SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Real Estate and Land Use

Were looking for highly motivated creative and collaborative attorneys to join our projectsoriented law firm. Operating outside the Big Law model our collegial and collaborative firm enables our Associate Attorneys to gain momentum in their careers and further their professional development through meaningful involvement on public and private projects that benefit communities across the United States.

Why consider us

We are a fastgrowing national boutique law firm devoted exclusively to helping clients solve problems involving the nations most complex and highprofile projects in real estate land use infrastructure project financing airports rail transit renewable energy environmental conservation and tribal law. While the Firm is organized into these primary practice areas we pride ourselves on complex collaborative work that does not always respect these boundaries and associates will regularly work with colleagues across all of our practice areas. Over half of our practice groups and a number of partners and associates received recognition from Chambers & Partners in their 2024 USA rankings reflecting our Firms outsized achievements and national recognition. The work we do is rewarding and we are tremendously proud of the superior services our team is able to provide to our clients.

Founded in 2003 as an alternative to the business of law as usual our Firms focus remains on our colleagues as well as our clients. We believe that when you enjoy working with a great team know that your contributions make a difference and are able to pursue a fulfilling career without hindering personal life responsibilities and choices your professional life can and should be more enjoyable and rewarding.

We are proud to be recognized for both the quality of our work and the opportunities for our associates to learn and grow. Our associates are uniquely positioned to have a significant impact for clients from day one while also gaining valuable experience and training. We believe that as an associate you should have a path toward partnership and our collective mentoring approach has resulted in a number of internally promoted partners.

In this role you will:

• Provide real estate and land use advice to public and private sector clients in Colorado and around the country in small and large scale redevelopment projects transitoriented developments (TOD) airport projects infrastructure publicprivate partnerships renewable energy projects and residential commercial and mixeduse projects.
• Draft and negotiate the full suite of transactional documents including purchase and sale agreements development agreements loan documents options covenants access agreements construction documents and other transactional documents.
• Advise clients on a wide variety of land use issues ranging from due diligence to strategic entitlement advice and processing.
• Work on projects that include tax increment financing and other public financing mechanisms
• Have the autonomy to explore and present unique solutions to some of our clients most complex problems

You will excel in this role by:

• Having 7 years of relevant transactional law experience in real estate land use or finance.
• Working familiarity with purchase and sale transactions real estate finance title and survey reviews and related property transaction documents.
• Demonstrating exceptional writing analytical and advocacy skills and ability to successfully interact with clients and colleagues.
• Adapting quickly in a dynamic fastpaced work environment to successfully multitask and manage deadlines to proactively complete transactions.
• Having a high comfort level in working both independently as well as in a team environment.
• Taking initiative by being actionoriented immediately responsible for your client delegating intelligently and seeking opportunities for personal improvement.
• Showing academic excellence and leadership having achieved a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Being admitted to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction (Colorado preferred)

You will stand out from other candidates if you:

• Have prior experience with commercial real estate urban redevelopment land use and/or construction law.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset with a collegial teamfocused approach to the practice of law.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and attentively listen actively engage and effectively communicate complex matters.

Position details: This is a fulltime position to be located in Denver CO. We have an annual expectation of 1600 billable hours for our associates and we have incorporated our values into this target by including an unlimited amount of approved pro bono hours when meeting this target. The salary range is $185000 $225000 HJH2 commensurate with experience. We offer medical dental vision HSA FSA STD LTD group term life insurance 401(k) flexible PTO and parental leave. The Firm will also cover some public transportation costs.

The Firm is actively committed to fostering the principles of diversity inclusion and equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age race color religion creed national origin ancestry gender gender identity gender expression sex sexual orientation sexual identity disability marital status military status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

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