About Kayne Anderson Real Estate

Kayne Anderson Real Estate is a leading real estate investment firm, managing approximately $17 billion in assets (as of 1/1/2025) across opportunistic equity, core equity, and real estate debt, with sector expertise in medical office, seniors housing, off-campus student housing, multifamily housing, and self-storage. Kayne Anderson Real Estate is part of Kayne Anderson, a $37 billion alternative investment management firm with more than 40 years of experience in the real estate, credit, infrastructure, and energy sectors.

With more than 110 professionals, Kayne Anderson Real Estate has consistently demonstrated its ability to bring more to an opportunity than equity capital, enhancing a project's overall performance and quality by incorporating best practices and effective alternatives in the design, construction, documentation, financing, and operation of investments. The firm's entrepreneurial spirit and resilient culture, combined with a reputation for quick response, firm commitment, and timely execution, has solidified Kayne Anderson Real Estate's reputation and resulted in strong relationships with developers, owners, operators, financing sources, and other intermediaries.

Position Overview

Kayne Anderson Real Estate is looking to hire an attorney who is energetic, motivated, eager to learn, a hard worker and who exhibits strong leadership and interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate has a strong interest in real estate transactions and 4 to 8 years of experience with general commercial real estate law, joint venture agreements, and/or development and construction contracts. The attorney will have opportunity to work with and learn from experienced, top tier real estate lawyers on sophisticated and interesting development, acquisition, and disposition transactions.

Requirements

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Purchase and sale agreements for single asset and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions
Joint venture operating agreements
Development agreements, general contractor agreements, and associated development and construction agreements
Loan documents (both loan originations and borrowings)
Ground leases and other leasing transactions
Real estate legal due diligence, including experience reviewing and solving title, survey, environmental and zoning issues

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
Admission to a state bar and in good standing
4+ years of relevant experience in real estate law
Strong understanding of real estate transactions
Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Experience with a variety of complex commercial real estate transactions, including joint ventures, developments, acquisitions, dispositions, and financing transactions
Analytical, creative, and innovative approach to solving problems
Excellent negotiation and written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
Location: Boca Raton, Florida

Benefits

Compensation package that is competitive with New York market standards
Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible spending accounts (dependent care, healthcare, limited purpose FSA)
Accident and Critical Illness insurance
Long Term Disability insurance
Competitive 401(k) benefits
Pet healthcare savings program
Member's Only Healthcare - healthcare navigation
WellHub - corporate wellness platform
$10,000 lifetime reimbursement for family forming services (e.g. IVF, adoption, surrogacy)
Rocket Lawyer legal benefits
Reimbursement of professional society memberships and exam fees
Up to $10,000 matching annually for contributions to qualified non-for-profit organizations
Parental leave

Employment with the company is contingent on the applicant being able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States at the time of hire.

Kayne Anderson is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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