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CALIFORNIA MINORITY COUNSEL Program

Real Estate Transactions & Finance Associate (Attorney)

CALIFORNIA MINORITY COUNSEL Program, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079

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Position Summary Manatt is looking for real estate transaction associates with three to six years of experience to join our Real Estate Transactions & Finance practice to support our expanding real estate finance team.

If you are looking to work alongside nationally recognized real estate leaders with diverse practices on national scale deals, have a builder, can-do work ethic, thrive on teams and want to learn from the best in their fields, this might be the right opportunity for you.

Manatt’s unique professional services approach provides a combination of legal services and strategic business services – with a team of lawyers, paralegals, land use planners, and consultants – to meet the needs of our clients. With significant depth and experience across most real estate asset classes and all phases of development projects, we help clients navigate complex matters involving mixed use developments, debt and equity financings, joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, hospitality, brownfield developments, construction, affordable housing, complex leasing, public/private transactions, and loan restructurings.

Manatt’s Real Estate Transactions & Finance team works collaboratively across offices and practices and engages in a wide range of transactions across our industry sectors, including office, multi-family, hospitality, entertainment, retail, industrial and mixed-use projects, cannabis and CBD and energy/alternative energy. Manatt’s unique professional services approach coupled with our deep industry expertise allows us to build relationships and serve as trusted advisors to our clients and, in turn, perform cutting-edge work to help guide them through a dynamic, ever-evolving legal and business landscape. The team works with clients ranging from institutional owners to entrepreneurial developers to large corporate/technology companies. Our clients include companies such as Meta, Jay Paul, Lowe Enterprises, international hotel companies, LACMA, Dignity Health, the largest national specialty grocer, Accor, and Westfield.

We are looking for candidates with broad experience in real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, retail and ground leasing, financing, construction, development, and joint ventures. Candidates should have demonstrated experience in negotiating and drafting mortgage loan documents, purchase and sale agreements, managing closing checklists, overseeing closing documents and other fundamental real estate transaction documents, with experience negotiating and drafting commercial leases, joint ventures, construction, CC&Rs, REAs, Declarations and Easement Agreements being a plus.

Duties and Responsibilities

3–6 years of broad transactional real estate experience

Demonstrated experience with mortgage debt financing transactions (preferably borrower-side) and purchase/sale transactions

Leasing and joint venture experience a plus

Excellent writing and communication skills

Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Team-oriented, collaborative mindset

Strong problem-solving skills and confidence working independently

Bar membership in good standing in California

HOW TO APPLY Please apply through this link.

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