Real Estate Leasing Counsel/Senior Associate

Pure Search; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Am Law National Firm in Miami is seeking a senior attorney to step directly into a booming leasing and transactional practice.

You will draft and negotiate complex commercial leases across retail, hospitality, office and industrial assets, handling landlord/tenant representation for national portfolios and multi-site deals. Ground leases, subleases, sale-leasebacks and operating agreements are all in scope.

Qualifications

• Senior Associate to Counsel with strong leasing and transactional background.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume, complex leasing matters.
• Experience leading/overseeing cross-border or national leasing platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drafting and negotiating complex commercial leases across retail, hospitality, office and industrial assets.
• Managing landlord and tenant representations for single-site and national portfolios.
• Handling ground leases, master subleases, sale-leasebacks and operating agreements.
• Supporting acquisitions, dispositions and joint venture equity structures.

Skills

Commercial leasing

Tenant representation

Negotiation

Job description

I am currently partnering with a top-tier Am Law national firm that is strategically scaling it's Miami office. They have a specific need that bucks the usual lateral market trend.

One of their top Miami shareholders leads a booming real estate leasing and development practice, representing major REITs, national retail and hospitality brands, and corporate tenants on both local skyline projects and multi-state portfolio rollouts. Due to massive deal flow, they have hit a capacity wall.

They need a sharp, senior-level attorney to step directly into this pipeline.

The Scope of Work

• Commercial Leasing Focus: Drafting and negotiating complex commercial leases across retail, hospitality, office, and industrial asset classes.


• Landlord & Tenant Representation: Handling both single-site negotiations and high-volume national portfolio leasing strategies for major brands and institutional owners.


• Complex Deal Structuring: Ground leases, master subleases, sale-leaseback transactions, and operating agreements.


• Transactional Balance: Beyond leasing, you will support traditional transactional work, including acquisitions, dispositions, and joint venture equity structures.

The Profile & Strategic Upside

• Experience Level: Senior Associate to Counsel (approx. 2012–2018 class years).


• Immediate Impact: You will take the lead on high-level overflow work generated by this booming practice with minimal ramp‑up required.


• Clear Path to Partnership: You aren't being hired just to grind in the background. The firm explicitly wants this incoming attorney to leverage their national cross‑selling platform to build an independent, self‑sustaining practice over time.

If you have top-tier transactional and leasing chops but haven't had the runway or platform to build your own book yet, this is your springboard.