Affordable Housing Associate Attorney (LIHTC)

Orionplacement; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Vision insurance

Job summary

Orionplacement in New York, NY is seeking an experienced transactional real estate attorney with LIHTC expertise to manage complex affordable housing deals from structuring through closing.

The role requires NY Bar admission and 2+ years in related transactions, offering mentorship, partner exposure, and a high-responsibility, high-impact environment with meaningful deal ownership.

Qualifications

• Active New York Bar admission in good standing.
• 2+ years of transactional real estate law experience.
• 2+ years of LIHTC transactional experience.
• Experience with sophisticated affordable housing, community development, or real estate financing transactions.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, communication, and transaction-management skills.
• Experience representing developers or owners in complex transactions is highly valued.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced transactional practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage sophisticated affordable housing and transactional real estate matters from structuring through closing.
• Represent developers and property owners in acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development transactions, and financing matters.
• Work extensively with LIHTC transactions and related affordable housing financing structures.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and revise complex real estate, financing, organizational, and closing documents.
• Help run transactions, coordinate deal teams, manage deadlines, and drive matters toward successful closings.
• Collaborate directly with clients, partners, lenders, investors, and other transaction participants.
• Support and supervise junior deal team members as your experience allows.

Skills

Drafting

Negotiation

Communication

Transaction management

Job description

Pay: $190,000.00 - $260,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Build your career in a sophisticated affordable housing and community development practice where your work creates a tangible impact in communities.
• Take meaningful ownership of complex LIHTC, real estate, development, and financing transactions while working closely with experienced attorneys.
• Receive hands-on mentorship, ongoing training, and direct partner exposure in a highly collaborative, open-door environment.
• Work on challenging transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development deals, tax credits, and sophisticated financing structures.
• Enjoy a strong benefits package that includes competitive healthcare options, generous 401(k) matching, backup family care, 20 days of paid time off, 11 holidays, and firm-sponsored team lunches.
• Join a team that values professional growth while giving associates meaningful responsibility and opportunities to develop their deal-management skills.

Location: New York, NY. This is a hybrid position with in-office collaboration Monday through Thursday and remote work on Fridays. Compensation is $190,000 to $260,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

Note: Candidates must be admitted to the New York Bar and in good standing, with 2+ years of transactional real estate law experience and 2+ years of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) transactional experience.

About Us

We are a collaborative law firm focused on affordable housing, community development, and sophisticated real estate financing. Our team works with developers and organizations to structure transactions that create and preserve affordable housing while providing attorneys with meaningful responsibility, mentorship, and professional growth. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Manage sophisticated affordable housing and transactional real estate matters from structuring through closing.
• Represent developers and property owners in acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development transactions, and financing matters.
• Work extensively with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit transactions and related affordable housing financing structures.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and revise complex real estate, financing, organizational, and closing documents.
• Help run transactions, coordinate deal teams, manage deadlines, and drive matters toward successful closings.
• Collaborate directly with clients, partners, lenders, investors, and other transaction participants.
• Support and supervise junior deal team members as your experience allows.

Qualifications

• Active New York Bar admission in good standing.
• 2+ years of transactional real estate law experience.
• 2+ years of LIHTC transactional experience.
• Experience with sophisticated affordable housing, community development, or real estate financing transactions.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, communication, and transaction-management skills.
• Experience representing developers or owners in complex transactions is highly valued.
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced transactional practice.

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will join a people-focused team where mentorship is hands-on, partners are accessible, and associates are trusted with meaningful work. Our practice combines sophisticated transactional experience with a mission-driven focus, giving you the opportunity to grow technically while seeing the real-world impact of the projects you help bring to life.

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Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance