Job Description

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Real Estate Associate

  • Job Tag: #LI-LS1
  • Posted: November 13,2026

A top-tier Am Law firm is seeking a mid-level associate to join its busy and growing Real Estate practice in Minneapolis. The team works on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions across a variety of asset classes, representing private equity firms, developers, investors, borrowers, lenders, and other institutional clients nationally. This is an opportunity to join a fantastic group of talented attorneys with direct client contact and real ownership of deals.

Responsibilities

  • Represent clients in complex commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financings, joint ventures, and other investment transactions.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, loan documents, joint venture agreements, and related transaction documents.
  • Handle mortgage, mezzanine, and other real estate financing transactions.
  • Conduct and manage transactional due diligence, including title, survey, zoning, leasing, and existing financing matters.
  • Manage transaction workstreams from diligence and documentation through closing and post-closing.
  • Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel, lenders, and other transaction participants, and coordinate across deal teams.

Qualifications

  • 3 to 5 years of sophisticated commercial real estate transactional experience, preferably in a large law firm environment.
  • Strong experience with real estate finance, acquisitions and dispositions, and/or joint ventures.
  • Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and transaction management skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to take ownership of significant transaction workstreams and work effectively with clients.
  • Experience with multiple commercial real estate asset classes preferred.
  • J.D. from an accredited law school and active license in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

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