Description:

Why Seyfarth
At Seyfarth, we understand that great people are the key to our success, and we provide the opportunities to match. If you join us, you'll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. If you want the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future, keep reading.

The Opportunity:
We have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Real Estate Associate or Real Estate Counsel to join our New York office. This role offers the chance to work on sophisticated, high value transactions, including the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, restructuring, and disposition of noteworthy real estate assets. You will work in a highly collaborative environment with a clear, well supported, and realistic path to partnership.

The Day-To-Day:
The ideal candidate will have substantial experience advising clients on a broad range of complex real estate transactions, particularly on the equity side of the table. This candidate has experience representing clients (including institutional investors, real estate funds, owners, operators and developers) in the acquisition, financing, development, operation and disposition of various assets, including retail, office, multifamily, industrial, healthcare, medical office and life science properties, as well as, the ability to counsel on real estate joint venture formation and restructuring, acquisition, development and financing, portfolio transactions, and leasing matters. The candidate will have experience representing borrowers in connection with mortgage and mezzanine financing, securitized loans, construction lending, preferred equity investments, bridge financing and other financing vehicles.

You Have:

6+ years of meaningful dirt/equity side real estate transactional experience and have “first chair” capabilities.
Strong drafting, negotiation and analytical skills for complex transactional documents.
Ability to analyze and provide practical, business‑aligned solutions.
Comfort representing clients on the debt side of the table.
Excellent communication and client‑management skills.
Sophisticated law firm experience preferred.
Admission to the New York Bar required.

What We Provide:
We offer a collegial, entrepreneurial environment with a strong commitment to attorney development, including formal, partner‑driven mentorship, structured business development support, cutting‑edge innovation resources, and genuine opportunities for long‑term growth within a national platform.

We also provide competitive salary and benefits at all levels. For associates, we provide comprehensive training through our mentoring programs, CLE initiatives, Seyfarth University, industry credentialing, and hands-on learning by working side-by-side with our partners.