Senior Counsel

At April Housing were building a team of bold mission-driven professionals who are motivated by meaningful work and energized by collaboration. Our work supports a clear purpose of expanding access to high-quality housing and each role plays an important part in advancing that mission.

Youll collaborate shouldertoshoulder with some of the most talented experts in the industry gaining hands-on exposure that helps you grow your skills and broaden your perspective from the day one. Our environment is dynamic fast paced and evolving designed to support curious ambitious people as they take on new challenges and develop capabilities that translate throughout their careers.

April Housingisa leading owner and operator of highquality affordable housing across the United States. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Los Angeles we are a portfolio company of Blackstone Real Estate supporting the affordable housing and LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credit) portfolio. Our mission is clear: preserve critical affordable housing stock while delivering exceptional management and highquality homes to the communities we are committed to being a fair transparent and responsible owner.

Backed by Blackstone Real Estate enabling us to invest in the creation and preservation of affordable housing for the long run. We are making a bold commitment to preserving affordable housing across the country. April Housing is dedicated to ensuring our assets aligned with high standards of excellence including ongoing property improvements and elevated resident services.

Were looking for individuals who share our commitment to excellence and believe in the impact that thoughtful well-executed work can have on communities. If youre driven by purpose value collaboration and are excited to grow while contributing to something meaningful April Housing offers a place to build experience expand your impact and do work that matters.

Position Overview

April Housing is seeking a Senior Counsel to join its in-house legal team. This is a broad business-facing legal role for a lawyer who wants to be embedded in the day-to-day work of owning operating preserving and investing in affordable housing at scale.

The Senior Counsel will serve as a practical legal and business partner to teams across asset management investments capital markets and senior leadership. The role includes transaction support but is broader than a traditional transaction execution role. It emphasizes day-to-day business counseling commercial negotiations operational problem solving dispute management risk assessment and strategic initiatives.

The ideal candidate is a senior associate with approximately 5 to 7 years of experience who enjoys variety takes ownership communicates clearly with non-lawyers and is interested in developing a strong understanding of how an institutional real estate platform operates. Familiarity with affordable housing or the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program is preferred but not required.

What You Will Do

Serve as a Strategic Business Partner

• Advise business teams on legal and operational issues arising across a national affordable housing portfolio.

• Partner with asset management investments capital markets and senior leadership to evaluate risk and develop practical solutions.

• Provide clear business-oriented guidance in situations where legal operational reputational and resident-facing considerations intersect.

• Help translate legal analysis into actionable recommendations for non-lawyer stakeholders.

• Work directly with senior leaders on cross-functional priorities and projects.

Lead Legal Operations Entity Management and Governance Support

• Manage entity formation maintenance and dissolution.

• Maintain organizational structure charts and entity records.

• Prepare incumbency authority and related governance documentation.

• Support delegated authority and approval processes.

• Support sanctions-related compliance activities and related cross-functional initiatives.

Support Real Estate Transactions and Preservation Initiatives

• Support acquisitions dispositions financings refinancings restructurings resyndications and other strategic transactions.

• Draft review and negotiate purchase and sale agreements loan documents easements access agreements leases settlement agreements and related transaction documents.

• Manage outside counsel and consultants and coordinate communication across lenders counterparties and internal stakeholders.

• Advise on regulatory agreements affordability restrictions housing agency matters bond issuer requirements and related affordable housing considerations.

• Assist with transactions involving LIHTC properties tax-exempt bonds and other affordable housing financing structures.

Provide Asset Management and Operational Legal Support

• Serve as a day-to-day legal resource for asset management on property operations and risk management.

• Review draft and negotiate commercial agreements including property management agreements vendor contracts consulting agreements access agreements nondisclosure agreements and other operating agreements.

• Advise on property-level issues resident-related matters third-party relationships and operational escalations.

• Support the creation and refinement of legal templates playbooks policies and processes that improve consistency and scalability.

• Oversee the Companys legal billing platform conflicts approvals and onboarding of legal counsel.

• Help the Company balance practical business needs legal risk resident impact and long-term preservation goals.

Manage Disputes Claims and Risk Issues

• Support pre-litigation disputes claims investigations and litigation matters in partnership with outside counsel.

• Assist with insurance recovery indemnity issues property-level disputes and other risk mitigation efforts.

• Evaluate potential legal exposure and recommend practical paths to resolution.

• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to preserve facts manage communications and support timely decision-making.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school.

• Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.

• Approximately 5 to 7 years of legal experience in a law firm real estate investment platform REIT developer owner/operator financial institution or similar organization.

• Strong real estate commercial contracting or business counseling experience.

• Ability to draft review and negotiate agreements with sound judgment and attention to detail.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to explain legal issues clearly to business teams.

• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple matters at once.

• Practical solutions-oriented approach and willingness to work across a broad range of legal and business issues.

Preferred

• Experience with commercial or multifamily real estate transactions.

• Familiarity with affordable housing LIHTC tax-exempt bond financings HUD programs regulatory agreements or other public-private real estate structures.

• Prior in-house experience or demonstrated interest in moving into a business-facing in-house role.

• Experience supporting institutional investors private equity sponsors real estate owners developers operators or asset management platforms.

• Experience with disputes claims operational risk or compliance-sensitive matters.

Success Profile

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable city county or local ordinances. Good cause exists for a criminal background check because one of the material duties of this position requires access to sensitive financial information and confidential and proprietary information and accordingly requires the candidate to possess a high level of integrity and discretion. The Company faces a significant risk to its business operations or business reputation if a criminal history check is not performed. A criminal history that has a direct adverse and negative relationship with these material duties may potentially result in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.

Base Compensation Range:

$175000.00 To $195000.00 Annually. This represents the presently-anticipated low and high end of the Companys base compensation range for this position. Actual base compensation range may vary based on various factors including but not limited to location and experience.

Total Direct Compensation: This job is also eligible for discretionary bonus and incentive compensation on an annual basis.

Benefits: The Company provides a variety of benefits to employees including health insurance coverage retirement savings plan paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

The additional total direct compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans policies practices agreements or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility.

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EEO Statement

April Housing is an equal opportunity accordance with applicable law we prohibit discrimination against any applicant employee or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis including but not limited to: veteran status uniformed servicemember status race color caste immigration status religion religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices) sex gender gender expression gender identity marital status sexual orientation pregnancy (including childbirth lactation or related medical conditions) age national origin or ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability genetic information (including testing and characteristics) protected leave status domestic violence victim status or any other consideration protected by federal state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations if you need an accommodation to complete the application process please email