Description:
Foley & Lardner LLP is seeking a real estate associate with 3-5 years of relevant experience to join our Real Estate Practice Group in our Orlando, Miami, or Dallas office. The associate will support a national hospitality and leisure practice representing hotel and resort owners, developers, investors, lenders, brands, operators, and management companies in sophisticated real estate transactions involving hospitality matters and/or development matters involving condominium, branded residential, mixed-use, and master planned community projects.Qualified candidates will have substantive experience with hotel and hospitality transactions, including negotiating hotel management agreements and handling hotel and resort acquisitions, dispositions, and financings, and/or developer-side experience with condominium and master planned community projects. Candidates should have experience drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, licenses, loan agreements and related financing documents and/or a qualified candidate will have experience advising developers of sophisticated mixed-use projects including drafting easements, declarations and CC&Rs, development-related agreements, and property management agreements. Experience with real estate development and joint venture transactions is a plus.
The associate will work closely with partners and clients on matters that may span the full lifecycle of hospitality and development projects, from structuring, diligence, acquisition, and financing through development, operation, and disposition. Candidates should have strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and communication skills; sound judgment; and the ability to manage multiple transactional workstreams effectively. The position offers meaningful responsibility, direct client interaction, and the opportunity to develop industry-focused experience within a collaborative, cross-office practice.
Applicants must hold a JD from an ABA-accredited law school and be active members in good standing of the Bar of the jurisdiction(s) where admitted to practice. Timely admission to the Bar of the state where the hiring office is located will be required as a condition of employment.
Interested applicants should submit a resume, law school transcript, writing sample, and cover letter indicating office preference. Current judicial clerks need to apply directly and may not be submitted by a legal recruiter.
