Senior Associate - Transactional Tax

Advocates Legal Recruiting; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Advocates Legal Recruiting represents a top AmLaw 100 client seeking a Senior Associate in Transactional Tax in Costa Mesa, CA. The role offers exposure to a high-volume deal desk, cross-border M&A, and sophisticated partnership tax work.

You will work directly with deal teams and principals, leveraging a deep bench and strong platform in a fast-paced national practice.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of law firm experience focused on transactional tax.
• Experience advising deal teams and business principals, not just drafting memos.
• Experience across M&A, partnership structures, and sponsor-side work preferred.
• Bar admission in at least one US jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Lead transactional tax work across domestic and cross-border deals.
• Support large deal teams with tax structuring and execution.
• Collaborate with sponsors and portfolio companies on tax planning.

Skills

Transactional tax

M&A experience

Cross-border transactions

Bar admission (US)

Job description

Costa Mesa, United States | Posted on 07/22/2026

Senior Associate, Transactional Tax (4+ years)

Our AmLaw 100 client is hiring a senior transactional tax associate for a national team that sits in the middle of headline deals. This is a true platform move: deep bench, real volume, and tax lawyers who are brought in early, not at the cleanup stage.

Role Summary

You will run point on transactional tax across:

• Domestic and cross-border M&A
• Partnership tax planning
• Private equity fund formation work
• Capital markets and financing transactions

This is a senior associate seat with real responsibility and direct deal exposure.

Candidate profile

• Minimum 4 years of law firm experience focused on transactional tax
• Comfort advising deal teams and business principals, not just drafting memos after the fact
• Experience across M&A, partnership structures, and sponsor-side work is strongly preferred
• Bar admission in at least one US jurisdiction

Why this role

• Market position: A top-tier AmLaw platform with consistent national recognition across practice areas and lawyers.
• Deal flow: A tax group built to support high-volume, high-value transactions across major business centers.
• Bench strength: Large, globally integrated tax team, which matters when your deals do.
• Support: Formal well-being and benefits infrastructure that is actually resourced.

Location

Multiple major US markets. The team is built to collaborate across offices, and the right candidate will have options.

Compensation

Top-of-market base with discretionary bonus, consistent with elite AmLaw compensation bands for class years.