Senior Associate - Real Estate (HOA) - Orlando

Shutts & Bowen LLP; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Shutts & Bowen LLP in Orlando seeks a senior associate/partner in its Real Estate Practice Group. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in real estate development, with a strong background representing developers in HOAs, condominiums, and master-planned communities.

Candidate should have experience advising developers through project lifecycles, including drafting and amending governing documents, and working with related attorneys to ensure compliance with Florida law.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of real estate development experience.
• Experience drafting and amending declarations, bylaws, CC&Rs, and other governing documents.
• Florida Bar membership and active practice in Florida.
• Ability to collaborate with land use, zoning, and construction teams.

Responsibilities

• Advise developers through the lifecycle of residential and mixed-use projects.
• Draft and amend declarations, bylaws, covenants, CC&Rs, articles of incorporation, and related documents.
• Collaborate with land use, zoning, real estate, and construction attorneys on community development matters.

Skills

Drafting

Transactional

Analytical

Negotiation

Communication

Job description

Firm Overview

Shutts & Bowen LLP is a full service, AmLaw 200 law firm that has provided high-quality legal services to businesses and individuals for over a century. With 8 offices across Florida, Shutts & Bowen offers legal services in more than 30 practice areas to its clients locally, nationally and internationally. Shutts & Bowen’s attorneys work in an environment where they are recognized for their value as individuals, giving them the autonomy and freedom to best serve their clients.

Firm Overview

Shutts & Bowen LLP is a full service, AmLaw 200 law firm that has provided high-quality legal services to businesses and individuals for over a century. With 8 offices across Florida, Shutts & Bowen offers legal services in more than 30 practice areas to its clients locally, nationally and internationally. Shutts & Bowen’s attorneys work in an environment where they are recognized for their value as individuals, giving them the autonomy and freedom to best serve their clients.

Position Description

Shutts & Bowen's Orlando office is seeking a senior associate/partner to join their Real Estate Practice Group. The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of experience in a real estate development law, with a strong background representing developers in the creation, structuring, and development homeowners’ associations (HOAs), condominium associations, and master-planned communities.

The successful candidate should have experience advising developers throughout the lifecycle of residential and mixed-use development projects, including the creation and establishment of community associations, drafting and amending declarations, bylaws, covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs), articles of incorporation, rules and regulations, and other governing documents. The ideal applicant will have experience with developer rights, turnover matters, easements, shared maintenance agreements, community governance structures, and compliance with the Florida Condominium Act. Experience working alongside land use, zoning, real estate, and construction attorneys on community development projects, as well as advising clients on developer transactions, is highly preferred.

Candidate must be a member of the Florida Bar and possess excellent drafting, transactional, analytical, negotiation, and communicational skills. Experience representing developers in residential, mixed-use, and master-planned community developments matters, is strongly preferred.

This is an excellent opportunity to become a member of a dynamic and collaborative team, representing developers on sophisticated residential and mixed-use development projects while playing a key role in formation and structuring of community associations and enjoying meaningful opportunities for professional growth and advancement.