Legal, Real Estate Transaction Attorney, Vice President, Dallas/New York

ROLE OVERVIEW

Goldman Sachs is one of the leading investors in alternatives globally, with approximately $700 billion in assets and more than 30 years of experience. The business invests in the full spectrum of alternatives including private equity, growth equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure, sustainability and hedge funds. Clients access these solutions through direct strategies, customized partnerships, and open-architecture programs. The business is driven by a focus on partnership and shared success with its clients, seeking to deliver long-term investment performance drawing on its global network and deep expertise across industries and markets. Goldman Sachs has over $4 trillion in assets under supervision globally as of June 30, 2026.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Asset & Wealth Management Legal is seeking an experienced real estate transaction attorney to support the Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) Real Estate team. The attorney will work as part of a team of AWM real estate lawyers advising AWM Real Estate.  Experience should include real estate loan origination, acquisition (including sale-leaseback transactions) and leasing and financing across multiple product types in the Americas, including office, industrial, and retail. The position offers the opportunity to partner with the business and other control-side areas and oversee legal aspects throughout the transaction life cycle, including the analysis of regulatory and reputational issues as part of investment committee and portfolio management processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advising on the structuring, negotiation and execution of real estate transactions, including financing and sale-leaseback transactions, taking into account legal, regulatory, reputational and compliance issues

• Supporting ongoing asset management

• Managing outside counsel and overseeing legal due diligence

• Handling transaction-related fund and fiduciary issues

• Coordinating with other GS control-side areas 

   

QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-7 years’ relevant experience working in a leading law firm, financial institution or institutional real estate company  

• Significant experience with the negotiation and preparation of real estate transactional documentation (term sheets, acquisition, disposition, leasing, development, construction, financing, etc.) 

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage several simultaneous projects under deadlines

• Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills; ability to clearly articulate ideas and develop stakeholder relationships

• Team-oriented with ability to respond and be flexible to client demands while adhering to firm policies and group practices

• Ability to engage proactively as an advisor to the business and collaboratively work with other control areas

• High level of initiative, integrity, and organization