August 3, 2026 Melissa Kashouh

Senior Commercial Real Estate & Finance Transactions Attorney

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Talent One is exclusively retained to place a sophisticated Senior Commercial Real Estate & Finance Attorney into a rapidly expanding, elite practice in Florida. This is not a standard high-volume processing role. We are seeking a high-caliber transactional architect capable of leading complex acquisitions, debt financing, joint ventures, and layered public-private financing structures.

Strategic Responsibilities

  • Leads & Manage: Direct sophisticated commercial real estate and finance transactions from inception through closing.
  • Elite Representation: Represent developers, investors, lenders, borrowers, and business entities in connection with CRE acquisitions, dispositions, and joint ventures.
  • Complex Financing: Structure, negotiate, and document CRE financing transactions involving first and second lien credit facilities, mortgages, deeds of trust, and other secured arrangements.
  • Affordable & Mixed-Use Housing: Structure and close transactions involving the development and rehabilitation of affordable housing, public housing, and tax credit properties.
  • Public-Private Funding: Advise clients on transactions utilizing HUD mixed-finance programs, Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI), LIHTC, tax-exempt bonds, and public grants.
  • Advanced Drafting: Draft, review, and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, loan agreements, operating/partnership agreements, and complex commercial contracts.
  • Due Diligence & Closing: Oversee high-level due diligence (title, survey, environmental) and coordinate flawless transaction closings.
  • Mentorship: Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to junior attorneys and legal staff.

Mandatory Caliber & Qualifications

  • Education & Licensure: J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with the Florida Bar.
  • Experience Level: 8+ years of continuous, specific, and verifiable experience in commercial real estate, finance, and corporate transactions.
  • Transactional Mastery: Extensive experience structuring, negotiating, and documenting complex CRE and financing transactions representing both lenders and borrowers.
  • Niche Expertise: Proven experience with affordable housing and community development transactions (HUD programs, RAD conversions, CNI projects, LIHTC, and tax-exempt bond financings).

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Melissa Kashouh

Founder of Talent One I help enterprise leaders and investors forecast hiring surges, talent shortages, and market friction up to six weeks in advance using our patent-pending predictive intelligence platform. As the founder of Talent One AI (the intelligence layer of The Talent One), I built a system that turns lagging recruiting data into actionable foresight — helping companies reduce technical debt, protect employer brand, and hire ahead of the curve. Based in Providence, Rhode Island.
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