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Latham’s Real Estate Practice guides clients through complex and high-stakes real estate transactions of every kind everywhere in the world. We regularly advise a full spectrum of market participants, including public and private investors, private equity, institutional investors, developers, financial institutions, and alternative lenders.We draw on disciplines across the Latham platform to serve clients in the real estate industry and efficiently execute their transactions. Our client teams marshal resources from across the firm, and around the globe, to seamlessly advise on every aspect of a real estate deal, from start to finish.Our capabilities span the full spectrum of multi-jurisdictional real estate transactions, ranging from acquisition, disposition, and development of large properties or property portfolios to corporate and finance matters. These include corporate mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, public offerings, and LBOs, as well as REIT and UPREIT transactions. We also advise on all elements of transaction financing, including construction financing, mortgage financing, mezzanine financing, securitization, warehousing, loan-on-loan transactions, and mortgage debt portfolio acquisitions and financings.Latham’s global real estate capabilities span practice areas, sectors, and asset classes, including hospitality and gaming, data centers, industrial, healthcare, mixed-use, multi-family, office, and retail. This broad experience and commercially focused, cross-disciplinary approach have led to our engagement on many of the sector’s most consequential and transformative matters in jurisdictions that span the globe.

Are you interested in the role that real estate plays in the business world for investors and other clients, and do you also want to work across various fields? Then you've come to the right place! Want to work with our attorneys? They provide consulting services—primarily on a cross-border basis—on all matters related to real estate. Among other things, they are involved in complex domestic and international transactions, financing, the structuring and restructuring of real estate investments, and joint ventures. In addition to substantive issues, this work also focuses in particular on transaction and project management, especially in due diligence processes and in the preparation, execution, and implementation of purchase and financing agreements. We rely on dynamic teams and creative solutions. The international focus of our consulting practice, the many points of intersection with other areas of consulting, and the blend of legal and economic aspects make our work particularly exciting and multifaceted.

What We Offer

- Hands-on experience: Join a collaborative team where you'll receive comprehensive training while taking on meaningful responsibilities and working independently.
- Mentorship: Be supported by a dedicated mentor—an experienced attorney on your team—who will provide guidance throughout your time with us.
- Professional development: Our innovative #MyAdvancement – Young Talent program is designed to foster your professional and personal growth while helping you prepare for the Second State Examination.
- Career opportunities: As you progress with the firm, you may have the opportunity to complete a Wahlstation at one of our international offices or, following successful completion of your legal training, begin your career with us as an associate.
- A supportive workplace: Enjoy a collaborative environment with flat hierarchies, an inclusive and diverse culture, engaging internal events, and a competitive compensation package.
Your Profile

- You have passed at least one State Examination with a grade of "fully satisfactory" or above.
- You have a strong interest in business and commercial matters and an entrepreneurial mindset.
- You possess strong English language skills.
- You are a collaborative team player with a proactive, creative, and open-minded approach.

Doreen SeidelRecruiting Senior CoordinatorDirect Dial: +49.40.4140.3573Mobile: +49.151.58229564Email: doreen.seidel@lw.com

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