Real Estate Counsel

FOL Management; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Equity packages

Parental leave

Weekly catered lunches

Job summary

Flow in New York, NY seeks a Real Estate Counsel to drive growth with speed and strong alignment to business goals. You will handle acquisitions, leasing, and financing transactions, managing outside counsel and coordinating across real estate and finance teams.

The role requires adept negotiation, deep knowledge of real estate law, and the ability to navigate complex agreements under tight deadlines, while supporting Flow's community-focused mission and ambitious growth strategy.

Qualifications

• Admitted to practice law in good standing.
• Excellent business knowledge of real estate, including finance and operations.
• Superior contract drafting and deal negotiation skills.
• Able to communicate complex legal concepts to non-lawyers.
• Excellent organization and ability to manage multiple complex agreements under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate real estate contracts including acquisitions, leasing, financing and ancillary docs.
• Manage outside counsel to produce high-quality documents efficiently.
• Collaborate with Real Estate and Finance teams to align terms with business goals and manage risks.
• Lead legal due-diligence for new investments and coordinate broader DD efforts.
• Ensure deals comply with local land use, zoning, and licensing requirements.
• Advise teams on key terms to foster smooth relationships with partners.
• Identify risk and make pragmatic judgments on lease and agreement interpretation.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Real estate law

Due diligence

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bar admission (active)

Job description

About The Company

At Flow, we're reimagining what it means to live, work, and connect. More than just a real estate company, Flow is a brand, a technology platform, and an operations ecosystem spanning condominiums, hotels, multifamily residences, and office spaces. We're building a new kind of living experience: one that's flexible, connected, and designed to create genuine community and real value for the people who call Flow home.

Our mission is oneness: prioritizing our residents and their experiences, and fostering connection with ourselves, their neighbors, and the natural world. By putting people at the center of everything we do, we're creating vibrant, human-centered communities where life, work, creativity, and play all come together in one place.

About The Role

The Real Estate Counsel role is pivotal to Flow's mission as person will execute on real estate growth strategy with speed and business alignment. From looking at various deal structures to assisting operating teams deliver the greatest experiences, the Real Estate Counsel will be firmly entrenched within the company's most important operations. The ideal candidate is high-achieving and self-assured but open-minded and equipped with incredible communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts for a wide range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, leasing, property management agreements, financing, and ancillary real estate documents such as amendments, assignments, SNDAs, estoppels, NDAs and license agreements
• Manage outside counsel to produce high-quality documents utilizing optimized cost structure
• Work closely with the Real Estate and Finance teams to ensure deal terms capture all-important business needs and considerations and provide advice to proactively manage the company's legal and operational risks while supporting business goals
• Lead legal due-diligence and coordinate and support broader DD efforts on all new investments
• Ensure deals are structured in a manner that achieves compliance with local land use and zoning; arrange for licensing and regulatory approvals where necessary
• Counsel relevant team members on key agreement terms, facilitating a smooth and professional relationship between property-facing teams and our property partners
• Address lease and agreement interpretation issues, assess risk and make sound and practical judgment calls

Qualifications

• 2 - 5 years of experience (some in-house experience a plus!)
• Admission in good standing to practice law
• Excellent business knowledge of real estate field, including nuances of real estate finance and operations
• Superior contract drafting and deal negotiation skills
• Fast!
• Flexibility, creativity and agility allowing for ability to pivot quickly when necessary
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to code-switch between legal, real estate, executive and layman's terms'
• Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to handle a variety of complex agreements under tight deadlines and high pressure
• Proactive by nature and can act decisively
• Team player committed to uplifting colleagues and the company
• Mission-driven

Benefits

We take care of our people so they can do their best work.

• Health and Wellness Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance and parental leave benefits. On-staff doctor, free therapy through SpringHealth, acupuncture, an Employee Assistance Program, and other wellness offerings
• Time Off PTO and paid holidays
• Financial 401(k) retirement plan, equity packages, healthcare and dependent care FSAs, HSA-compatible plan options with annual employer HSA funding and pre-tax commuter benefits
• Life at Flow Weekly catered lunches, wellness classes and employee discounts on Flow hotel stays, grocer products, and merch

Salary: $170,000 - $220,000

Flow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity and/or expression, pregnancy, Veteran status any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Benefits

We take care of our people so they can do their best work.

• Health and Wellness Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance and parental leave benefits. On-staff doctor, free therapy through SpringHealth, acupuncture, an Employee Assistance Program, and other wellness offerings
• Time Off PTO and paid holidays
• Financial 401(k) retirement plan, equity packages, healthcare and dependent care FSAs, HSA-compatible plan options with annual employer HSA funding and pre-tax commuter benefits
• Life at Flow Weekly catered lunches, wellness classes and employee discounts on Flow hotel stays, grocer products, and merch

Flow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity and/or expression, pregnancy, Veteran status any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.