Real Estate Counsel, Transactions & Development

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness

Time Off

Financial

Job summary

Flow in New York is looking for a Real Estate Counsel to drive growth by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, leasing, and financing. You will work with the Real Estate and Finance teams to align deal terms with business goals and manage relationships with outside counsel.

You will lead due diligence, ensure regulatory compliance, and help structure deals for risk mitigation, while maintaining high standards of professional

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience primarily as a transactional real estate counsel (some in-house experience a plus!)
• Admission in good standing to practice law
• Excellent business knowledge of real estate, 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

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts for a wide range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, leasing, property management agreements, financing, and ancillary documents such as amendments, assignments, NDAs and license agreements.
• Manage outside counsel to produce high-quality documents utilizing optimized cost structure.
• Collaborate with Real Estate and Finance teams to ensure deal terms meet business needs and mitigate risks.
• Lead legal due-diligence and coordinate broader DD efforts on new investments.
• Ensure deals comply with local land use and zoning; arrange licensing and regulatory approvals as needed.
• Counsel team members on key agreement terms to foster smooth relationships with partners.
• Address lease and agreement interpretation issues, assess risk, and make sound judgments.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Real estate knowledge

Legal writing

Communication skills

Time management

Adaptability

Team player

Proactive

Delivery under pressure

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 primarily as a transactional real estate counsel (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

• Health and WellnessComprehensive 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 OffPTO and paid holidays.
• Financial401(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 FlowWeekly 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 WellnessComprehensive 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 OffPTO and paid holidays.
• Financial401(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 FlowWeekly 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.