Real Estate Associate Attorney
lateral linkDallas (TX)
Real Estate Associate Attorney
Posted today
lateral linkDallas (TX)
SENIORITY
Senior
About the role
Dallas is the one real estate market where the deal flow never really shut off through the rate cycle — the lenders kept lending and the sponsors kept buying, and the associates who can run a mortgage and mezz closing on their own are being recruited from every direction. An AmLaw 100 firm with a nationally ranked real estate practice is hiring a partnership-track real estate associate (2–6 years) in Dallas. Cravath scale — $235K–$390K depending on class year. You'd sit on a full-service real estate team handling both the debt and equity sides of the market, with your own deals to run at your level and a group that's actively growing rather than backfilling.
The work includes:
- Mortgage and mezzanine loan originations, including construction, bridge, and permanent financings
- Acquisitions and dispositions across office, multifamily, industrial, and mixed-use assets
- Joint venture structuring between sponsors and institutional equity
- Loan workouts, modifications, and portfolio transactions
What you bring:
- 2–6 years of real estate transactional experience, on either the debt or the equity side
- Reps drafting and negotiating loan documents or purchase and sale and JV agreements
- Strong academics, organization, and writing
- Texas bar admission, or willingness to sit within a year of joining
What you get:
- A partnership-track seat in one of the few real estate markets that's busy on both sides of the capital stack
- Debt and equity experience in one group, which is the most portable profile in the practice
- Cravath scale ($235K–$390K depending on class year), plus bonus eligibility
Before you apply
Applying takes about a minute. These four things decide how fast it moves after that.
Your profile is current
It's what we read first. Occupations, seniority and locations matter more than a long history.
Two examples you can talk through
Not a portfolio — just two pieces of work where you can explain the decisions and what you'd change.
A number in mind
What you're on now and what would make you move. We negotiate better when we know both.
Your notice period
Employers plan around it, and it's the question that stalls offers most often.
Once you apply, someone reads it and calls you before anything reaches the employer — usually within two working days.