Summary
DLA Piper is seeking a securities lawyer with 6+ years of experience managing structured securities offerings for our Investment Funds Group. We are looking for candidates with strong experience with commercial real estate law, focusing primarily on real estate finance, acquisitions, and dispositions. The candidate will represent various public and private real estate companies, REITs, and institutional and financial investors in connection with a broad array of transactions involving acquisitions, dispositions, restructurings, complex financings, and development of commercial real estate. Interested candidates should have strong analytical and writing skills, attention to detail, good business judgment, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to work collaboratively and independently. This position can be located in any of our US offices.
Qualifications
- Minimum Education: JD Degree from an accredited law school.
- Certifications: Admitted to practice in the state in which they are officing.
- Minimum Years of Experience: Minimum 6 years of experience managing structured securities offerings.
- Direct and applicable AmLaw 100 law firm experience preferred.
Job Expectations
- Effectively communicate verbally and in writing with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties.
- Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner.
- Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product.
- Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required.
- Foster positive work relationships.
- Comply with all firm policies and practices.
- Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.
- Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.
Physical Demands
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Work Environment
The firm’s work location requirements may be modified at the firm’s discretion. Hybrid: Regular in-office presence with some flexibility for work-from-home.
Pay
The firm’s expected hiring range for this position is $260,000 - $390,000 per year depending on the candidate’s experience, skills, educational and professional background, and overall qualifications.
Equal Opportunity
DLA Piper is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.