Transaction Counsel

About Leon Financial

Leon Financial is the real estate credit origination and servicing platform of Leon Capital Group, a Dallas-based privately-owned holding company overseeing $10 billion in private capital. Leon Financial originates bridge loans, construction loans, preferred equity, mezzanine debt, and related credit structures across commercial real estate. We are building a platform designed to scale to $500 million in annual originations — with the infrastructure, governance, and talent to support institutional capital. This is a ground-floor opportunity on a platform backed by a family office with 15 years of real estate investment discipline across 460 transactions.

Position Overview

We are hiring a Transaction Counsel to own the closing process across our credit platform. This person will manage multiple live transactions simultaneously, draft and negotiate loan and joint-venture credit documents, and build the transaction management infrastructure as we scale. The right candidate is a transactional real estate attorney who has spent meaningful time on the lender side — someone who can close a construction loan, negotiate a preferred equity agreement, and manage a bridge loan closing without relying heavily on outside counsel.

This is not a staff counsel role. You will be the single point of accountability for transaction execution quality across all deal types. You will work directly with our deal principals, our Senior Director of Finance, and our Investment Committee. You will inherit a library of form documents and improve upon them. You will close deals while building the systems that let us close more.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the full closing process across bridge loans, construction loans, preferred equity, and mezzanine debt transactions — from term sheet execution through funding.
• Draft, negotiate, and finalize loan agreements, guaranties, LLC operating agreements, construction disbursement agreements, and related credit documentation.
• Partner with deal principals on multifamily and industrial credit transactions, serving as their closing counterpart across asset classes.
• Build and maintain the firm’s transaction document library — standardize templates, codify deviation protocols, and reduce outside counsel dependency over time.
• Contribute to deal structuring, construction loan governance, and documentation standards.
• Coordinate outside counsel on transactions requiring specialized expertise, managing for efficiency and cost discipline.
• Provide counsel on AI-related matters and be a power user of AI tools — this is an expectation for every member of our team.

Qualifications:

• JD from an accredited law school; active bar membership required.
• 7 years of direct experience closing real estate credit transactions, with meaningful time on the lender or capital provider side.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple closings simultaneously across different deal types.
• Construction loan closing experience — including draw documentation, lien waiver mechanics, and disbursement agreements — is strongly valued.
• Comfortable operating in a lean, founder-stage environment where you build systems as you execute.
• Commercially oriented — you close deals; you do not create a process for the sake of process.
• Fund formation exposure (PPMs, LPAs, subscription documents) is a differentiator but not required.
• Dallas-based or willing to relocate; select remote candidates will be considered.