Transaction Attorney, Commercial Real Estate

Overview

Lead nationwide commercial real‑estate acquisition, disposition, financing, and leasing.

Key Responsibilities

• due diligence
• closing coordination
• document drafting
• template development
• deal structuring
• risk management

Tasks

Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer & SVP of Operations, this attorney will also oversee and develop a legal support bench, including a junior attorney or senior paralegal and leasing/transaction-coordination resources - ensuring strong delegation, operational leverage, and consistent deal throughput. Mon Ami is seeking a strategic, business-oriented Transaction Attorney to lead all transactional legal matters across our expanding national portfolio. This role spans acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and capital-markets work from LOI through closing, with close collaboration alongside our acquisitions, asset-management, and finance teams to drive deals forward and manage risk. -Oversee title and survey review, due diligence, and closing coordination—clearing exceptions, managing contingencies, and ensuring timely completion of all deliverables. -Partner cross-functionally with acquisitions, asset management, property management, and accounting to identify risk, ensure compliance, and optimize deal outcomes. -Support capital-markets initiatives by reviewing and negotiating financing structures, debt documents, and related ancillary agreements. -Provide leasing expertise across retail, industrial, office, and ground leases; advise internal leasing and property-management teams on tenant issues, REAs, use restrictions, and renewals. -Stay current on industry trends, case law, and regulatory updates affecting commercial real-estate transactions. -Lead and manage all aspects of commercial real-estate transactions nationwide, including acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and leasing. -Draft, review, and negotiate LOIs, purchase and sale agreements, joint-venture documents, loan agreements, leases, and closing documents. -Develop and maintain templates, playbooks, and policies to standardize and improve efficiency in transactional processes.

Requirements

• jd
• licensed
• negotiation
• title review
• acquisitions
• 5+ years

What You Bring

-Organized, responsive, and able to manage multiple concurrent deals in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. -Excellent negotiation, communication, and drafting skills with strong business judgment and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving. -J.D. from an accredited law school; licensed and in good standing in at least one U.S. state with the ability to waive into Illinois. -Deep familiarity with title/survey review, ALTA requirements, and complex closing logistics. -Proven ability to independently structure, negotiate, and close acquisitions, dispositions, and financings on a “first-chair” basis. -Experience with joint ventures, entity formation, or real-estate funds is a plus. -5+ years of commercial real-estate transactional experience, ideally within a fully integrated real-estate investment, private-equity, or law-firm environment.

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Benefits

Compensation - $175k - $215k per year (commensurate with experience) + bonus + benefits

About Mon Ami Real Estate

-Begins by targeting under-the-radar value-add properties across the U.S. -Acquires and improves below-intrinsic-value Class B/C retail and industrial assets. -Handles all aspects of real estate from acquisitions to property management in-house. -Specializes in stabilizing mid-market commercial assets through operational enhancements.

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