Real Estate Associate Attorney

Direct Counsel is seeking an Associate Attorney with 3–6 years of transactional experience to join a leading national law firm's Real Estate practice in California. This role will focus on complex real estate transactions involving mixed-use developments and requires strong transactional drafting skills, including the ability to carry sophisticated legal and business concepts across multiple documents. Experience with mixed-use or residential development and/or hospitality projects is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on complex real estate and corporate transactions, with an emphasis on mixed-use development projects.

• Draft, review, and negotiate sophisticated transactional documents.

• Translate complex legal and business concepts into clear, technically precise contractual provisions across multiple related documents.

• Support real estate development transactions and related matters, including residential, mixed-use, and hospitality projects.

• Collaborate with attorneys and clients to manage transactions and deliver high-quality work product.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of transactional legal experience involving complex real estate and/or corporate transactions.

• Experience with mixed-use or residential development and/or hospitality matters strongly preferred.

• California Bar admission required.

• Strong academic credentials.

• Excellent technical writing and drafting skills, including the ability to handle complex transactional documents.

• Ability to demonstrate sophisticated transactional drafting through a writing sample.

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Location(s)

Century City, California; Newport Beach, California; San Francisco, California; Downtown Los Angeles, California (San Francisco preferred).

Compensation

$260,000–$390,000 annually, depending on qualifications and experience.