Corporate and M&A Associate

Insite Legal; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Insite Legal in New Jersey is seeking a Corporate and M&A Associate to handle hands-on transactional work across public and private clients. The role offers hybrid working arrangements and requires several years of transactional experience.

You will draft and negotiate agreements, conduct due diligence, and advise boards on governance and approvals, with exposure to cross-border deals and a capital markets practice as applicable.

Qualifications

• Two+ years of transactional experience, ideally at a law firm.
• Exposure to M&A documentation and due diligence.
• Experience with public company or securities work is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate purchase agreements, merger agreements and ancillary documents.
• Run due diligence and manage disclosure schedules and closing checklists.
• Work on domestic and cross-border transactions for public and private clients.
• Advise boards and management on corporate governance and transaction approvals.
• Support general corporate and private investment matters for growing companies.

Skills

Transactional experience

Drafting & negotiating

Due diligence

Job description

Stock and asset purchases, mergers, joint ventures and board-level advice for public and private companies sit at the centre of this role. A law firm in New Jersey is open to conversations with a Corporate and M&A Associate who wants hands‑on transactional work across both public and private clients. Hybrid working is available.

What you could be doing

• Drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, merger agreements and ancillary documents.
• Running due diligence and managing disclosure schedules and closing checklists.
• Working on domestic and cross-border transactions for public and private clients.
• Advising boards and management on corporate governance and transaction approvals.
• Supporting general corporate and private investment matters for growing companies.

Your background

We are speaking with corporate lawyers who have at least two years of transactional experience, ideally at a law firm, with genuine exposure to M&A documentation and diligence. Experience with public company clients or securities work is helpful, as the firm also runs an active capital markets practice.

Why it may appeal

The Corporate and M&A Associate role combines private and public company legal work. For a law firm associate with a few years behind them, that means exposure to listed company considerations alongside the core M&A work, without being confined to a single narrow deal type.

Pay, location and hybrid working

Annual base salary: $130,000 to $175,000, depending on experience. The position is based in New Jersey and is commutable from New York City, with hybrid working.