Real Estate Associate Attorney
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Overview
Job Description
Dallas, Texas | Hybrid
Real Estate Associate Attorney
AmLaw 100 Opportunity
Compensation
$200,000 – $350,000+
Aligned Talent Acquisition is recruiting for an experienced Real Estate Associate Attorney opportunity with a leading Am Law 100 firm in Dallas.
This is an excellent opportunity for a transactional attorney interested in sophisticated commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, and financing transactions for developers, investors, lenders, owners, and other sophisticated clients.
Ideal Background
• 2–6 years of sophisticated commercial real estate transactional experience
• Experience with acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, and real estate finance
• Experience representing developers, investors, owners, lenders, borrowers, and institutional clients
• Experience drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, leases, development agreements, loan documents, and other real estate transaction documents
• Experience handling title, survey, and other real estate due diligence
• Experience coordinating complex real estate transactions from initial diligence through closing
• Experience with joint ventures, real estate private equity, or portfolio transactions is a plus
• Experience with commercial leasing, including office, retail, industrial, or other sophisticated leasing matters, is beneficial
• Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple sophisticated transactions in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent client service and communication skills
• Strong academic credentials
• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school required
• Texas bar admission required or ability to become admitted
Why This Opportunity
✅ Sophisticated commercial real estate transactions
✅ Exposure to acquisitions, dispositions, development, leasing, and finance
✅ Opportunity to represent developers, investors, lenders, owners, and institutional clients
✅ Meaningful transaction responsibility and direct client interaction
✅ Experience with significant real estate projects and investments
✅ Collaboration with complementary corporate, finance, tax, and litigation practices
✅ Excellent platform for developing a sophisticated real estate practice and advancing your career
Interested?
If you're a Dallas real estate associate with sophisticated transactional experience, I'd love to have a confidential conversation about this opportunity.
Even if you're not actively looking, it never hurts to know what's out there. I'm happy to discuss compensation, partnership track, billable expectations, firm culture, hybrid flexibility, and whether this opportunity could make sense for your career.
All inquiries are confidential.
Devney AyersDirector of Legal RecruitingAligned Talent Acquisition
devney@alignedtalentacquisition.com
(216) 710-5174
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