Real Estate Associate

Withers; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

Withers is seeking a Real Estate Associate to join our San Francisco or Los Angeles office. The role focuses on complex commercial and residential real estate transactions, including title work, financing, leasing, and structuring ownership entities.

You will collaborate across practice areas, handle due diligence, and contribute to business development. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in a law firm's Real Estate group, CA Bar admission, strong academics, and excellent written and verbal

Qualifications

• Admitted to practice in California.
• 3–5 years in a law firm Real Estate group.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Domestic and international/cross-border experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Handle key aspects of complex commercial and residential purchases and sales (title, survey review, transaction process, counsel communications, escrow, principals).
• Experience with finance, commercial leasing, conveyancing, entitlements/subdivisions, construction and improvements contracts, structuring, and drafting to form ownership vehicles.
• Knowledge of California real estate taxation issues and compliance with CA real estate laws.
• Proactively track and advance a transaction from start to finish; manage closing checklists and due diligence.
• Contribute to the team’s profile and business development: write articles/posts, attend events, build networks with private wealth contacts and peer firms.

Skills

CA Bar admitted

3–5 years Real Estate

Strong academics

Cross-border experience

Exceptional communication

Drafting & research

Proactive self-starter

Project management

Attention to detail

Team player

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent

Job description

Real Estate Practice Overview

Our real estate team advises on commercial, residential, and non-profit transactions involving properties in all asset classes and represents some of the most prominent individuals and institutions in the world.

Our real estate team advises on commercial, residential, and non-profit transactions involving properties in all asset classes and represents some of the most prominent individuals and institutions in the world. We advise and assist both domestic and international investors, developers, institutions and individuals in a wide range of global real estate transactions. With 17 offices around the world, the firm is international in the most complete sense of the word. We counsel individuals and institutional clients in a variety of different industries on the day-to-day handling of legal and business matters relating to real property acquisition, disposition, leasing, financing, development and management. In the U.S., we have commercial and residential real estate capabilities on both the East Coast and West Coast, and also regularly handle transactions in a variety of other markets nationwide.

For more information on our Real Estate practice please visit this page.

The Role

This role will sit in either our San Francisco or Los Angeles office.

• Ability to handle key aspects of complex commercial and residential purchases and sales (e.g. title and survey review, the transaction process, communications with counsel, escrow and principals).
• Experience with finance, commercial leasing (office, retail, industrial, ground leasing and agricultural), conveyancing, entitlements/subdivisions, construction and improvements contracts, and structuring, and drafting to form and advise complex ownership vehicles.
• Knowledge of general real estate taxation issues and compliance with California real estate laws.
• Strong capability to proactively track and advance a transaction from start to finish, including creating and managing closing checklists and due diligence checklists, and preparing for and assisting with closings.
• The role will also involve contributing to the team's profile and undertaking business development activities to establish, develop, and maintain long-term relationships; including, writing articles/posts, attending events/conferences and building networks with private wealth contacts/intermediaries including global and peer firms and counsel.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for the performance of this job, and as such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required

Key Skills And Experience

• Admitted and in good standing with the California Bar;
• Minimum 3 – 5 years of experience practicing in a law firm's Real Estate group;
• Strong academic credentials;
• Domestic experience required and international/cross-border experience a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Strong drafting, writing, research and communication skills;
• Proactive self-starter;
• Strong project management skills with an ability to balance and prioritize multiple assignments;
• Attention to detail; and
• Team Player with a desire to be trained and deepen and expand skill set.
• The ideal candidate will have experience—or a strong interest—in working on real estate matters in close collaboration with colleagues across multiple practice areas, including tax, trusts and estates, and litigation

For the state of California, the expected annual range for this position is between $210,000 and $288,000. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.

About Withers

A law firm focused on people, performance, and collaboration.

For the past 130 years, we have supported some of the world’s most remarkable people and organizations at defining moments in their lives.

We are united in our commitment to integrity, quality and collaboration. We have a culture of high performance and deliver excellent service consistently across the firm. We provide tailored solutions built on trust and partner with our clients to achieve their goals.

Many of our clients are shaping the future and creating solutions to tackle many of the world’s problems. It makes for a fascinating and challenging practice.

Our role is to get to know each individual client, find out where they want to be, and help them to get there – whether they are building a business, buying a home or protecting and defending their interests.

To meet their unique needs we are exceptionally collaborative, working together across teams and time zones. And we are agile – focusing on strategy rather than rigid ideas and traditional hierarchy.

Join us to be part of a team that is always looking to the future. Where initiative, big ideas and bold moves are always encouraged. Where you can truly be yourself.

For more information on Withers, please visit the following links: General Career Site, LinkedIn, About Us

Business Division

Our Corporate, Technology, Real Estate, Intellectual Property and Charities do sophisticated and ground-breaking work in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, brands, intellectual property, hotels, investment funds, sponsorship and partnerships. As a leader in advising successful people around the world we understand the unique issues surrounding private capital. This can range from investment, structuring and control of cross-border investments to the corporate and personal tax issues.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

The firm is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Equal employment opportunity has been and will continue to be a fundamental principle at the firm. Employment at the firm is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. The firm prohibits and will not tolerate any discrimination or harassment on the basis of any of these classifications or characteristics. For those applying for a position in the city of Los Angeles or San Francisco, the firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.