Housing / Real Estate Attorney

Best Best & Krieger LLP is a nationally recognized law firm focused on delivering effective and client-service oriented solutions to complex legal issues facing public agencies, businesses and individuals across the U.S. BBK is proud to trace the firm's success back to the groundwork of professionalism and community service laid by its founders 135 years ago. Today, with nearly 250 attorneys in offices throughout California and in Oregon and Washington, D.C., we efficiently and meaningfully assist our clients with complex, multi-disciplinary issues and provide creative solutions.

At BBK, we place a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to inclusiveness and collaboration. We are proud of our diverse workplace, where we respect and value our colleagues for their unique perspectives and experiences.

Our busy and rapidly growing affordable housing practice is seeking an associate attorney with two to five years of affordable housing and real estate experience.  This individual will work on all aspects of affordable housing transactional work from the local government and affiliated entity perspective, including ground leases, corporate resolutions and operating/partnership agreements, federally-funded loan documents, multi-family permanent supportive housing management agreements, construction contracts, subrecipient agreements, federal funding requirements, entitlement, general real estate work involved in commercial lending, development, acquisitions, and dispositions of real property.  Substantive legal experience in some or all of the following areas is highly desirable: housing tax credits, public housing redevelopment, HUD programs, real estate closing on large commercial transactions, Texas title policy and survey review, local government procurement requirements, and CDBG implementation programs. This position is based in our Houston office and candidates must be licensed to practice in Texas.

Best Best & Krieger is an equal opportunity employer.