Corporate Associate – Mergers & Acquisitions

Jobot; Portland (ME); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule with two remote days

Discretionary bonus opportunities

Direct partner access

Job summary

Jobot seeks a Maine Barred Corporate Associate Attorney with 3–5 years of M&A experience to join its Portland, Maine office. The role offers a hybrid schedule with two remote days per week, and direct partner access for meaningful client interaction.

Flexible compensation may include discretionary bonuses based on performance. Key responsibilities include handling mergers and acquisitions, drafting agreements, managing diligence, and advising on governance and structuring for corporations and

Qualifications

• Approximately 3–5 years of corporate transactional experience.
• Meaningful experience handling mergers and acquisitions.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Experience managing due diligence and transaction closings.
• Familiarity with formation, structuring, and governance of entities.
• Experience with private equity, finance transactions, or business counseling preferred.
• Securities law knowledge is helpful but not required.
• Excellent judgment and ability to translate complex issues into business advice.
• Strong client-service skills and collaboration with colleagues.
• Maine Bar admission preferred; candidates may be considered for admission.

Responsibilities

• Represent buyers, sellers, investors, and business owners in M&A and strategic transactions.
• Draft and negotiate purchase agreements, merger agreements, and closing documents.
• Manage transaction processes from diligence through signing and closing.
• Conduct due diligence on organizational docs, contracts, financing, employment, and regulations.
• Advise on formation, governance, restructuring, and ongoing operations.
• Draft operating, shareholder, partnership agreements, bylaws, and resolutions.
• Counsel on commercial contracts, governance, fiduciary duties, and ownership transitions.
• Assist with private equity, debt and equity financing, and investment transactions.
• Collaborate with tax, employment, IP, finance, real estate, and regulatory teams.
• Communicate with clients, opposing counsel, advisers, and transaction participants.
• Take increasing ownership of transactions as experience grows.

Skills

M&A experience

Corporate transactions

Drafting & negotiation

Due diligence

LLC/Corp governance

Private equity experience

Securities knowledge

Client service

Maine Bar admission

Job description

Highly regarded, full service regional law firm needs a Maine Barred Corporate Associate Attorney with M&A experience to join their firm 3-5 years experience.

Portland, Maine

Job details:

Salary: $100,000 - $200,000 per year

Why join us?

Why Consider This Opportunity?

The firm is recognized throughout the Northeast for the sophistication of its work, quality of its client base, and strong reputation across corporate, litigation, real estate, energy, environmental, employment, and regulatory practices.

Unlike firms that rely on rigid class-year, billable-hour, and compensation formulas, attorneys are evaluated more holistically based on performance, productivity, client service, leadership, professional development, and contributions to the practice.

Highlights

• No formal billable-hour requirement.
• Sophisticated M&A and corporate work within a respected regional platform.
• Direct partner access and meaningful client interaction.
• Substantive responsibility from an early stage.
• Individualized compensation and bonus consideration.
• Strong performers may earn significant discretionary bonuses.
• A hybrid schedule generally allowing two remote days per week, with Tuesday typically serving as a firmwide in-office day.
• A collaborative culture with a strong emphasis on long-term attorney development and succession planning.
• Clear opportunities to progress toward partnership based on overall experience and performance rather than a rigid lateral class-year designation.
• The ability to build a sophisticated transactional practice without the bureaucracy commonly associated with much larger national firms.

Compensation

Compensation is competitive and determined individually based on experience, qualifications, performance, market considerations, and the overall strength of the candidate’s background.

The firm also offers discretionary bonus opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.

Job Details

Key Responsibilities

• Represent buyers, sellers, investors, and business owners in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and other strategic transactions.
• Draft and negotiate purchase agreements, merger agreements, disclosure schedules, letters of intent, ancillary agreements, and closing documents.
• Manage transaction processes from initial diligence through signing and closing.
• Conduct and coordinate legal due diligence, including review of organizational documents, commercial contracts, financing arrangements, employment matters, and regulatory issues.
• Advise corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other business entities regarding formation, governance, restructuring, and ongoing operations.
• Draft operating agreements, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, bylaws, consents, resolutions, and other organizational documents.
• Counsel clients on commercial contracts, corporate governance, fiduciary duties, ownership transitions, and general business matters.
• Assist with private equity, debt and equity financing, and other investment transactions.
• Collaborate with attorneys across tax, employment, intellectual property, finance, real estate, and regulatory practices.
• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel, financial advisers, and other transaction participants.
• Take increasing ownership of transactions as experience and familiarity with the firm develop.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3–5 years of corporate transactional experience.
• Meaningful experience handling mergers and acquisitions is required.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Experience managing due diligence and transaction closings.
• Familiarity with the formation, structuring, and governance of corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies.
• Experience with private equity, finance transactions, or general business counseling is preferred.
• Securities law knowledge is helpful but not required.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to translate complex legal issues into practical business advice.
• Strong client-service skills and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across practice areas.
• Maine Bar admission is preferred. Candidates able to obtain admission promptly may also be considered.

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