Senior Associate: Business, Real Estate & Litigation

Gilder Search Group; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare stipend

Paid holidays and PTO

Paid parking

Monthly target gift cards

Professional development and mentoring

Direct access to partners and clients

Long-term career growth

Job summary

Gilder Search Group is seeking a mid-to-senior Associate Attorney in Pasadena, CA, handling business, real estate, complex litigation, and transactional matters. The role offers meaningful responsibility, direct client interaction, and autonomy without a minimum billable-hour requirement.

Responsibilities include managing a diverse docket, drafting pleadings and contracts, conducting research, and advising on formation and governance.

Qualifications

• Active California Bar license in good standing.
• Strong legal research, writing, and analytical abilities.
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills.
• Experience independently managing matters, deadlines, and client relationships.
• Meaningful pre-trial litigation experience.
• Strong communication, organization, and attention to detail.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and work independently.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented approach to legal work.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied portfolio of business, real estate, litigation, and transactional matters with increasing independence.
• Handle business and real estate disputes from pre-litigation through trial, arbitration, mediation, or settlement.
• Draft pleadings, motions, discovery, legal memoranda, and other litigation filings.
• Conduct legal research and develop persuasive written analyses.
• Appear at court proceedings, depositions, mediations, and arbitrations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, purchase agreements, leases, operating agreements, and governance documents.
• Advise clients on business formation, governance, transactions, risk management, and real estate matters.
• Assist with complex mass tort litigation and other major disputes.
• Communicate directly with clients and provide practical, business-minded legal guidance.
• Develop case and transaction strategies while identifying legal and commercial risks.
• Manage deadlines, deliverables, and progress of assigned matters.

Skills

Legal research

Legal writing

Analytical abilities

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Client relationships

Deadline management

Pre-trial litigation

Communication

Organization

Education

California Bar license (active, in good standing)

Job description

Gilder Search Group is seeking a mid-to-senior Associate Attorney in Pasadena, CA, handling business, real estate, complex litigation, and transactional matters. The role offers meaningful responsibility, direct client interaction, and autonomy without a minimum billable-hour requirement.

Responsibilities include managing a diverse docket, drafting pleadings and contracts, conducting research, and advising on formation and governance.