Senior Associate - Transactional Tax

Advocates Legal Recruiting; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocates Legal Recruiting seeks a Senior Associate in Transactional Tax to lead tax matters on domestic and cross-border M&A, plus partnership tax planning and private equity fund formation. You will contribute to capital markets and financing transactions while supporting deal teams across major markets.

The role emphasizes advising business principals, not just drafting memos, within a top AmLaw platform that offers high-volume, high-value opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of law firm experience focused on transactional tax.
• Comfort 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

• Run point on transactional tax across domestic and cross-border M&A.
• Engage in partnership tax planning and private equity fund formation work.
• Handle tax aspects of capital markets and financing transactions.

Skills

Transactional tax

M&A experience

Cross-border tax

Deal teams collaboration

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Silicon Valley, United States | Posted on 07/22/2026

Senior Associate, Transactional Tax (4+ years)

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

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.