The Chicago office of a large law firm seeks one real estate associate.

PROFILE

---JD, LLB
---2+ years of relevant real estate transactional experience with emphasis on representation of clients (Hotel, Resort, and Entertainment Facilities) involved in hospitality-industry investments

---Good academic performance at top tier law school
---Applicant must be licensed to practice in Illinois.

RESPONSIBILITIES

---Advising clients on all phases of real estate investment, development, financing and operations, ranging from purchases and sales, leases and financings to sophisticated joint ventures and large portfolio, multi-state, and cross-border transactions
---Representing a wide range of real estate capital markets participants in their worldwide investment and financing activities including real estate funds, commercial and investment banks, real estate investment trusts (" REITs" ), real estate and hospitality companies (Hotel, Resort, and Entertainment Facilities), and financial institutions and investors.
---Assisting clients with the acquisition and disposition of individual properties portfolios of properties and nonperforming loans real estate mergers and acquisitions public and private offerings of debt and equity involving REITs and other real estate and hospitality companies debt securitizations credit lease and sale-leaseback financings and real estate equity financing and joint ventures.