Senior Commercial Real Estate & Banking Attorney

Pay: $140,000.00 - $200,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Join a respected, established law firm where your expertise, judgment, and client relationships will be genuinely valued.
• Build a rewarding, long-term career with a firm that prioritizes stability, collaboration, and lasting professional relationships.
• Handle sophisticated commercial real estate, banking, and financing transactions while working directly with business owners, lenders, and investors.
• Enjoy meaningful autonomy, direct client interaction, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
• Benefit from a hybrid schedule with one remote workday each week.
• Explore performance-based incentives tied to business development and a proven portable book of business.

Location

Dallas, TX | Hybrid

Enjoy a collaborative office environment with four days on-site and one remote day each week. We're looking for someone who wants to build lasting relationships and establish a long-term professional home in the Dallas legal community.

Note

Candidates must be licensed to practice law in Texas and have 5+ years of experience handling commercial real estate, banking, or commercial lending transactions. We're seeking an experienced transactional attorney who can independently manage sophisticated matters. Prior Big Law experience is not required, and a portable book of business is a plus, not a prerequisite.

About Us

We're an established Dallas law firm dedicated to providing sophisticated legal counsel and personalized service to businesses, lenders, property owners, and investors. Our attorneys collaborate across practice areas to deliver practical solutions, build meaningful client relationships, and achieve outstanding results.

We value experience, professional independence, teamwork, and long-term commitment. We're looking for an attorney who wants more than another position — someone who wants to grow with us and build a lasting career.

Confidential Employer.

Job Description

As our Senior Commercial Real Estate & Banking Attorney, you'll play a key role in advising clients, managing complex transactions, and strengthening our commercial real estate and financial services practices.

• Lead commercial real estate acquisitions, dispositions, financing transactions, and related business matters.
• Represent lenders, borrowers, developers, investors, and business clients in sophisticated transactions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate purchase agreements, loan documents, financing agreements, and other transactional contracts.
• Manage commercial lending transactions, including secured financing, due diligence, and closing documentation.
• Review title commitments, surveys, organizational documents, and financing structures.
• Oversee transactional matters from initial negotiations through successful closing.
• Build strong client relationships and provide practical, business-focused legal advice.
• Collaborate with experienced attorneys across practice areas to support client needs and identify business opportunities.

Qualifications

• Active Texas Bar license in good standing.
• 5+ years of commercial real estate, banking, or commercial lending transactional attorney experience.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial real estate or financing agreements.
• Ability to independently manage sophisticated transactions and communicate directly with clients.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, organizational, and client relationship skills.
• Familiarity with the Dallas–Fort Worth business and real estate market preferred.
• Prior large-firm experience welcomed but not required.
• Established client relationships or a portable book of business are a plus.

Why You Will Love Working Here

We believe experienced attorneys deserve an environment where they can do meaningful work, exercise professional judgment, and build fulfilling careers without unnecessary bureaucracy.

You'll work alongside knowledgeable colleagues who value collaboration, client service, and long-term success. We offer an opportunity to grow your practice, develop lasting client relationships, and explore incentives that recognize the business you bring to the firm.

If you're an experienced transactional attorney looking for stability, professional autonomy, and a firm where you can build your future, we'd love to connect.

JPC - 2888

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-have: TX bar license, 5+ years of commercial RE, banking, or lending transactions exp

• Required Years as Associate: 5+
• Salary Bands (Only if attorney role):
• 5 to 7 years: $140K–$160K; 
• 8 to 11 years: $160K–$180K; 
• 12+ years: $180K–$200K. Recruiter-recommended bands; client confirmed $140K+ base.

Submission Email: Robert — [email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference

Established Dallas law firm with commercial real estate, banking, and lending practices. Seeking experienced TX-licensed attorney to independently handle real estate transactions, financing, loan agreements, and closings. Hybrid 4/1, $140K–$200K target, 5+ years; Dallas market knowledge preferred, BigLaw not required, portable book a plus.

Recruiters Submission: To submit, cancel - Real Estate/Banking Attorney - SettlePou - JPC- 2888 - source

New Job Order Alert

• Client job title: Senior Commercial Real Estate & Banking Attorney
• Location: Dallas, TX 75219
• On-site, hybrid, remote: Hybrid (4 days on-site, 1 day remote)
• Experience: 5
• Good fit job titles/keywords for candidates: Commercial Real Estate Attorney, Real Estate Finance Attorney, Banking Attorney, Commercial Lending Attorney, Senior Real Estate Associate, Commercial Real Estate Transactions Attorney

• of hires needed: 1