MORE ABOUT THIS JOB

The Goldman Sachs Legal team seeks to hire a real estate transaction attorney to support the Asset and Wealth Management Division (“AWM”) of Goldman Sachs (“GS”). In particular, the role will support the Real Estate team within AWM that covers the Americas (“AWM Real Estate”). The role will serve as transaction counsel to AWM Real Estate and will focus on real estate acquisition, development, construction, joint ventures, financing, leasing, asset management and disposition across multiple product types in the Americas, including office, multi-family, industrial, hospitality, senior housing, student housing and retail. Additionally, the role will be involved in compliance with regulatory requirements applicable to real estate investments made by regulated financial institutions such as GS.. By way of example, this role will cover term sheets, purchase/sale agreements, joint venture agreements, financing documentation (as originating lender or borrower depending on the situation), development agreements, construction documents, all types of leases, broker listing agreements, asset management agreements and property management agreements. Familiarity with REITs is desired, but not mandatory. We do not expect a candidate to be expert in all these areas, but rather to be conversant in these areas and able to work with outside counsel. Our practice is a mix of in-house production and outsourcing to external counsel.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct interaction with business units regarding a broad range of real estate transactions, asset management and regulatory matters.
• Conducting due diligence with respect to potential real estate investments, identifying issues and advising how to address such issues
• Providing general legal analysis and strategic advice to the AWM Real Estate team
• Negotiating various agreements
• Identifying legal, business and reputational risk and providing risk mitigating strategies
• Instructing, working with and managing external counsel and consultants
• Working closely with GS Compliance on various regulatory matters related to financial institutions (as only one example, the application of the Bank Holding Company Act to real estate investments)
• Working closely with the Litigation Team within GS Legal on various matters of controversy related to real estate investments

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• No less 5 years post qualification experience at a leading law firm, corporation, or financial institution
• Team player with inherent commercial judgment and strong analytical skills
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• High level of initiative, integrity, and organization
• Significant experience with the negotiation and preparation of real estate transactional documentation (term sheets, acquisition, disposition, leasing, development, construction, financing, etc.) and joint venture agreements