
• Management agreements
• Construction and mortgage financing
• Environmental and contamination issues
• Real estate workouts
• Distressed assets

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