Real Estate Transactional Associate – CA

Pay: $160,000.00 - $230,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a sophisticated real estate and community development finance practice handling complex, high-value transactions.
• Work directly on financings involving multifamily housing, office, hotel, industrial, and other major real estate projects.
• Gain exposure to innovative financing structures involving low-income housing, historic rehabilitation, new markets, energy, and other tax credit programs.
• Represent lenders making loans secured by real estate and investors investing in real estate joint ventures.
• Build meaningful experience in real estate lending, joint ventures, secured finance, title, survey, and transactional due diligence.
• Join a collaborative, entrepreneurial legal environment with strong benefits, 401K, profit sharing, bonus potential, and hybrid flexibility.

Location: Hybrid opportunity with office options in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, or San Francisco, California.

Note: Candidates must be admitted to the California Bar and be a 2nd to 6th year associate with recent experience representing lenders in loans secured by real estate and/or investors investing in real estate joint ventures.

About Us

We are an established full-service business law firm known for sophisticated transactional work, practical legal counsel, and a collaborative approach to client service. Our attorneys work with businesses, lenders, investors, developers, and other organizations on complex matters across major industries. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Represent lenders in loans secured by real estate and investors in real estate joint ventures.
• Draft and negotiate senior real estate secured loan documents.
• Draft and review real estate joint venture partnership and operating agreements.
• Handle sophisticated real estate lending, joint venture financing, and community development finance transactions.
• Review title commitments, recorded documents, and surveys and oversee related paralegal review.
• Assist with financings involving low-income housing, historic rehabilitation, new markets, energy, and other state and federal tax credit programs.
• Work on transactions involving multifamily residential, office, hotel, industrial, and other real estate assets.
• Collaborate with experienced attorneys while developing increasing transaction and client responsibility.

Qualifications

• Active California Bar license required.
• Recent real estate transactional experience required.
• 2+ years of experience representing lenders in real estate secured lending transactions and/or investors in real estate joint ventures.
• Experience drafting secured loan documents and/or real estate joint venture partnership or operating agreements.
• Experience reviewing title commitments, recorded documents, and surveys.
• Strong legal writing and drafting skills.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Tax credit transaction experience preferred.

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will work on sophisticated real estate transactions that have a visible impact on communities and development projects across the country. The role offers exposure to complex financing structures, sophisticated institutional clients, experienced transactional attorneys, and hybrid flexibility while providing a strong platform for long-term career growth.

JPC-2128

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-have: CA bar license.  Must be a 2nd-6th yr associate. Preferred: 2+ yrs of lender-side real estate finance or real estate joint venture exp.

• Required Years as Associate, 2nd to 6th year associate
• Salary Bands (Only if attorney role): 2nd year $160K to $175K, 
• 3rd year $175K to $190K, 
• 4th year $190K to $205K, 
• 5th year $205K to $220K, 
• 6th year $220K to $230K

Submission Email:  recruiting@buchalter.com

Quick Recruiter Reference

2nd to 6th year CA real estate finance associate. Must have recent experience representing lenders in real estate secured lending and/or investors in real estate JVs. Hybrid; tax credit/community development finance experience preferred.

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• Client job title: Real Estate Transactional Associate
• Location: Los Angeles, Irvine, San Diego, or San Francisco, CA
• On-site, hybrid, remote: Hybrid
• Experience: 2
• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Real Estate Finance Associate, Real Estate Lending Attorney, Real Estate Transactional Associate, Commercial Real Estate Finance Associate, Real Estate JV Associate, Lender-Side Finance Attorney, Community Development Finance Associate
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