Securities Partner / Securities Attorney Team

Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C.; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internal referrals

Cross-practice collaboration

Competitive compensation

Modern Bethesda office

Marketing and BD support

Strategic growth opportunities

Job summary

Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C. seeks an entrepreneurial Securities Partner or a small team to build out a securities practice within its Maryland-based commercial law platform.

Enter a firm with 40+ years of market presence and a robust client base, including business owners, real estate investors, and high-net-worth individuals. The role emphasizes autonomy to grow the practice, manage client relationships, and leverage cross-practice referrals from Corporate/M&A, Commercial

Qualifications

• Establish and grow a securities practice with autonomy, leveraging an existing client base.
• Deep experience in private placements, exempt offerings, fund formation, and related regulatory work.
• Self-sustaining practice management from day one, including client relationships and economics.

Responsibilities

• Establish, lead, and grow a securities law practice within the firm with autonomy to build your client base.
• Advise clients on private placements, Regulation D offerings, syndications, and fund formation.
• Counsel closely held companies on securities compliance, governance, and disclosure matters.
• Collaborate with Corporate/M&A, Real Estate, and Lending teams on transactions with securities components.
• Serve as go-to securities resource and convert outside work to in-house engagements.

Skills

Private placements

Exempt offerings

Fund formation

Regulatory compliance

Client relationships

Self-sufficient management

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) required

Maryland/DC/Virginia bar admission preferred

Job description

Securities Partner / Securities Attorney Team

Our firm is seeking an entrepreneurial Securities Partner – or a small team of securities attorneys – to establish and build out a securities practice as part of our growing commercial law platform. This is a rare opportunity to build a practice from a position of strength: rather than starting from zero, you will step into a firm with 40+ years of market presence, an established base of business clients, entrepreneurs, real estate investors, and high net worth individuals, and a leadership team committed to actively feeding and growing your book of business.

Candidates should be capable of self-sustaining practice management from day one but should not expect to build alone. Our Corporate/M&A, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Lending, Tax, and Trusts & Estates groups regularly encounter clients who need securities counsel – private placements, exempt offerings, fund formation, joint venture and syndication structures, and regulatory compliance – and currently refer that work outside the firm. We are looking for the right attorney(s) to capture it.

About the Firm

• A Maryland-based commercial law firm with more than 40 years in practice, currently staffed by approximately 26 attorneys and pursuing a strategic growth plan to reach 35-40 attorneys over the next four years.
• Full-service practice groups spanning Corporate/M&A, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Lending, Land Use, Litigation, Tax, Trusts & Estates, and Family Law.
• A client base concentrated in closely held businesses, entrepreneurs, real estate investors and developers, banks and credit unions and high net worth individuals – a natural pipeline for securities and capital-raising work.
• Newly opened, modern office at 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Fourth Floor, Bethesda, Maryland, reflecting the firm’s continued investment in growth and infrastructure.

What You Will Do

• Establish, lead, and grow a securities law practice within the firm, with autonomy to build your own client relationships and practice systems.
• Advise business, real estate, and private fund clients on private placements, Regulation D and other exempt offerings, syndications, and fund formation.
• Counsel closely held and emerging companies on securities compliance, corporate governance, blue sky filings, and disclosure matters.
• Partner with the firm’s Corporate/M&A, Commercial Real Estate, and Commercial Lending attorneys on transactions with a securities or capital-raising component.
• Serve as the firm’s go-to securities resource for existing clients, converting outside referral work into in-house engagements.
• If leading a team – recruit, mentor, and develop associate talent as the practice grows.
• Participate in firm-wide business development and represent the securities practice in the firm’s broader growth strategy.

What We Are Looking For

• An established securities practitioner (partner-level) or a small, cohesive team of securities attorneys with a portable book of business or a demonstrated ability to generate one quickly.
• Deep experience in private placements, exempt securities offerings, fund formation, and related corporate/regulatory work; broker-dealer or investment adviser regulatory experience is a plus.
• A track record of self-sufficient practice management – comfortable owning client relationships, billing, and practice economics.
• An entrepreneurial, collaborative mindset and interest in building something within a firm that will actively support that growth, rather than joining a practice that already exists.
• Maryland/DC/Virginia bar admission preferred (or willingness to obtain); active JD and clean disciplinary record required.

What the Firm Offers

• A steady stream of internal referrals from an established, multi-practice client base – business owners, real estate investors, and high net worth individuals – who already need securities counsel.
• Cross-practice collaboration with Corporate/M&A, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Lending, and Trusts & Estates attorneys to source and expand engagements.
• A competitive, transparent compensation structure aligned to self-sustaining practice economics, with the support and infrastructure to accelerate growth beyond what an independent or small-firm practice could achieve alone.
• Modern, newly built office space in Bethesda, firm-wide marketing and business development support, and an administrative infrastructure built to scale.
• A seat at the table in a firm actively investing in strategic growth – with the opportunity to shape the securities practice as a core pillar of that expansion.

Selzer Gurvitch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in relation to our recruiting, hiring, and promoting practices.