Junior Legal Counsel Jobs in Decatur, GA (NOW HIRING)

Location: Atlanta, GA – In Office
Experience: 3–5+ years
Base Salary: $150,000–$165,000 + Bonus
Target Total Compensation: Up to approximately $200,000

A growing commercial real estate and telecommunications investment firm is expanding its in-house legal team and seeking a Closing Attorney to join its Atlanta office. This is a newly created position driven by significant transaction volume and continued growth.

The Closing Attorney will work closely with Senior Counsel, acquisitions professionals, and shared paralegal resources, initially managing approximately 15–20 active transactions while supporting senior attorneys on larger and more complex closings.

This role becomes involved early in the transaction lifecycle—advising the acquisitions team on deal structure and lease-related issues, assisting with LOI revisions, and ultimately owning the legal process through negotiation, due diligence, documentation, and closing.

The strongest candidates will have 3–5 years of hands-on commercial real estate transactional experience, particularly negotiating easements and drafting purchase and sale agreements and other CRE documents. Telecommunications or wireless infrastructure experience is highly desirable but not required; strong commercial real estate closing experience is the priority.

• Manage commercial real estate transactions from the early deal/LOI stage through closing.

• Partner with acquisitions professionals on transaction structure, lease questions, and legal issues arising during deal development.

• Review, revise, and draft Letters of Intent (LOIs).

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial real estate documents, including:

  • Easement agreements

  • Purchase and Sale Agreements

  • Lease-related documents

  • Amendments and ancillary closing documents

• Take a lead role in easement review and negotiation, a critical component of the firm's transactions.

• Review and analyze existing leases and underlying real estate documentation.

• Manage and supervise legal due diligence, utilizing shared paralegal resources as appropriate.

• Identify title, lease, easement, contractual, and other issues that could impact an acquisition or closing.

• Coordinate with counterparties, outside counsel, title companies, and other transaction participants.

• Track and resolve outstanding closing items to keep transactions moving efficiently toward closing.

• Initially manage approximately 15–20 concurrent transactions, with responsibility increasing as familiarity with the platform grows.

• Support Senior Counsel on larger and more complex transactions with aggressive closing timelines.

• Work cross-functionally with acquisitions, finance, operations, and legal teams in a high-volume, deal-oriented environment.

• Utilize AI-enabled legal tools and workflows to improve lease analysis, easement review, due diligence, and transaction efficiency.

• JD from an accredited law school.

• Active membership in good standing with any U.S. state bar; Georgia Bar admission is not required.

• Approximately 3–5 years of commercial real estate transactional/closing experience preferred.

• Strong hands-on experience drafting and negotiating commercial real estate agreements.

• Easement drafting, review, and negotiation experience strongly preferred.

• Experience drafting and negotiating Purchase and Sale Agreements.

• Ability to analyze commercial leases and identify material legal and transactional issues.

• Experience independently managing commercial real estate transactions through closing.

• Comfortable managing a high-volume transaction pipeline with multiple simultaneous deadlines.

• Strong drafting, negotiation, organizational, and communication skills.

• Candidates may come from either a law firm or in-house environment.

• Telecommunications, wireless infrastructure, tower, or digital infrastructure experience is a plus, but not required.

• Familiarity with AI tools for legal research, document review, drafting, or transactional workflows is highly desirable; candidates should be comfortable adopting new AI-enabled processes.

The legal department operates in a collaborative structure consisting of Senior Counsel, Closing Attorneys, and shared paralegal support.

Senior attorneys currently manage approximately 30–40 active transactions at a time. The new Closing Attorney will ramp into the platform with a smaller portfolio while supporting senior attorneys on larger, more complex, and time-sensitive transactions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a junior-to-mid-level CRE attorney who wants to move in-house or continue developing within an investment platform, work closely with the business, gain significant transaction volume, and take increasing ownership of deals.

This position is based in-office in Atlanta, GA. The company is specifically targeting candidates in the Atlanta market who can work alongside the legal, acquisitions, and broader transaction teams.

• Base Salary: $150,000–$165,000

• Annual Bonus

• Maximum Target Total Compensation: Approximately $200,000

• Additional company/back-office bonus eligibility following the initial 90-day period, prorated as applicable

• Company-paid annual bar dues

• Competitive benefits package

Candidates with more than five years of experience are welcome to apply; however, compensation is expected to remain within the established range for the position.