NY Real Estate Development Associate (3rd - 5th Year)

Paul Hastings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 260,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

Paul Hastings LLP seeks a Mid-Level Associate (3-5 years) to join the Real Estate Development team in New York. You will work on acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, borrower-side finance, and development transactions, with early responsibility and client-facing time.

Candidates should have excellent academic credentials and NY Bar admission; the role emphasizes drafting joint venture agreements and loan documents as part of main transactional teams.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in real estate transactions.
• Experience with real estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, borrower-side finance, and development transactions.
• Must be admitted to the New York Bar.
• Strong drafting skills for JV agreements and loan documents.
• Excellent academic credentials.

Responsibilities

• Be part of deal teams with early responsibility.
• Draft main transactional documents (e.g., JV agreements, loan agreements).
• Extensive client-facing interaction.

Skills

Real estate transactions

Legal drafting

Client-facing

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) degree

Job description

Paul Hastings’ Band 1 Real Estate Department is seeking a Mid-Level Associate with 3-5 years of experience to join their Real Estate Development team in NY.

Ideal development candidates will have experience with real estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, borrower-side finance, and development transactions.

This is a unique opportunity to work on deal teams with early responsibility and client facing time. Therefore, associates will need to be highly skilled at working on the main transactional documents (e.g., drafting joint venture agreements and loan agreements).

Excellent academic credentials and law firm experience are required. Candidates must be admitted to the New York Bar.

The salary wage range that we expect to pay for this position is a minimum of $260,000 and a maximum of $365,000 (annually). The actual pay wage may vary based on experience or other relevant factors.

About Paul Hastings

With widely recognized elite teams across 17 core practices, Paul Hastings is a premier law firm with a culture of excellence focused on providing intellectual capital and superior execution globally to the world’s leading investment banks, asset managers and corporations.

For more information, visit www.paulhastings.com.

Paul Hastings LLP is an equal opportunity employer.