Overview
The organization is seeking an Associate Attorney to support sophisticated commercial real estate finance transactions. This role primarily focuses on multifamily housing originations, structured finance transactions, and securitization due diligence. Responsibilities include structuring, negotiating, documenting, and closing complex commercial real estate financing matters in collaboration with clients, attorneys, lenders, and other transaction participants.
This is a remote position that requires an initial three-week, in-person training period at the firm’s Canonsburg, Pennsylvania office.
Responsibilities
- Multifamily Loan Originations: Represent lenders in the origination, structuring, negotiation, and documentation of multifamily commercial real estate loans, including conventional, affordable housing, manufactured housing, seniors housing, and student housing transactions.
- Securitization Due Diligence: Perform comprehensive mortgage loan due diligence and prepare exceptions to representations and warranties made to investors in connection with securitized loan pools.
- Structured Finance Transactions: Represent clients in the origination, structuring, negotiation, and documentation of structured finance vehicles, including lines of credit, long-term financing facilities, participation interests, and PC swap transactions.
- Transaction Management: Manage multiple commercial real estate finance transactions simultaneously, ensuring deadlines, client expectations, and closing timelines are met.
- Legal Drafting & Negotiation: Draft, review, and negotiate loan documents, transaction agreements, legal opinions, and related financing documentation while identifying and mitigating legal risk.
- Client & Stakeholder Collaboration: Communicate regularly with clients, opposing counsel, lenders, title companies, servicers, and other transaction participants to support efficient execution and high-quality client service.
- Legal Research & Risk Analysis: Analyze legal issues affecting commercial real estate finance transactions and provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to clients and firm attorneys.
- Training & Professional Development: Participate in ongoing training, mentorship, and shadowing opportunities with experienced attorneys, including the Managing Member, to deepen knowledge and develop expertise in complex transactions.
- Industry Knowledge: Stay current on developments in commercial real estate finance, agency lending requirements, and applicable laws and regulations.
Requirements
- Minimum of three years of transactional experience in commercial real estate finance.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Active license to practice law in good standing.
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial loan documents and managing financing transactions from inception through closing.
- Experience conducting legal due diligence related to commercial real estate financing and securitization transactions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Freddie Mac and/or Fannie Mae multifamily financing transactions.
Compensation & Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage with 100% of premiums paid by the organization.
- Life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and AD&D insurance.
- 401(k) and Cash Balance (pension) plans.
- Paid parental leave.
- Performance-based bonuses.
- Salary range: $160,000–$205,000, dependent on qualifications and experience.
Location
- Remote position
- Required: Initial three-week, in-person training period at the organization’s Canonsburg, Pennsylvania office.