Junior Real Estate Finance Associate Attorney

Aligned Talent AcquisitionDallas, Texas

$180,000 - $275,000 / year

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Overview

Schedule

Full-time

Career level

Senior-level

Remote

Hybrid remote

Compensation

$180,000-$275,000/year

Benefits

Career Development

Job Description

Dallas, Texas | Hybrid

Junior Real Estate Finance Associate Attorney

AmLaw 100 Opportunity

Compensation

$180,000 – $275,000+

Aligned Talent Acquisition is recruiting for a Junior Real Estate Finance Associate Attorney opportunity with a leading Am Law 100 firm in Dallas.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career transactional attorney looking to develop sophisticated experience in commercial real estate finance, secured lending, and real estate transactions while working alongside experienced attorneys and representing lenders, borrowers, investors, developers, and other sophisticated clients.

Ideal Background

• 1–3 years of real estate finance, commercial real estate, finance, or related transactional experience

• Experience with or strong interest in commercial real estate lending and secured finance transactions

• Experience representing lenders, borrowers, developers, investors, or financial institutions is preferred

• Experience assisting with the drafting and negotiation of loan agreements, promissory notes, mortgages, deeds of trust, guaranties, security agreements, and other financing documents

• Experience with acquisition financing, construction financing, refinancing, and other real estate-backed lending transactions is a plus

• Familiarity with title, survey, zoning, and other real estate due diligence

• Experience assisting with transaction closings and coordinating closing documents and deliverables

• Strong drafting, research, analytical, and organizational skills

• Ability to manage multiple transactions and deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent communication and client service skills

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school required

• Texas bar admission required or ability to become admitted

Why This Opportunity

✅ Build sophisticated real estate finance experience early in your career

✅ Exposure to commercial mortgage lending, acquisition financing, construction financing, and refinancing

✅ Opportunity to represent lenders, borrowers, developers, investors, and financial institutions

✅ Hands-on experience drafting and negotiating sophisticated financing documents

✅ Meaningful transaction responsibility with support and mentorship from experienced attorneys

✅ Collaboration with complementary real estate, finance, corporate, and tax practices

✅ Excellent platform for developing a highly marketable real estate finance practice

Interested?

If you're a junior Dallas associate with real estate, finance, or related transactional experience and want to build your career in real estate finance, I'd love to have a confidential conversation.

You don't need to be actively looking to explore the market. I'm happy to discuss compensation, training and mentorship, billable expectations, firm culture, hybrid flexibility, and long-term advancement opportunities.

All inquiries are confidential.

Devney AyersDirector of Legal RecruitingAligned Talent Acquisition

devney@alignedtalentacquisition.com

(216) 710-5174

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