Attorney - Corporate - $250k

We Are Legal Revolution; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

We Are Legal Revolution in Bethesda, MD is seeking a Corporate Attorney focused on business transactions and real estate work. The role involves drafting and negotiating operating agreements, purchase agreements, and commercial contracts for developers, property owners, and operating companies.

The position is hybrid, based in Bethesda, with a base salary of $250,000 plus bonuses and a client portfolio that includes Fortune 500 companies.

Qualifications

• JD required with active Maryland bar (D.C. or Virginia a plus)
• 4–8 years post-bar corporate or business transactions experience
• Drafting experience on operating agreements, purchase agreements, or commercial contracts

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate operating agreements, purchase agreements, and commercial contracts
• Handle entity formations, joint ventures, and ownership changes
• Support real estate financings and leasing deals when they sit on the same client
• Run a transaction from the first draft through closing

Skills

Corporate law

Contract drafting

Business transactions

Entity formations

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Corporate Attorney | Bethesda, MD (Hybrid) - $250K

Location/Schedule: Bethesda, MD (Hybrid)

Base Salary: $250K, plus bonuses that have reached about $100,000

Practice: Corporate and business transactions. Entity work, commercial contracts, and deals for developers, property owners, and operating companies. Real estate transactions sit in the same office.

Our client is a Bethesda firm founded in 1979. The book is business transactions, commercial real estate, and civil work for Fortune 500 companies, developers, and middle-market businesses. The billable target is 1,700, and it is soft. A lawyer below it is not a problem unless the gap is large. Bonuses of about $100,000 have been paid on productivity and on the deals a lawyer was on. Several people came from large firms.

Why You Should Join:

• Bill a soft 1,700 hours: The target is 1,700. Being under it is not an issue unless the number is dramatically lower. $250K is the base.
• Earn a bonus that has hit about $100,000: Paid on productivity and on the deals you were part of. Not a fixed December figure.
• Do large-firm deal work without the large-firm load: Lawyers here came from AmLaw firms. The files are business transactions and commercial real estate. The hour number is not.
• Close deals for developers and Fortune 500 companies: Founded in 1979 in Bethesda. Clients include developers, major property owners, and operating companies.
• Work Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. matters from one office: Business transactions, leasing, and finance. You are not staffed onto a litigation inventory.

What You’ll Actually Do:

• Draft and negotiate operating agreements, purchase agreements, and commercial contracts.
• Handle entity formations, joint ventures, and ownership changes.
• Support real estate financings and leasing deals when they sit on the same client.
• Run a transaction from the first draft through closing.

Requirements:

• JD and active Maryland bar (D.C. or Virginia a plus)
• 4-8 years post-bar corporate or business transactions - current Associate, Counsel, or Partner
• Drafting experience on operating agreements, purchase agreements, or commercial contracts

No one fits every box perfectly - if you’re a practicing Corporate attorney and $250K in Bethesda at 1,700 hours is the range, let’s talk confidentially.

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