Senior Associate - Transactional Tax

Advocates Legal Recruiting; Washington; On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocates Legal Recruiting is recruiting for a Senior Associate, Transactional Tax, to lead tax aspects of high-value M&A and financing deals across multiple US markets. The role demands deep transactional tax expertise, strong collaboration with deal teams, and a track record in cross-border and partnership tax work.

The candidate should have at least four years of law firm experience in transactional tax, be able to advise business principals directly, and hold active bar admission in a US

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead transactional tax work across domestic and cross-border deals.
• Support high-value transactions and capital markets activity.
• Collaborate with deal teams and business principals on tax strategy.

Skills

Transactional tax

M&A experience

US Bar admission

Partnership tax

Job description

Washington, United States

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.