New York Real Estate Associate Attorney
- Pay
- $260,000 – $390,000 per year
- Location
- New York, NY · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Listed
- 31 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- New York Bar admission
- commercial real estate transactions
- joint ventures
- real estate financing
Also useful
- drafting and negotiating transaction documents
- diligence coordination
The Role
The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of law firm experience advising clients on large and complex real estate transactions.
The Real Estate Group advises the industry's leading players on the full range of real estate-related transactions across all asset classes. Our clients span real estate owners, investors, sponsors and developers, including sovereign wealth funds, global asset managers, private equity houses, institutional developers, lenders, and corporates - from first-time market entrants to the world's most active real estate platforms.
Forward-thinking and commercial in our approach, we combine global reach with local depth to deliver the most complex transactions, wherever they take place. Our market-leading real estate team works seamlessly alongside the firm's tax, finance, funds, and capital market practices to provide fully integrated advice at every stage of a transaction.
Your Experience
- Experience advising clients on a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development projects, financing, leasing and strategic investments.
- Strong understanding of complex real estate transactions involving domestic and foreign institutional investors, private equity sponsors, asset managers, developers, lenders, and corporate clients.
- Experience managing substantial portions of sophisticated transactions, including drafting, and negotiating transaction documents, coordinating diligence, and supporting deal execution.
- Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent analytical, drafting, negotiation, and project management skills, with a practical and commercial approach to client service.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited US law school.
- High academic achievement.
- Strong interest in the subject area, entrepreneurial and a team-player.
- Admitted to (or possessing the ability to waive into) the New York Bar.
- Prior experience at a peer Am Law or international law firm.
Pay and benefits
Clifford Chance US LLP offers a comprehensive benefits and compensation package. The salary range for this role is $260,000-$390,000. Actual salary will be commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and relevant experience
Who we are
As a global law firm our work spans jurisdictions, cultures, and languages – and so do our people.
Our culture is collaborative and inclusive, where diverse perspectives are recognised and valued. Where performing to your highest ability, unlocks equal access to opportunities to learn, thrive and grow.
We combine deep legal expertise and commercial intelligence to grow, transform, protect, and defend our clients' businesses, across every critical moment.
We operate in the sectors and regions that matter to our clients. With forward-thinking insights and innovative, tech-enabled solutions that combine deep knowledge of their sectors and markets.
You’ll build connections and work with colleagues as one global team. You’ll unlock opportunities for clients, across borders, cultures, legal and commercial disciplines.
Join us to work with colleagues as one global team – empowering each other to be exceptional and create advantage for our clients.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
At Clifford Chance, we forge an inclusive culture, where all perspectives are recognised and valued. It’s a culture where everyone has equal access to opportunities to thrive and succeed, irrespective of background. We are guided by our values-based Code, which sets high standards of conduct and has a principle focused on being inclusive.
We are an equal opportunity employer and provide consideration to all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We comply with the law and regulations in every location where we operate and across all aspects of employment, from recruitment and selection to development, progression, and day-to-day working life.
From Clifford Chance's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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