Counsel - Transactional LIHTC/Affordable Housing Attorney

Dilectus Workforce Solutions; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Dilectus Workforce Solutions seeks a senior transactional attorney in Buffalo with 7–10 years of experience, including 4+ years focused on LIHTC/affordable housing transactions. The ideal candidate has strong law-firm credentials and can independently manage LIHTC deals from structuring through closing, while leading deal teams and supervising junior staff.

Buffalo-based with periodic NYC travel, this role emphasizes long-term commitment to the Buffalo market and collaboration across

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of transactional practice with a focus on LIHTC/affordable housing
• Must independently run LIHTC deals from structuring through closing
• Experience leading deal teams and supervising associates/paralegals
• Current/recent law-firm experience required

Responsibilities

• Lead LIHTC and affordable housing transactions from structuring through closing
• Supervise associates and paralegals on deal teams
• Draft and negotiate LPAs, operating agreements and financing documents
• Oversee end-to-end deal ownership and coordination across multiple parties

Skills

LIHTC transactions

Deal leadership

Team supervision

Transactional law

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

(BigLaw/Elite Boutique Preferred)

Experience: 7–10 years of transactional practice, including 4+ recent years focused on LIHTC/affordable housing transactions | Current/recent law-firm experience required | Must independently run LIHTC deals from structuring through closing | Experience leading deal teams and supervising associates/paralegals

Technical: Deep LIHTC, affordable-housing finance, tax-credit structuring, and multi-layered financing experience | Draft/negotiate LPAs, operating agreements, financing documents, acquisition/development documents | Acquisitions, dispositions, JVs, and development transactions | Deal sheet demonstrating end-to-end ownership

Credentials/Location: Juris Doctor (JD)| NY Bar or readily obtainable | Buffalo Monday–Thursday | Long-term commitment to Buffalo | Periodic NYC travel

Strong Preferences

Meaningful-size law firm or sophisticated LIHTC/affordable-housing boutique | Prior commercial real estate, tax, public finance, or M&A experience | Strong academics | Leadership/mentoring experience | Collaborative, high-energy personality

What We're Not Looking For

Exclusively in-house | Residential-only real estate | General CRE attorney with thin LIHTC exposure | Solo/small general practice without sophisticated tax-credit transactions | Multiple short tenures | NYC-only candidates unwilling to establish a genuine Buffalo presence

Firms: Nixon Peabody, Holland & Knight, Ballard Spahr, Kutak Rock, Dentons, Nelson Mullins, Frost Brown Todd, Ice Miller, Manatt, Cox Castle & Nicholson, Klein Hornig, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, Tiber Hudson, Kantor Taylor, Reno & Cavanaugh, Winthrop & Weinstine, Coats Rose, Stinson, Polsinelli, Husch Blackwell, Carlton Fields.

LIHTC / Affordable Housing Boutiques: Klein Hornig, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, Tiber Hudson, Kantor Taylor, Reno & Cavanaugh, Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt, Coats Rose, Winthrop & Weinstine, Krooth & Altman, Gubb & Barshay, Goldfarb & Lipman, Eichner Norris & Neumann, Reno & Cavanaugh, Hawkins Delafield & Wood, Norris George & Ostrow, Chapman and Cutler.

Schools: Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Penn Carey, UVA, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, Georgetown, UCLA, Vanderbilt, WashU, Texas, USC Gould, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Boston University, Boston College, Emory, George Washington, UNC, Wake Forest, Ohio State, Fordham, William & Mary, Washington & Lee, George Mason, Cardozo, St. John's, Brooklyn Law, Syracuse, University at Buffalo, Albany Law, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Temple, Villanova, UConn, Northeastern, American, Maryland Carey, Penn State Dickinson.

Salary

• $185K - $240K (OTE disclosed during interview)

Candidate Note: Candidates currently working at an AmLaw 200 firm or a sophisticated LIHTC/affordable housing boutique are strongly encouraged to apply. Ideal backgrounds include firms such as Nixon Peabody, Holland & Knight, Ballard Spahr, Kutak Rock, Dentons, Nelson Mullins, Frost Brown Todd, Ice Miller, as well as specialized boutiques such as Klein Hornig, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, Tiber Hudson, Kantor Taylor, Reno & Cavanaugh, Coats Rose, Winthrop & Weinstine, and similar firms with substantial LIHTC/affordable housing transactional practices.