Real Estate Finance Associate

Hawkstone Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawkstone Search is assisting a prominent Am Law 100 firm in finding a Mid-Level Real Estate Finance associate in New York. The role offers partnership-track potential and a national platform with high-profile financing transactions.

Represent lenders in sophisticated CRE financings and collaborate across eight offices to close complex deals, while developing a long-term career in a premier real estate practice.

Qualifications

• 3 to 7 years of sophisticated commercial real estate experience.
• Meaningful experience representing lenders in CRE financings.
• Experience negotiating, documenting and closing mortgage, mezzanine and other secured lending transactions.
• Strong academic record.
• Excellent writing and organizational skills, a team-oriented mindset, and New York Bar membership (required).

Responsibilities

• Represent lenders in commercial real estate financing transactions.
• Negotiate, document and close mortgage, mezzanine and other secured lending deals.
• Draft and negotiate loan documents and related financing instruments.
• Coordinate with clients, borrowers’ counsel and other transaction participants.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the firm’s offices on complex matters.

Skills

Commercial real estate experience

Lender representations

Mortgage and mezzanine lending

Writing and organization

Education

New York Bar membership

Job description

Having recently placed into the group, we are continuing to assist the firm in their searches for a Mid-Level Real Estate Finance associate. This is an Am Law 100 firm with a nationally recognized real estate practice, ranked by Chambers and The Legal 500 and a core focus of one of the firm’s five key industry sectors. More than 80 real estate attorneys across eight offices collaborate on sophisticated acquisitions, dispositions, financings, development, leasing and joint ventures. The New York team is growing, and this is a partnership-track opportunity for a mid-level associate who wants a long-term career at a premier firm with a national platform.

What’s on Offer

• $260,000–$420,000 base, depending on qualifications and experience
• Partnership-track opportunity within a dynamic and growing department
• A national platform with 80+ real estate attorneys across eight offices
• Sophisticated, high-profile transactions for lender clients
• A long-term career at a firm where real estate is a core strategic focus

What You’ll Be Doing

• Represent lenders in commercial real estate financing transactions
• Negotiate, document and close mortgage, mezzanine and other secured lending deals
• Draft and negotiate loan documents and related financing instruments
• Coordinate with clients, borrowers’ counsel and other transaction participants
• Collaborate with colleagues across the firm’s offices on complex, multi-faceted matters

What They’re Looking For

• 3 to 7 years of sophisticated commercial real estate experience
• Meaningful experience representing lenders in commercial real estate financings
• Experience negotiating, documenting and closing mortgage, mezzanine and other secured lending transactions
• Strong academic record
• Excellent writing and organizational skills, a team-oriented mindset, and New York Bar membership (required)

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