Tax Attorneys
Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen, P.C., is seeking tax attorneys to join our rapidly growing affordable housing and community development practice. This is a unique opportunity to do well by doing good, with a path to future partnership.
Founded in 1998, Applegate is committed to supporting underserved communities by partnering with our clients in all aspects of real estate development, ownership, financing, and investment. We represent developers, investors, lenders, tax exempt community development organizations, and public housing authorities.
The scope and breadth of our experience has made us national leaders in the affordable housing and community development space, with particular expertise in the syndication of federal low-income housing tax credits, federal historic tax credits, new market tax credits, energy credits and state tax credits, and structuring qualified opportunity zone transactions.
Our firm is also deeply committed to the people who join our team. Rooted in a culture of mutual respect, trust, and a long-term investment in our people, we hire attorneys with a view to growing them into Partners. As such, our attorneys get meaningful exposure to sophisticated transactional work, opportunities for leadership, and dedicated mentorship. They also benefit from a generous work-life model that is truly unique in the legal industry.
Our mission-driven focus attracts top talent who is inspired to do work we love and that has a positive social impact. We currently have an opportunity for a transactional attorney who would like to join our team.
Job Description
Junior Tax Attorney
The attorney will join our practice in Chicago providing tax counsel on projects involving the low-income housing tax credit and/or the new markets tax credit. This position requires 0-3 years of practicing tax experience in the legal industry, and (if not already applicable) the desire to develop expertise in the low-income housing tax credit or new markets tax credit space. The candidate will possess excellent academic credentials, strong communication skills and attention to detail, and share our mission-driven purpose.
Mid-level / Senior Tax Attorney
The attorney will join our practice providing tax counsel on projects involving the low-income housing tax credit and/or the new markets tax credits. This position requires 3-8 years of practicing tax experience, ideally in a law-firm setting, and familiarity working on complex housing finance and community development projects. Specific experience with tax credit transactions and writing tax opinions is a plus.
Candidates must also:
- Share our mission-driven purpose
- Be members in good standing with the state bar where you reside
- Have the ability and desire to work independently and with little oversight
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and organizational and planning skills, with the capacity to simultaneously handle a variety of complex matters under strict deadlines and pressure
We are currently seeking the most qualified attorneys for the role, wherever they may live. Qualified candidates can work in our Chicago office or remotely if they reside outside of the Chicago area.
To learn more about our firm and the work we do, visit https://www.att-law.com. Qualified candidates who would like to learn more should send resumes in confidence to Jessa Baker at [email protected].
Applegate is committed to equal employment opportunity without consideration of race, color, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, political activity or affiliation, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, sex or gender, or any other basis protected by law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.