Attorney

Commercial Real Estate Attorney | Charlotte, NC | $130,000 to $260,000

Every commercial real estate deal produces two things: a closing, and a client deciding who they’ll call next time. This firm wants that call coming to you.

• I’m Clark Pollins, a recruiter at Distinct Recruitment, hiring for a Charlotte law firm that needs an experienced commercial real estate attorney.
• This role is built for someone who wants their own clients. The billable hours matter, but the book is the point.

Why it’s worth a move

• Charlotte keeps building. New developers, investors and lenders arrive every year, and plenty of them haven’t settled on their lawyers yet.
• The billable target is 1,800 to 1,900 hours. That leaves real time to meet those clients, and the firm expects you to use it for business development.
• A nationally ranked real estate litigation team sits down the hall. If a transaction turns into a dispute, you hand it to colleagues you trust and keep the client relationship.
• You run deals from letter of intent to funded closing, with direct client contact from the start.
• The work is broad: acquisitions, dispositions, real estate finance, land development and commercial leasing. Your practice can follow your clients wherever their next project goes.
• The firm works hybrid. You and the team agree how your week splits, from day one.

What your week looks like

• Negotiating purchase and sale agreements so your client goes in protected and comes out with what they paid for.
• Taking financing documents from first draft to closing set.
• Structuring development agreements where timing, approvals and obligations have to hold for years.
• Handling commercial leases for landlords and tenants.
• Running the closing checklist and keeping every party on one timeline.

One range, two levels

• Nearer $130,000: an experienced associate who already runs transactions alone and wants that independence to lead to clients of their own.
• Nearer $260,000: someone with established client relationships or portable work.
• Where you land depends on the deals you run and the clients you bring.

Who they want

• Three or more years on complex commercial real estate transactions.
• Licensed in North Carolina.
• The confidence to run a deal without someone checking your work at every turn.
• An interest in building a practice. Existing relationships help, but appetite counts too.

No resume ready? That’s fine. Pick up the phone and we’ll start there.