Associate Legal Counsel - Debt
Title: Associate Legal Counsel - Debt
Location: Boca Raton, FL - Full Time / In Office
About Kayne Anderson Real Estate
Kayne Anderson Real Estate is a leading real estate investment firm, managing $22 billion in assets across opportunistic equity, core equity, and real estate debt, with sector expertise in medical office, seniors housing, off-campus student housing, multifamily housing, self-storage, and light industrial. Kayne Anderson Real Estate is part of Kayne Anderson, a $43 billion alternative investment management firm with more than 41 years of experience in the real estate, credit, infrastructure, and energy sectors.
With more than 130 professionals, Kayne Anderson Real Estate has consistently demonstrated its ability to bring more to an opportunity than equity capital, enhancing a project’s overall performance and quality by incorporating best practices and effective alternatives in the design, construction, financing, and operation of investments. The firm’s entrepreneurial spirit and resilient culture, combined with a reputation for quick response, firm commitment, and timely execution, has solidified Kayne Anderson Real Estate’s reputation and resulted in strong relationships with developers, owners, operators, financing sources, and other intermediaries. (As of June 30, 2026)
Position Overview
Kayne Anderson Real Estate is looking to hire an attorney who is energetic, motivated, eager to learn, a hard worker and who exhibits strong leadership and interpersonal skills. The ideal candidate has a strong interest in real estate transactions and 4 to 7 years of experience with commercial real estate finance, including loan origination and secondary market transactions. This position will be based in the firm’s Boca Raton, Florida office.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
- Admission to a state bar and in good standing
- 4-7 years of relevant experience in real estate finance
- Strong understanding of real estate transactions
- Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Experience with a variety of complex commercial real estate finance transactions, including loan originations, intercreditor and co-lender agreement negotiation, note trading, note-on-note financing, or other leveraged finance experience
- Analytical, creative, and innovative approach to solving problems
Benefits
- Compensation package that is competitive with New York market standards
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts (dependent care, healthcare, limited purpose FSA)
- Accident and Critical Illness insurance
- Long Term Disability insurance
- Competitive 401(k) benefits
- Pet healthcare savings program
- Member’s Only Healthcare - healthcare navigation
- WellHub - corporate wellness platform
- $10,000 lifetime reimbursement for family forming services (e.g. IVF, adoption, surrogacy)
- Rocket Lawyer legal benefits
- Reimbursement of professional society memberships and exam fees
- Up to $10,000 matching annually for contributions to qualified non-for-profit organizations
- Parental leave
Employment with the company is contingent on the applicant being able to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States at the time of hire.
Kayne Anderson is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.