Transactional Real Estate Attorney

Our client, a San Francisco law firm, is seeking a California-licensed Attorney with hands-on experience drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements for both commercial and residential real estate transactions to provide immediate leave of absence coverage on a fully remote basis.

Starting at 15–20 hours per week for an initial two-month period, this assignment is well suited for an experienced attorney with capacity to take on additional transactional work alongside an existing part-time practice, consulting work, or other professional commitments.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate purchase and sale agreements for commercial and residential real estate transactions.
• Support acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, financing, due diligence and title review, entity formation, and other real estate transactional matters.
• Draft and review leases, financing and loan documents, entity and organizational documents, easements, licenses, development-related agreements, and related transactional documents.
• Analyze transactional and property-related issues, identify potential legal concerns, and review business terms, entity information, and other material transaction details.
• Communicate directly with existing and prospective clients regarding transactional matters, legal analysis, questions, timing, costs, and next steps.
• Negotiate transactional terms with the client's objectives in mind and independently manage multiple matters, deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Collaborate with the firm's Real Estate and Land Use attorneys as needed while providing clear, concise, and direct transactional drafting and legal analysis.

Qualifications:

• Active membership in the California State Bar.
• 2+ years of post-bar real estate transactional experience.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements for both commercial and residential real estate transactions.
• Experience with additional real estate transactional matters such as leasing, financing and loan documentation, entity formation, due diligence and title review, easements and licenses, development-related agreements, or other property-related transactions.
• Experience communicating directly with clients regarding transactional matters and legal issues.
• Ability to independently manage multiple transactional matters and competing deadlines while supporting multiple attorneys and clients.

Additional Information

• Initial two-month assignment at approximately 15–20 hours per week, with potential for extension and increased weekly hours based on the firm's workload and the selected candidate's availability; attorneys currently practicing part-time, consulting, or otherwise able to take on additional part-time work are encouraged to apply.
• The firm's broader transactional practice includes residential and commercial leases, entity and joint venture documentation, construction-related agreements, easements and licenses, loan documentation, title due diligence, settlement agreements, TIC agreements, condominium and HOA documentation, and transferable development rights; experience with every document type is not required.

Compensation

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