Transaction Attorney – Commercial Real Estate

Location: Chicago IL
Compensation: $175000 $215000 per year (commensurate with experience) bonus benefits
About the Company:
We are a national real estate investment firm with a diverse portfolio spanning retail industrial office mixed-use multifamily and land assets. Over the past 15 years the firm has focused on acquiring properties with intrinsic value enhancing performance post-acquisition and delivering strong risk-adjusted returns. The portfolio includes over 200 properties across 22 states with growth plans targeting $1B AUM.

Role Overview:
We are seeking a strategic business-oriented Transaction Attorney to manage all transactional legal matters across the firms expanding national portfolio. This position covers acquisitions dispositions leasing and capital-markets work from LOI through closing. The attorney will collaborate closely with acquisitions asset management and finance teams to drive deals forward while managing legal risk.

This role also includes oversight and development of a legal support team including a junior attorney or senior paralegal and transactional support resources to ensure strong delegation operational leverage and consistent deal execution.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage all aspects of commercial real estate transactions nationwide including acquisitions dispositions financings and leasing.

• Draft review and negotiate LOIs purchase and sale agreements joint venture documents loan agreements leases and closing documents.

• Oversee title and survey review due diligence and closing coordination; manage contingencies and ensure timely completion of deliverables.

• Support capital markets initiatives including reviewing and negotiating financing structures debt documents and related agreements.

• Provide leasing expertise across retail industrial office and ground leases; advise internal teams on tenant issues use restrictions and renewals.

• Develop and maintain templates playbooks and policies to standardize transactional processes and improve efficiency.

• Partner cross-functionally with acquisitions asset management property management and accounting to identify risk and optimize outcomes.

• Stay current on industry trends case law and regulatory updates affecting commercial real estate transactions.

Qualifications:

• J.D. from an accredited law school; licensed and in good standing in at least one U.S. state (ability to waive into Illinois preferred).

• 5 years of commercial real estate transactional experience ideally in real estate investment private equity or law firm settings.

• Proven ability to independently structure negotiate and close acquisitions dispositions and financings on a first-chair basis.

• Strong knowledge of title/survey review ALTA requirements and complex closing logistics.

• Excellent negotiation communication and drafting skills; pragmatic and business-focused problem solver.

• Experience with joint ventures entity formation or real estate funds is a plus.

• Organized responsive and able to manage multiple concurrent deals in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.