Dorsey & Whitney LLP is seeking a Real Estate Associate with at least two years of experience to join our Minneapolis office.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP is seeking a Real Estate Associate with at least two years of experience to join our Minneapolis office. This associate will have the opportunity to work on a wide array of complex real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development and financing. Specifically, the associate will handle the following types of tasks:

- Drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements and coordinating closings
- Drafting and negotiating leases and lease amendments
- Drafting and negotiating mortgage loan documents
- Overseeing title and survey reviews and other real estate due diligence

This associate will join Dorsey's Real Estate Practice Group with attorneys across the U.S. who represent developers, investors, lenders and borrowers, landlords and tenants, property managers, and contractors, as well as corporate users and governmental authorities, in connection with the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing, property management, operation and development of real estate.

Qualified candidates will have:
- At least two years of commercial real estate experience;
- Excellent communication and writing skills;
- Top academic credentials; and
- Minnesota bar admission

For Minneapolis applicants only, the salary range for this position is $210,000 - $300,000. Pay is determined based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, depth of experience in the practice area. The individual hired for this position may have the option of electing a lower billable-hours track with a proportional reduction in salary. Associates are eligible to participate in Dorsey's associate bonus program, subject to the program's conditions and restrictions.

Dorsey offers a collaborative and dynamic environment, with competitive compensation and excellent benefits. Our benefits are available to attorneys working 17+ hours/week along with their dependents, including spouses and domestic partners regardless of gender. Dorsey's benefits package includes: comprehensive medical insurance with coverage for infertility, gender-affirming care, behavioral health, and access to virtual providers; dental insurance; vision insurance; 401(k) retirement savings plan; basic and optional life insurance; short and long-term disability; flexible time off; up to 15 weeks of paid parental leave with up to an additional 6-8 weeks of paid short-term disability for attorneys who give birth; paid holidays; adoption assistance; healthcare, dependent care, and transportation pre-tax reimbursement accounts; back-up child and elder care program; education and college advising program; virtual tutoring; wellbeing programs and activities; mass transit program (certain offices); travel assistance program; 24/7 employee assistance program with access to five confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost. Where applicable, attorneys may be eligible for a discretionary bonus and/or a productivity bonus, clerkship bonus, relocation expenses, and bar review expenses. First-year associates are also eligible for a salary advance and bar review stipend. (Some benefits are subject to eligibility criteria and may result in taxable income to the recipient.)

How to Apply
Dorsey accepts online applications at https://www.dorsey.com/careers. We do not accept application materials by mail or email except as a reasonable accommodation for qualified disabled applicants. Dorsey is committed to providing disability and religious-based accommodations, as well as menopause, pregnancy, and lactation-related reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation in connection with the application or interview processes, or you have questions about a workplace reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [redacted].

We are accepting applications for this position until September 30, 2026, or until the position has been filled.

Please note that Dorsey is not currently accepting search firm submissions in connection with this opening.

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