Senior Associate / Counsel

Senior Real Estate Associate / Senior Counsel

Must be located within New York or Chicago

Join a highly regarded real estate finance practice representing leading banks, insurers, institutional lenders, and investors in commercial real estate transactions.

The team focuses on financing across a range of property types, including multifamily, hotels, energy, mixed-use, and medical office projects.

Attorneys work closely with clients and have the opportunity to see transactions from both the lender/investor and developer/owner perspectives. The practice offers strong exposure to sophisticated deals, while giving attorneys meaningful responsibility throughout the transaction.

What You'll Do

• Represent banks, insurance companies, institutional lenders, and corporate finance groups in real estate finance transactions
• Work on construction and permanent financing for multifamily, hotel, energy, mixed-use, and medical office projects
• Draft and negotiate mortgages, loan agreements, guaranties, and other real estate documents
• Review title and surveys and help manage due diligence through closing
• Work through environmental issues related to real estate transactions
• Assist with acquisitions, development projects, refinancings, amendments, and extensions
• Work directly with clients, borrowers, lenders, and other deal professionals
• Take ownership of transactions and work closely with senior attorneys and clients

What You'll Need

• Ideally 3–8 years of real estate and/or finance experience
• New York Bar or Illinois admission preferred
• Experience with commercial real estate finance transactions
• Experience drafting and negotiating mortgages, loan agreements, guaranties, and related documents
• Experience with title and survey review and real estate closings
• Working knowledge of environmental issues affecting real estate
• Strong writing, analytical, negotiation, and communication skills
• Good judgment and the ability to manage transactions from start to finish
• Lender-side or investor experience preferred
• Experience working with developers, owners, or landlords is a plus

What Else?

• Work with sophisticated institutional clients, including major banks, insurers, and lenders
• Exposure to a wide range of real estate finance transactions and property types
• Experience with both construction and permanent financing
• The opportunity to build expertise across real estate finance and broader commercial lending
• Exposure to both the lender/investor and developer/owner sides of transactions
• Meaningful responsibility and involvement throughout the life of each deal
• Opportunity to join at the Associate or Senior Counsel level, depending on experience

If you're a real estate finance attorney looking for sophisticated work, strong institutional clients, and the opportunity to take real responsibility on complex transactions, we'd like to hear from you.

Lorna Hardcastle

Lorna.hardcastle@simpsonjudge.com

331-215-9850