General Real Estate Partner

Chicago office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks general real estate partner with experience. The candidate will be handling all aspects of complex transactions for clients of all sizes and across industries. Will also have the opportunity to gain direct client interaction, business development experience, and significant responsibility for complex and sophisticated legal matters. Serve as a business advisor to clients, guiding them in a full range of legal matters throughout their life cycle. Must have significant experience representing property owners, developers, lenders, and investors in their acquisitions, dispositions, sales, financings, leasing, and development of the commercial real estate. Must have experience handling a variety of matters at any given time and enjoy working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. Strong real estate experience in a variety of transactional matters, including commercial office and retail leasing, development, lending, and financing essential. Should also have experience handling title, survey, entity, and other real estate diligence matters. Additional experience in commercial lending and banking transactions, including commercial real estate loans, asset-based loans, or other secured credit facilities of varying types is a plus. Experience in affordable housing, low-income housing tax credits, or historic tax credits is also preferred. Experience with entitlement, zoning, and tax issues as they relate to real estate and construction transactions is also preferred. Portable book of business preferred.

The candidate should have excellent writing and oral communication skills. Attention to detail, self-directed, and an ability to work efficiently on several different matters at a time needed. Should have the ability to lead, negotiate, manage and close complex transactions, as well as draft material agreements and documents. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

This small, entrepreneurial firm has established itself in the Chicago market as a leader in providing a unique, wide-range of services to multi-million dollar corporations and wealthy individuals. And because of its international legal exchange network, it is now able to provide its clients with legal services throughout Europe. Prominent wealthy families in Chicago flock to this firm for its legal expertise in representing family businesses. Providing a full range of wealth management services, the firm focuses on tax, financial and estate planning. The firm also boasts a multi-talented real estate practice group which provides a broad range of legal advice to real estate development and management companies. Trial lawyers generally handle traditional corporate disputes, but also specialize in any of labor and employment, environmental, bankruptcy, insurance or product liability. Attorneys interested in family advisory law should look no further.