KKR · 2 months ago
Real Estate Counsel
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$235K/yr - $275K/yr
8+ years expKKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets solutions. They are seeking a corporate attorney with extensive real estate experience to support KKR’s Real Estate Credit business and provide legal oversight on various transactions.
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Responsibilities
Primarily responsible for legal oversight of KKR’s Real Estate Credit transactions, including first lien mortgages, mezzanine financings, preferred equity investments, and other credit structures
Provide legal counsel for Real Estate Credit financing facilities, debt securities and derivative transactions, including warehouse lines, note-on-note facilities, repurchase agreements, and securitizations (CMBS/CRE CLOs)
Manage outside counsel on all Real Estate Credit transactions and financings, including assisting with deal issues, deal structures and firm policies
Assist in the coordination of portfolio company and JV-level legal issues across asset classes
Advise on fund- and asset-level matters for equity investments, including governance, operating agreements, and exit strategies
Partner with investment professionals on deal structuring, negotiation, and execution for both equity and credit strategies
Support Real Estate Equity investments, including acquisitions, joint ventures, preferred equity, and recapitalizations
Provide legal counsel to Real Estate Credit asset management team, with respect to loan consents, modifications, forbearances, workouts, remedies enforcement, and REO transitions
Advise on Real Estate Equity side borrower work, as steady and well-versed guide on market and lender side perspective
Experience advising on both debt and equity sides of complex real estate capital stacks is highly valued
Experience representing sponsors, investors, and/or developers in equity transactions — including joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and preferred equity investments — is a plus, but not required
Support product and client services teams in communications to limited partners and potential clients on matters related to the Real Estate Business
Work with our investment services subsidiary, K-Star, to provide legal support to our B-piece and direct lending asset management business
Be flexible in leaning into a variety of projects as they arise, including those related to corporate governance, entity management, investment work flow and talent development, among others
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 8 years of real estate credit transaction experience at a nationally recognized law firm, insurance company and/or institutional investment manager. In-house experience is strongly preferred
Extensive experience with various real estate transaction structures and products, including first lien mortgages, mezzanine and other subordinate financings, construction loans, loan sales, participations, syndications and other co-lending arrangements, work-outs and restructurings, and capital markets and loan financing facilities
Able to communicate clearly and concisely with executive presence to advise a range of senior and junior employees, and interface directly with sponsors and their counsel and external stakeholders including lenders and affiliates
Must have excellent contract interpretation skills, and a desire to learn and expand knowledge base to new areas of legal practice, including litigation and regulatory, and to lead process improvement and governance initiatives
Highly organized, clearly tracks progress on all projects and communicates openly about ongoing initiatives, and able to effectively manage expectations across multiple stakeholders
Preferred
Experience with warehouse facilities, revolving credit facilities, and securitization transactions, including CMBS and CRE CLOs
Experience representing sponsors, investors, and/or developers in equity transactions — including joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, and preferred equity investments — is a plus, but not required
Benefits
Discretionary bonus
Company
KKR
KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.28B2025-08-04Post Ipo Debt· $900M
2025-05-20Post Ipo Debt· $550M
2025-03-04Post Ipo Equity· $2.25B
Leadership Team
Hirofumi Hirano (平野 博文)
Member & Chief Executive Officer of KKR Japan
Scott Nuttall
Co-Chief Executive Officer
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