Affordable Housing Associate Attorney (LIHTC)

Orion Placement; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive healthcare

401(k) matching

Backup family care

20 days paid time off

11 holidays

Firm-sponsored team lunches

Job summary

Orion Placement in New York is seeking a transactions-focused real estate attorney to manage sophisticated affordable housing matters and LIHTC financing from structuring through closing.

You will work closely with developers, owners, and lenders in a collaborative environment, earning direct partner exposure and mentorship while handling complex deal work.

Qualifications

• 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 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.

Skills

Drafting

Negotiation

Communication

Transaction-management

Job description

• 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

• 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.