Corporate Associate - ECVC

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 215,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough seeks a midlevel associate to join its Emerging Companies group in the Chicago office. The role focuses on corporate transactional work for entrepreneurial ventures, including formation, funding, and growth-stage matters.

You should have 2 to 5 years of meaningful corporate transactional experience in a law firm setting, with emerging company and venture capital experience preferred; Illinois bar admission is required.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of corporate transactional experience in a law firm.
• Emerging company and venture capital experience preferred.
• Illinois bar in good standing.
• Strong writing, analytical, and communications skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients including companies, founders, management teams, and investors on entrepreneurial ventures.
• Represent emerging and growth-stage companies in corporate and financing matters.
• Work on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, and general corporate matters from formation through exit.

Skills

Legal drafting

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Education

Illinois Bar Admission

Job description

Are you looking to join a tenured team at an AmLaw100 firm? Nelson Mullins is seeking a midlevel associate to join its emerging companies group in its Chicago office.
The Nelson Mullins Venture Capital and Technology Team advises companies, founders, management teams, and investors in entrepreneurial ventures, in addition to representing emerging and growth stage companies in corporate and financing matters. The work covers both legal and business needs at every stage of growth, from formation and early funding to employment, tax, intellectual property, regulatory compliance, including mergers and acquisitions transactions from formation through exit.
You possess 2 to 5 years of meaningful corporate transactional experience in a law firm setting; emerging company and venture capital experience is strongly preferred. You are knowledgeable in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, and general corporate matters. With strong writing, analytical, and communications skills, you have excelled academically. You are admitted to and in good standing with the Illinois bar.

• At Nelson Mullins, we are dedicated to transparent and fair compensation practices. Pay for this position is determined by factors such as experience, skills, and location.
• In Illinois, the salary/wage range is $215,000 - $270,000 annually. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for performance bonuses and benefits such as healthcare, retirement plans, and paid time off.

With more than 1,000 attorneys, policy advisors, e-discovery professionals and other business professionals across offices in California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and throughout North Carolina and South Carolina Nelson Mullins has strong roots in the business community and an appreciation for new directions in the business world.