Junior & Mid-Level Corporate M&A & Emerging Growth Associate

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in San Francisco seeks an associate to support a diverse corporate practice focused on middle-market M&A, venture capital, and emerging companies.

You will work on transaction structuring, due diligence, drafting, and closing documents, while coordinating with teams across technology, tax, IP, and governance to deliver strategic deals.

Qualifications

• M&A, venture financings, emerging companies, and general corporate matters.

Responsibilities

• Assist with transaction structuring, due diligence, and drafting of deal documents.
• Coordinate deal timelines and deliverables across teams.
• Support closing processes and negotiation of agreements.

Skills

M&A

Venture capital

Corporate governance

Due diligence

Negotiation

Job description

Overview

• The practice supports a diverse client base, including strategic private company buyers and sellers, private equity, venture capital and other investors, and emerging companies and founders.
• Work focuses on M&A, emerging company and venture capital (ECVC) transactional matters, and corporate governance and counseling, across middle-market, technology, and startup ecosystems.
• Specific M&A includes advising on platform acquisitions, sale processes, add-on acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.
• Responsibilities also cover corporate governance and counseling for private companies, their boards of directors, and private equity portfolio companies, as well as entity formation and day-to-day legal matters for emerging growth companies and founders.
• Associates advise on venture financings, including seed, Series A, and later-stage equity financings, for emerging growth companies and venture capital funds.
• Key tasks involve transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation, and closing processes, including drafting and negotiating various transaction documents (financing documents, purchase agreements, governance materials, disclosure schedules, ancillary agreements, and closing documentation).
• The role involves coordinating due diligence workstreams, managing deal timelines and deliverables, and collaborating with attorneys across related firm practice areas such as technology transactions, tax, employee benefits, employment, intellectual property, privacy and security, environmental, and real estate.
• The firm's Corporate practice has strengths in emerging companies and venture capital, middle-market M&A, and strategic corporate transactions, offering associates hands-on experience throughout the deal lifecycle.
• Preferred experience for this role includes mergers and acquisitions, venture financings, emerging companies, and general corporate matters.