Cadwalader’s Capital Markets Department is seeking an associate with 2 to 6 years of experience to join our Charlotte office. Candidates should have experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transaction documents related to commercial mortgage loan securitizations, including pooling and servicing agreements, offering documents, mortgage loan purchase agreements, certificate purchase agreements, placement agency agreements, legal opinions and related contracts.  Candidate should have experience managing the closing process for complex transactions. Candidates must demonstrate strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, teamwork, a solid work ethic, and a proactive sense of ownership over their responsibilities.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $235,000 to $390,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the applicant, years of relevant experience, and, if applicable, the location from which the applicant will be performing the job.

Cadwalader’s Capital Markets department is seeking a junior to mid-level attorney to support our commercial mortgage securitization practice. Familiarity with commercial real estate is preferred but not necessary. This attorney will be interacting with clients and responsible for drafting and reviewing disclosure in offering materials. Ideal candidates should have 2+ years of real estate lending and/or capital markets experience.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $235,000 to $430,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the applicant, years of relevant experience, and, if applicable, the location from which the applicant will be performing the job.

Cadwalader’s Capital Markets department is seeking a junior to mid-level attorney to support our commercial mortgage securitization practice. Familiarity with commercial real estate is preferred but not necessary. This attorney will be interacting with clients and responsible for drafting and reviewing disclosure in offering materials. Ideal candidates should have 2+ years of real estate lending and/or capital markets experience.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $235,000 to $430,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the applicant, years of relevant experience, and, if applicable, the location from which the applicant will be performing the job.

Cadwalader’s Capital Markets department is seeking an experienced Real Estate finance attorney to support our commercial mortgage securitization practice. Familiarity with loan level due diligence is preferred but not necessary. This attorney will be interacting with clients and responsible for drafting and reviewing disclosure in offering materials. Ideal candidates should have 8+ years of experience.

This is a non-partnership track opportunity and salary will be commensurate with experience. The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 to $430,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the applicant, years of relevant experience, and, if applicable, the location from which the applicant will be performing the job.

The Cadwalader New York office seeks a midlevel associate to join the Financial Services Department for a position specializing in Derivatives. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of derivatives experience at a financial institution or law firm. The associate would join a rapidly growing, market leading practice focused on representing commercial and investment banks on an extraordinarily diverse range of derivatives transactions for hedge funds, private equity funds and registered investment companies. A successful candidate will have experience drafting documents for complex structures, will embrace the opportunity to work on highly structured, bespoke transactions and will have the ability to effectively manage client relationships and move transactions forward independently. J.D. and NY Bar admission required. 

Cadwalader is seeking associates with 3-6 years of relevant experience for its Fund Finance practice. Qualified candidates will have experience in syndicated lending, commercial lending, leverage finance, fund formation, CLOs, asset-based lending, NAV financings, or acquisition financings. Candidates must possess excellent academic credentials and solid law firm legal experience. Selected candidates will get extensive interaction with preeminent bank, asset manager and lending clients.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $260,000 to $420,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the applicant, years of relevant experience, and, if applicable, the location from which the applicant will be performing the job.

Cadwalader’s Fund Finance team is seeking staff attorneys in our Charlotte, NC office. Candidates must be barred or have already applied for admission to the bar. The Fund Finance Group represents financial institutions providing financing to private equity funds.  As a staff attorney in the Fund Finance Group, your responsibilities will include reviewing and answering certain diligence questions with respect to a private equity fund's organizational documents, such as the limited partnership agreement and any side letter agreements entered into between the private equity fund and an investor.  With the guidance of senior members of the deal team, you would also be responsible for drafting documentation to memorialize the loan to the private equity fund and the security pledged in support of such loan.  The position requires strong time management skills and the ability to simultaneously manage responsibilities on multiple engagements. Note that this is not an associate-level role, but strong performers are eligible for promotion to associate within six months to one year of practice.

Cadwalader’s Capital Markets department is seeking exceptional junior and mid-level transactional attorneys for the commercial mortgage-backed securitization practice. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of two years’ experience in the areas of origination, securitization, syndication and/or participation of commercial mortgage loans and/or mezzanine loans.

The Real Estate Finance team at Cadwalader is seeking an experienced attorney to focus on title and survey review and real estate due diligence for all real estate transactions. The ideal candidate will have at least six years of relevant experience, preferably gained in a large law firm or title company environment. In this role, the attorney will manage and coordinate all aspects of title & survey review and real estate due diligence across all types and sizes of transactions for the firm’s Real Estate practice. Responsibilities will include reviewing and summarizing exceptions listed in title commitments, identifying and analyzing title issues, finalizing proformas and related endorsements, assisting with collating and coordinating flood due diligence for our clients, and working closely with deal attorneys to develop practical solutions or structuring alternatives for title issues. The attorney will work directly with title companies, borrower’s counsel, and other third parties to ensure all diligence is completed efficiently and accurately.

Additional responsibilities will involve reviewing commercial leases and preparing lease abstracts, analyzing zoning reports and negotiating acceptable versions for closing, and reviewing commercial property purchase and sale agreements along with associated documentation. Although this role does not involve drafting or negotiating loan documents, the attorney may be expected to negotiate with counterparties—such as title companies, ground lessors' counsel, or zoning vendors—to finalize key due diligence items including SNDAs, estoppels, and zoning reports.

The successful candidate must be both hands-on and highly organized, capable of performing diligence directly while also supervising and reviewing the work of junior attorneys. They will be responsible for managing the timely completion of due diligence deliverables by a team, often under tight transaction deadlines. Transactions may range in size from single-property deals to complex portfolios involving 50 to 100 properties—or significantly more.

This is a non-partnership track opportunity and salary will be commensurate with experience.  The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 to $430,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the applicant, years of relevant experience, and, if applicable, the location from which the applicant will be performing the job.