Commercial Real Estate Associate

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Commercial Real Estate Associate (3 5 years of experience) to join our growing New York office. This is a unique opportunity to advance your career within a practice that is both highly respected and strategically expanding across the U.S. Our firm places real estate at the center of its global strategy and this role offers direct access to high-profile clients and complex cross-market transactions working with team members in jurisdictions across the United States.

Key Responsibilities

As a mid-level associate you will play a critical role in advising institutional investors developers and private equity clients on a wide range of commercial real estate matters including:

• Structuring and executing acquisitions dispositions and financings across diverse asset classes (office retail logistics healthcare/senior living student housing hospitality data centers)
• Drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements loan documents commercial leases and joint venture agreements
• Conducting and managing due diligence including title survey environmental and zoning reviews
• Advising on development projects from entitlement through completion
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across tax construction planning & zoning and other practice areas
• Supporting clients with day-to-day operational real estate matters including lease amendments assignments subleases and tenant issues

Qualifications

Required:

• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school with strong academic credentials
• 3 5 years of commercial real estate experience at a nationally recognized law firm
• Admission to the New York Bar
• Demonstrated experience in real estate transactions including acquisitions dispositions financing and leasing
• Exceptional drafting negotiation and communication skills

Preferred:

• Experience with multi-jurisdictional
• Familiarity with real estate development and capital markets structures
• Exposure to institutional clients private equity funds and REITs

Personal Attributes:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Commercial mindset with a client-first approach
• Collaborative team player who thrives in a fast-paced high-performance environment
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional growth

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on market-leading transactions with top-tier clients
• Exposure to innovative deal structures and emerging real estate sectors
• Robust training and development programs
• Supportive and inclusive firm culture with cross-office collaboration
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Hybrid work flexibility

With more than 1100 lawyers in 31 offices across North America Europe the Middle East and Asia Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is a fully integrated global law firm that provides clients with connected legal advice wherever and whenever they need it. The firm is known for its relationship-driven collaborative culture diverse legal experience and industry-shaping innovation and offers clients one of the most active M&A real estate financial services litigation and corporate risk practices in the world.

Client offers eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision insurance coverage life insurance and retirement plans. We also provide eligible employees flexible time off plans including paid Parental leave Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays.

At Client we understand the value of a diverse workforce and we believe people perform at their best when they can truly be themselves at work. We aim to create an inclusive environment where all our employees are valued motivated and able to be order to provide the best possible service to our diverse client base we are committed to recruiting retaining rewarding and developing our people with regard to their abilities and contributions and without reference to their background gender gender identity or expression ethnic origin age religion sexual orientation socio-economic status political belief disability or any other protected characteristic.

* Mansfield Certified Plus firm for 2022

* Signee to the United Nations Global LGBTQ* Standard of Conduct for Business

* Named by Stonewall as a Top Global Employer 2020

* Received the Women in Law Empowerment Forum WILEF Gold Standard Certification for 2020

* Named one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the HRCFs Corporate Equality Index 2021

Client is an equal employment opportunity employer. The Firm strictly prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race color religion national origin age military status gender (including pregnancy childbirth lactation or medical conditions related thereto) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression marital status mental or physical disability genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law. The Firm also strictly prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any protected class or status. The Firm complies with all applicable federal state and local laws respecting applications for employment including consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state law. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Client. Please inform the Firms personnel representative if you need an accommodation to assist in completing this application or to otherwise participate in the application process.

Pursuant to the New York pay transparency laws Client is posting a reasonable estimate of a compensation range for an Associate with four to six years of experience. At the time of posting the estimated range is $215000 to $310000. Actual compensation will be influenced by various factors including but not limited to the level of relevant experience skill sets training licensure and certifications internal equity market data and other job-related factors permitted by law. The range is based on a full-time work schedule.

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