Counsel - Transactional LIHTC/Affordable Housing Attorney (BigLaw Preferred)

Experience: 7–10 years of transactional practice, including4+ recent years focused on LIHTC/affordable housing transactions| Current/recentlaw-firm experience required| Must independently run LIHTC deals from structuring through closing | Experience leading deal teams and supervising associates/paralegals Technical: Deep LIHTC, affordable-housing finance, tax-credit structuring, and multi-layered financing experience | Draft/negotiate LPAs, operating agreements, financing documents, acquisition/development documents | Acquisitions, dispositions, JVs, and development transactions | Deal sheet demonstrating end-to-end ownership

Credentials/Location: Juris Doctor (JD)| NY Bar or readily obtainable | Buffalo Monday–Thursday | Long-term commitment to Buffalo | Periodic NYC travel Strong PreferencesMeaningful-size law firm or sophisticated LIHTC/affordable-housing boutique | Prior commercial real estate, tax, public finance, or M&A experience | Strong academics | Leadership/mentoring experience | Collaborative, high-energy personality What We're Not Looking ForExclusively in-house | Residential-only real estate | General CRE attorney with thin LIHTC exposure | Solo/small general practice without sophisticated tax-credit transactions | Multiple short tenures | NYC-only candidates unwilling to establish a genuine Buffalo presenceFirms: Nixon Peabody, Holland & Knight, Ballard Spahr, Kutak Rock, Dentons, Nelson Mullins, Frost Brown Todd, Ice Miller, Manatt, Cox Castle & Nicholson, Klein Hornig, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, Tiber Hudson, Kantor Taylor, Reno & Cavanaugh, Winthrop & Weinstine, Coats Rose, Stinson, Polsinelli, Husch Blackwell, Carlton Fields. LIHTC / Affordable Housing Boutiques: Klein Hornig, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, Tiber Hudson, Kantor Taylor, Reno & Cavanaugh, Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt, Coats Rose, Winthrop & Weinstine, Krooth & Altman, Gubb & Barshay, Goldfarb & Lipman, Eichner Norris & Neumann, Reno & Cavanaugh, Hawkins Delafield & Wood, Norris George & Ostrow, Chapman and Cutler. Schools: Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Chicago, Columbia, NYU, Penn Carey, UVA, Berkeley, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, Cornell, Georgetown, UCLA, Vanderbilt, WashU, Texas, USC Gould, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Boston University, Boston College, Emory, George Washington, UNC, Wake Forest, Ohio State, Fordham, William & Mary, Washington & Lee, George Mason, Cardozo, St. John's, Brooklyn Law, Syracuse, University at Buffalo, Albany Law, Seton Hall, Rutgers, Temple, Villanova, UConn, Northeastern, American, Maryland Carey, Penn State Dickinson. Salary $185K - $240K (OTE disclosed during interview)

Candidate Note: Candidates currently working at anAmLaw 200 firm or a sophisticated LIHTC/affordable housing boutiqueare strongly encouraged to apply. Ideal backgrounds include firms such as Nixon Peabody, Holland & Knight, Ballard Spahr, Kutak Rock, Dentons, Nelson Mullins, Frost Brown Todd, Ice Miller, as well as specialized boutiques such as Klein Hornig, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, Tiber Hudson, Kantor Taylor, Reno & Cavanaugh, Coats Rose, Winthrop & Weinstine, and similar firms with substantial LIHTC/affordable housing transactional practices.