Associate General Counsel

Newmark’s Multifamily Capital Markets team offers a fully integrated global investment sales and lending platform. From marketing the sale of single assets and portfolios to structuring complex debt solutions to providing life-of-loan servicing and asset management, we offer comprehensive services tailored to our clients’ unique needs. With over $37 billion in multifamily transaction volume annually, our Multifamily team works collaboratively with clients to craft and execute targeted strategies, effectively optimizing the capital structure, increasing efficiency and maximizing value. The Investment Sales team is recognized nationwide for its expertise, providing asset-specific customization that yields highly effective transaction strategies. Tapping into our proprietary database, each advisor has real-time access to unique market intelligence, driving demand and matching each client’s assets to a diverse group of investors, from private and institutional owners to global investors. Investment Sales advisors work closely with the Debt & Structured Finance team on loan origination, underwriting, closing, life-of-loan servicing and asset management. This experienced team provides clients with innovative and comprehensive solutions by accessing a full suite of debt products, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, Bridge, Life Company, Bank and CMBS products.

Job Summary:

Serve as lead legal counsel for Newmark's Multifamily Capital Markets business and provide legal advice to internal clients on a broad range of legal matters. The preferred location for this position is Bethesda, MD but other locations will be considered.

Essential Job Duties:

· Provide legal guidance related to the production, underwriting, closing, servicing, asset management and special servicing operations for matters (i.e. the purchase of multifamily loans, including negotiation of contracts/commitments for the purchase of loans and the terms of loans documents, securitization of mortgages, loan workouts, etc.)

· Collaborate with legal teams to ensure consistency of legal advice and negotiating positions

· Partner with the business units in managing all licensing, compliance, insurance renewals, and regulatory filings

· Prepare/negotiate contracts and agreements (e.g. broker and correspondent agreements, originator contracts, master and subservicing agreements, partnering agreements, etc.)

· Ensure corporate governance responsibilities are carried out including, but not limited to maintenance of company records, signature authorities, legal entity filings, etc.

· Manage outside counsel, including in transactional, corporate, and litigation matters

· May perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

· Minimum of seven years of legal experience

· Juris Doctor (JD) degree; membership in good standing in a state Bar

· Experience in commercial real estate finance with a law firm or corporate law department, including primary responsibility for negotiating and closing transactions (both individual loans and pools of loans);

· Familiarity with common commercial real estate lender-borrower issues and ability to quickly negotiate resolution of the same

· Ability to create and maintain strong collaborative relationships with clients

· Ability to develop and maintain cooperative internal and external relationships

· Ability to work comfortably and routinely as part of a team and to collaborate across organizational boundaries

· Ability to organize and prioritize multiple pending matters

· Experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel

Preferred Skills:

· Knowledge of the customary legal relationships, legal issues, and closing practices required with purchases of multifamily mortgages by investors and securitization of commercial real estate mortgages

· Familiarity with documenting primary, master and special servicing engagements for securitization and balance sheet assignments

· Experience with structured finance transactions

· Agency/secondary mortgage market multifamily loan origination experience