Associate General Counsel
Company: New York State Association for Affordable Housing
Location: Boston
Posted on: September 15, 2024
Job Description:
Minimum Qualifications
- Six to eight years of experience practicing as a real estate
transactional attorney with affordable housing experience (i.e.,
low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC), historic tax credits (HTC),
federal and state affordable housing financing programs, and deal
structuring).
- Substantial experience with most or all of the following:
affordable housing and community development law, tax credit (LIHTC
and HTC) financings, real estate, HUD matters (i.e., Section 8, FHA
financing, and RAD), and general corporate matters.
- Doctor of Law (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Bar admission in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or willing
to become licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as an
in-house counsel.
- Strong team player and team orientation with a collaborative
work style and the ability to build consensus and drive for
results.
- Hands-on, customer service-oriented attorney with a
roll-up-your-sleeves mentality.
- Confident professional capable of developing a trusted advisor
relationship with his/her internal stakeholders.
- Thoughtful problem solver, open and direct communicator, and
accountable.
- Strong analytical skills for legal issues, business risk, and
deal economics.DescriptionPosition OverviewThe Associate General
Counsel will report to and assist the General Counsel by providing
practical, commercial legal advice as it relates to Beacon's real
estate acquisition, development, and financing activities. In
addition, the Associate General Counsel will help supervise outside
counsel and provide general corporate legal services.This position
requires a skilled and well-rounded real estate attorney who can
support Beacon's General Counsel on a broad range of real estate
matters, and who can also grow into an in-house legal leader with
the interest and passion for understanding Beacon's business and
contribute in a meaningful way to its long-term strategic goals.
Beacon is an employee-centric organization and is strongly
committed to teamwork and hard work. Personality, collegiality, and
professional "fit" within the Beacon team are of paramount
importance to the Company.Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Serve as primary legal support for the real estate development
group in all legal aspects of the structuring, acquisition,
development, refinancing, and closing of complex affordable housing
and mixed-income projects.
- Provide legal guidance on business transactions, including deal
structuring and acquisitions.
- Draft, review, and/or negotiate a broad range of real estate
transactional documents, including letters of intent, purchase and
sale agreements, joint venture agreements, partnership agreements,
commercial loan documents, engagement letters, third-party
contracts, non-disclosure agreements, and other documents relevant
to Beacon's business activities.
- Assist with loan negotiations and loan documentation.
- Oversee and work with outside counsel to ensure appropriate
deal structures are utilized to achieve long-term commercial and
strategic goals.
- Communicate and coordinate matters with other Beacon team
members.
- Perform other duties as needed to support Beacon's business
operations.Salary & BenefitsProcessInterested candidates should
submit a resume addressed to:Managing PartnerIn-House Counsel
RecruitingPartnerIn-House Counsel RecruitingDirectorIn-House
Counsel RecruitingNo calls, please. You may be required to complete
additional documents to be considered for this
position.CompanyBeacon Communities LLC is a privately-owned real
estate firm that develops, acquires, owns, and manages a wide range
of multifamily housing. It also invests in and purchases affordable
housing companies and portfolios of multifamily developments.
Beacon currently owns and manages approximately 19,000 apartments,
including affordable housing, market-rate housing, and mixed-income
housing. Its developments range from new construction to historic
adaptive reuse to the renovation of existing housing. Beacon's
portfolio is located across 11 states and the District of Columbia
and comprises approximately 150 communities. Beacon takes on
challenging developments and makes them succeed. Its driving
passion is to create well-designed, healthy homes that improve the
quality of life of its residents and enhance the neighborhoods in
which they are located.Chief Executive Officer Dara Kovel leads the
Company's senior executive team and is responsible for Beacon's
overall vision, culture, operation, growth, and performance. Dara
serves on the Urban Land Institute's Terwilliger Center's Workforce
Housing Board and The Home Connecticut Steering Committee. She
received her MBA and BA from Yale University and is LEED
accredited.General Counsel Nicole Clement oversees Beacon's legal
function with primary responsibility for all legal, risk
management, and governance matters. She brings over 20 years of
experience practicing law in the areas of real estate and
affordable housing finance and development. Nicole most recently
served as General Counsel for Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage
Finance Corporation, an independent, quasi-public corporation and
housing finance agency. She previously held positions at Klein
Hornig LLP and Holland & Knight LLP, both Boston-based law firms
specializing in affordable housing and community development, and
served as law clerk to the Honorable Joseph F. Rodgers, Jr.,
Presiding Judge of the Rhode Island Superior Court. Nicole holds an
undergraduate degree from Brown University and earned her Juris
Doctor from the Duke University School of Law.Why Beacon? Beacon
strives to make a difference in its residents' lives. It builds
outstanding communities that make enduring contributions to the
vitality of its cities and towns. Beacon creates communities that
serve a diverse cross-section of our society. Its communities are
healthy and vibrant. Why? Because they are planned with care,
consideration, and compassion.Beacon also is a values-based company
that is grounded upon achieving financial results, fostering a team
environment, ensuring the resident experience, maintaining property
standards, and sustaining industry partnerships.For more
information, please go to www.beaconcommunitiesllc.com/.
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