Affordable Housing Senior Counsel/Partner (LIHTC)
Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Full-time
Compensation: $300K-$400K, commensurate with experience, with profit sharing potential
About the Employer
Cohen Liuzzo PLLC is a highly collaborative law firm with an open door culture and a strong commitment to mentorship and professional growth. Team members work closely together, receive hands on training and guidance from our partners, and are trusted with meaningful responsibility. Our focus on representing developers who create and preserve affordable housing allows team members to see the tangible, lasting impact of their work in communities across the country, while working with complicated financing structures in a sophisticated and collegial practice area.
Role Summary
Cohen Liuzzo PLLC is seeking Senior Counsel or Partner with 8+ years of sophisticated transactional affordable housing/LIHTC experience. This is an opportunity to bring your expertise to a growing transactional real estate practice that handles complex, multi-layered, national affordable housing transactions - work that is both challenging and rewarding.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of sophisticated transactional affordable housing/LIHTC experience
- Experience representing owners/developers of affordable housing
- Key roles in complex property acquisitions/dispositions, joint ventures, development deals, and financing transactions
- Experience with community development financing structures, including LIHTC, tax-exempt bonds, and other affordable housing incentives
- Ability to independently "run a deal" and supervise deal team members
- Excellent academic credentials
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Confident drafting and editing abilities
- A commitment to excellence and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications
- A portable book of business
Benefits
We pair our mission driven work with a thoughtfully designed benefits package, including competitive healthcare options, a generous 401(k) match, backup family care, and 20 days of paid time off and 11 holidays. Day to day, we foster connection through a supportive, people first environment, weekly training sessions, and firm sponsored lunches Tuesday-Thursday.
How to Apply
Please upload your resume and deal sheet for consideration.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Cohen Liuzzo PLLC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
