Senior Real Estate Attorney

A law firm in Cottonwood  Heights is currently seeking a highly experienced Senior Real Estate Attorney to serve as a business advisor, providing comprehensive legal guidance throughout clients' life cycles. This role offers the opportunity for direct client interaction, business development, and significant responsibility in handling complex real estate transactions. The ideal candidate will possess a minimal portable book of business and have expertise in various real estate areas.

Duties:

• Serve as a business advisor to clients, offering legal guidance across a full spectrum of matters.
• Manage all aspects of complex real estate transactions for clients of varying sizes and industries.
• Gained direct client interaction and business development experience, and took significant responsibility for complex legal matters.
• Preferably bring a minimal portable book of business.
• Handle complex real estate developments, financing transactions, acquisitions and dispositions, commercial lease transactions, zoning, land use, and condominium matters.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of real estate or related transactional law experience
• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
• Excellent academic credentials
• Experience in complex real estate developments, financing transactions, acquisitions and dispositions, commercial lease transactions, zoning, land use, and condominiums
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with diverse internal and external clients, attorneys, and staff
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Certifications:

Admission to the Bar in the state of Utah or eligibility for admission.

Skills:

• Expertise in complex real estate transactions and related legal matters
• Business development skills and client relationship management
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to handle significant responsibility for complex legal matters

Benefits:

• 401(k) with Company Contribution
• Short-Term Disability Plan
• Long-Term Disability Plan
• Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Parental/Family Leave

Built on client focus, this firm has been nationally ranked in 15 practice areas by US News. This firm provides strategic, sophisticated, affordable counsel across the country and internationally. Attorneys at this firm focus on their clients' entire organization, not just on the legal matters. They work in collaborative, cross-practice teams which focus not only on legal and regulatory matters, but also on operational issues, market opportunities, and competitive advantage. Additionally, the attorneys at this firm have a deep understanding and experience in a number of industries subject to unique regulatory or rapidly changing market conditions.