Corporate Lawyer

Total Talent Consultants; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Total Talent Consultants is seeking an experienced Corporate & Business Transactions Attorney to join its transactional practice and provide sophisticated counsel to business clients. This position emphasizes client-facing, transactional work rather than litigation, with potential Of Counsel structuring for an attorney with a portable book.

The ideal candidate will bring 7+ years of experience, strong drafting and negotiation skills, and the ability to manage matters from start to finish

Qualifications

• 7+ years of corporate, business, or transactional legal experience.
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating business and commercial agreements.
• Experience with corporate transactions, business formations, governance, or related matters.
• Excellent legal writing, negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage client matters from beginning to completion.
• Strong client-service orientation and business-development aptitude.
• Ability to understand both the legal and practical business implications of transactions.
• Strong professional judgment and attention to detail.
• Active bar membership in the applicable jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Advise business and corporate clients on day-to-day transactional matters.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and interpret a variety of business and commercial agreements.
• Handle business formations, organizational matters, governance, and related corporate transactions.
• Counsel clients regarding contracts, business relationships, acquisitions, dispositions, and other strategic transactions.
• Conduct legal research and provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
• Identify potential legal and business risks and develop appropriate solutions for clients.
• Lead transactions from initial client consultation through negotiation, documentation, and closing.
• Work directly with business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and other decision-makers.
• Develop and maintain long-term client relationships.
• Collaborate with other attorneys and professionals when matters require additional areas of legal expertise.
• Manage multiple client matters efficiently while maintaining a high level of responsiveness and quality.
• Participate in business development and expansion of the firm's transactional practice.

Skills

Corporate law

Contract negotiation

Client relations

Legal writing

Business transactions

Education

Bar admission

Job description

Corporate/Business Attorney & Of Counsel Opportunity

Position Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Corporate & Business Transactions Attorney to join its transactional practice and provide sophisticated legal counsel to business clients.

This is a client-facing law firm opportunity focused primarily on transactional work, rather than litigation or an in-house corporate counsel position. The attorney will advise business clients on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, manage transactions from inception through completion, and develop and maintain strong client relationships.

The position may be structured as an Of Counsel opportunity for an attorney who brings substantial transactional experience, established client relationships, and/or a portable book of business.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise business and corporate clients on day-to-day transactional and commercial legal matters.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and interpret a variety of business and commercial agreements.
• Handle business formations, organizational matters, corporate governance, and related corporate transactions.
• Counsel clients regarding contracts, business relationships, acquisitions, dispositions, and other strategic transactions.
• Conduct legal research and provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
• Identify potential legal and business risks and develop appropriate solutions for clients.
• Lead transactions from initial client consultation through negotiation, documentation, and closing.
• Work directly with business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and other decision-makers.
• Develop and maintain long-term client relationships.
• Collaborate with other attorneys and professionals when matters require additional areas of legal expertise.
• Manage multiple client matters efficiently while maintaining a high level of responsiveness and quality.
• Participate in business development and expansion of the firm's transactional practice.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an established transactional attorney who enjoys working directly with business clients and wants to continue practicing law in a law-firm environment.

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• 7+ years of corporate, business, or transactional legal experience.
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating business and commercial agreements.
• Experience with corporate transactions, business formations, governance, or related matters.
• Excellent legal writing, negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to independently manage client matters from beginning to completion.
• Strong client-service orientation and business-development aptitude.
• Ability to understand both the legal and practical business implications of transactions.
• Strong professional judgment and attention to detail.
• Active bar membership in the applicable jurisdiction.

Client Development / Book of Business

An established book of business and portable client relationships are highly desirable, although the firm will consider attorneys with strong business-development capabilities and a demonstrated ability to develop their own client base.

This opportunity may be particularly attractive to an attorney who has developed meaningful client relationships and is looking for a platform that allows them to continue serving those clients while having access to the firm's resources and broader legal capabilities.

Practice Focus

The position is intended for an attorney whose practice is primarily transactional/business law, including areas such as:

• Corporate transactions
• Business formations and entity structuring
• Commercial contracts
• Business acquisitions and sales
• Corporate governance
• Strategic business transactions
• Real estate-related business transactions
• Intellectual property matters related to business transactions
• General business counseling
• Other sophisticated transactional matters

This Is Not Primarily a Litigation Position

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Established law-firm platform and professional resources.
• Opportunity to work directly with sophisticated business clients.
• Ability to build and expand an independent transactional practice.
• Potential Of Counsel structure for the right attorney.
• Opportunity to leverage existing client relationships and business-development capabilities.
• Collaborative environment without requiring the attorney to move into an in-house role.
• Potential for significant autonomy and continued professional growth.