Real Estate Attorney

Transactional Attorney opportunity!

The firm is open to hybrid work, but regardless of

Associate Attorney Duties:

• Legal work encompassing – drafting and reviewing RE transactional agreements.
• Lots of purchase & sale agreements
• Do clients lease out the space after they develop it?
• Leasing agreements – I will find out if this is commercial/retail/office/residential
• Construction development agreements.
• Primary focus in finance and joint venture. – Financial structuring agreements
• conference calls with opposing counsel and clients.
• Usually they will have 2, sometimes 3 people on a deal.
• Depending on the attorney’s level, they’ll be working with a partner or working with a junior associate. Eventually, this attorney will be responsible to handle matters alone.

Perks of Firm:

• Growth opportunities and high quality of work.
• Lots of people came from big law but wanted to start a firm with a better culture.
• Fully stocked fridge with sodas, snacks, etc. Full bar at the office, a firm “happy hour” onsite occasionally.
• Annual retreat to local places like San Diego, Santa Barbara, all expenses paid and purely for R& R.
• Lunches, dinners, holiday dinners/parties with significant others invited.

Compensation:

• The firm has flexible billable hour requirements depending on the attorney. Pay is commensurate with set hours and bonus potential is based on revenue brought in and other intangibles beyond billable hours!
• Benefits kick in Day 1.
• Blue shield of California HMO or PPO 80% of group medical Insurance
• life Insurance.
• They do not offer vison or dental now.
• They offer parking or transit.
• Vacations accrued at 10 days per year.
• 6 Paid Sick days.
• 401k but no match.

The ideal associate attorney must live local to Los Angeles, be a California-licensed attorney, and have a JD from a strong law school.

Additional requirements:

1. Transactional real estate law experience, ideally in finance but not necessary.
2. “No task to small” mentality – nobody who has an ego or thinks helping on small things.
3. Good schooling and/or big firm experience.

TO APPLY, ONLY send resume directly to Assistant Vice President of Recruiting, Steve Aroutounians at Steve [dot] Aroutounians [at] RobertHalf [dot] [com]