Description:
Haynes Boone is seeking a mid to senior Real Estate Associate to join our New York office. This role offers the opportunity to work across the firm's broad-based dirt/equity real estate practice, with a focus on acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, leasing, development transactions, and other complex commercial real estate matters. Candidates will represent developers, private equity funds, REITs, family offices, and other institutional clients across a wide range of asset classes.The ideal candidate will have experience handling sophisticated real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, leasing, development projects, and other equity-side matters. Candidates should be comfortable managing substantial portions of transactions while working closely with clients and colleagues across the firm's nationally recognized Real Estate Practice Group.
This position involves drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, development agreements, leases, operating agreements, and related transaction documents; conducting due diligence; and coordinating all aspects of deal execution. Successful candidates will have strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, excellent academic credentials, and a collaborative approach to practicing law.
Qualifications:
- 4+ years of commercial real estate transactional experience.
- Experience representing developers, private equity funds, REITs, institutional investors, family offices, and other real estate market participants.
- Strong experience with acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, leasing, development transactions, and other equity-side commercial real estate matters.
- Ability to manage significant aspects of transactions and work directly with clients.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, and writing skills.
- Strong AI proficiency and experience leveraging AI tools in transactional practice, including drafting, due diligence, document review, and workflow efficiency, is strongly preferred.
- Admission to the New York State Bar (or eligibility to waive into New York).
The starting base salary for this position is expected to be between $310,000 and $445,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on skills, experience (to the extent relevant), and other job-related factors, consistent with applicable law.
This is an excellent opportunity for a talented real estate attorney seeking significant client exposure, sophisticated transactional work, and a collaborative, entrepreneurial platform.
