Real Estate Associate

Jobot; Whitehall (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot seeks a Real Estate Associate to join a growing Pennsylvania practice. You’ll work on acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and financing, drafting and negotiating agreements, and coordinating with lenders, title companies, and clients through closings.

Ideal candidates have 3–5 years of hands‑on CRE experience and an active Pennsylvania Bar admission, with strong drafting and analytical skills and the ability to manage multiple matters independently.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience handling commercial real estate transactions.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.
• Active Pennsylvania Bar admission.

Responsibilities

• Run transactions from structuring through closing for commercial real estate.
• Draft and negotiate purchase agreements, leases, financing documents.
• Run title, survey, and zoning due diligence.
• Collaborate with clients, lenders, title companies and opposing counsel to close deals.

Skills

Commercial real estate transactions

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

Real Estate Associate — Growing Practice Group, PA Bar Required

Salary: $110,000 - $135,000 per year

Job Details

Our client is a full-service Pennsylvania law firm with a well-established, actively growing commercial real estate practice serving investors, developers, business owners, and lenders across the Lehigh Valley and surrounding region. We're busy, we're collaborative across practice groups, and we hire people who want to build long-term client relationships rather than churn through files.

You’ll handle a broad range of commercial real estate matters — acquisitions, dispositions, financing transactions, leasing, and development projects — drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, leases, and financing documents; running title, survey, and zoning due diligence; and working directly with clients, lenders, title companies, and opposing counsel to close deals.

Responsibilities

• Run transactions from initial structuring through closing against a commercial real estate practice.
• Draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, leases, financing documents, and other real estate related contracts.
• Run title, survey, and zoning due diligence.
• Work directly with clients, lenders, title companies, and opposing counsel to close deals.

Benefits

• Real deal ownership — you’ll run transactions from initial structuring through closing, not just draft the pieces someone else assembles.
• Direct contact with investors, developers, lenders, and title companies from day one.
• A genuinely collaborative practice group with attorneys across corporate, tax, environmental, and litigation who work matters together rather than in silos.
• Competitive salary with a clear path to take on increasing responsibility as the practice grows.
• An expanding client base across Pennsylvania — this is a build‑out seat, not a maintenance seat.

Must Haves

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• 3–5 years of hands‑on experience handling commercial real estate transactions — acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, financing, and due diligence.
• Active Pennsylvania Bar admission (non-negotiable).
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, with the judgment to manage multiple matters independently.

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.