Senior Business Advisory & Transactional Attorney

Jimerson Birr; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jimerson Birr seeks a Senior Business Advisory & Transactional Attorney to own day-to-day execution of transactions and governance matters. You will translate ambiguity into structured plans, mentor others, and ensure work aligns with client objectives and JB standards.

As a senior attorney, you’ll lead complex deals, supervise diligence, and guide executives on fiduciary duties, while maintaining timelines, budgets, and quality across matters.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in business transactions, corporate law, or M&A.
• JD and active Florida Bar membership.
• Demonstrated ability to draft clean, reliable documents and manage deal processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle of deals from scoping through closing with structured timelines and risk management.
• Draft, review, and negotiate operating agreements, bylaws, asset/stock purchase agreements, and related documents.
• Advise on governance, fiduciary duties, entity formation, restructurings, and dissolution.
• Direct diligence, coordinate advisors, and manage closing checklists and data room hygiene.
• Mentor junior attorneys and paralegals; reinforce matter plans and workflows.
• Maintain time, SLA, and budget discipline to keep matters on plan and budget.

Skills

Deal lifecycle

Corporate docs drafting

Governance & fiduciary

Diligence management

M&A transactions

Mentoring

Budget discipline

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Florida Bar admission

Job description

Description

At Jimerson Birr, our team accepts the lasting responsibility of protecting our clients’ rights, businesses, properties, investments, and finances. We partner with established companies, emerging ventures, and individuals to structure deals, solve complex problems, and guide pivotal decisions with measurable outcomes. We pride ourselves on legal excellence, disciplined execution, and a culture built on service, quality, and results.

Department

Legal Operations

Location

Northeast, Florida

Description

At Jimerson Birr, our team accepts the lasting responsibility of protecting our clients’ rights, businesses, properties, investments, and finances. We partner with established companies, emerging ventures, and individuals to structure deals, solve complex problems, and guide pivotal decisions with measurable outcomes. We pride ourselves on legal excellence, disciplined execution, and a culture built on service, quality, and results.

About The Role

We are seeking a Senior Business Advisory & Transactional Attorney who thrives on turning complexity into clean, reliable deal work. You’ll own day‑to‑day execution of transactions and governance matters, translate ambiguity into structured plans, and communicate recommendations with clarity and confidence. As a Senior, you operate with independence, set matter momentum, and mentor others—while modeling JB’s client‑service standards.

Key Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

• Lead the full lifecycle of deals and transactions; from scoping through closing; maintaining structured timelines, risk registers, and status transparency.
• Draft, review, and negotiate core corporate documents (operating/shareholder agreements, bylaws, buy‑sell agreements, asset/stock purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, ancillary agreements).
• Advise on entity formation, restructuring, and dissolution; counsel boards and executives on governance and fiduciary duties.
• Direct diligence (requests, tracking, issue spots), coordinate advisors, and manage closing checklists and data room hygiene.
• Navigate ownership transitions, capital restructuring, partner exits, and franchising decisions with business‑first judgment.
• Mentor junior attorneys and paralegals; delegate intelligently; reinforce validated matter plans, templates, and workflows.
• Maintain time, SLA, and budget discipline; ensure matters stay on plan and on budget.

How You Create Impact At JB

• Bill — Production: Deliver precise, timely, business‑ready documents and negotiations that align with defined scope, budget, and timelines.
• Build — System Improvement: Strengthen playbooks (clause libraries, closing checklists, model timelines), improve workflows, and coach juniors to run the plays.
• Bridge — Clients & People: Lead clear alignment calls, expectation setting, and decision logs so executives can act with confidence.

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

What You’ll Bring

• JD and active membership in the Florida Bar
• 5+ years in business transactions, corporate law, or M&A
• Track record of drafting clean, reliable documents and running efficient deal processes
• Strong organizational skills across multiple matters and deadlines
• Clear, persuasive communication with executives, counterparties, and advisors

Preferred

• Mid‑market M&A experience; multistate or cross‑border transactions
• Advising privately held or family‑owned companies on governance and succession

Why Join Jimerson Birr?

You’ll practice inside a client‑service model designed to create consistent value: Clarify objectives, success criteria, budget, timeline, and communication preferences at intake—then manage to them. Accessibility: Keep lines open and responsive; clients never guess how to reach us or when they’ll hear from us. Efficiency & cost‑effectiveness: Staff matters smartly, use technology and checklists to reduce friction, and provide early assessments for predictable spend. Delivering an experience while delivering results: Make progress visible with alignment calls, status summaries, and documented decisions. Meaningful partnership: Anticipate needs, surface options, and help clients plan the next goal beyond the one we just achieved. Exceptional communication based on listening: Ask better questions, summarize tradeoffs plainly, and write for business readers. Accountability to goals: Hold the team (and yourself) to timelines, scopes, and outcomes; surface risks early and propose fixes.

Join a dynamic team that values professional growth and excellence in legal service. We offer competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment dedicated to fostering your success. We’ve found that the key to doing great work is to love what you do and respect who you do it with. To continue reading about our firm, visit our website Jimerson Birr. Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture is collegial and professional, and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries. Learn more about our firm culture here: JB Firm Culture: JB FOR ME. You’ll get a Challenging Opportunity with a Company that Cares About Its Most Valuable Asset: YOU! At Jimerson Birr, we pride ourselves on our people and their collective achievements. Besides our list of legal industry honors, in 2021 and for the seventh consecutive year, the firm was named one of Florida’s “Best Companies to Work For” by Florida Trend Magazine. In recent years, the firm was also distinguished as one of the “Best Places to Work” by the Jacksonville Business Journal and five times as one of the “50 Fastest Growing Companies.” Opportunities abound for those who can meet and exceed the expectations set for our team. Jimerson Birr is comprised of high‑performing and professionally fulfilled people. We believe that a positive attitude, personal accountability, and a commitment to quality work will put a talented person on a fast track for success. Our atmosphere and award‑winning firm culture are collegial and professional, and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries.

Our core values are simple:

Commitment to service; Commitment to quality; Commitment to results. We live our core values, and we welcome you to live them with us.

Jimerson Birr is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and all employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, sexual orientation, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, gender identity, and marital status.

• About Jimerson Birr, P.A.

Jimerson Birr is a Florida‑based law firm that seeks to exceed client expectations through commitment to excellence and by adding value to our clients’ businesses. We are committed to handling each matter with the quality, care, attention to detail and respect as if we were representing ourselves. We are accessible, responsible, prepared, efficient and technologically advanced. Our clients and colleagues value us because they trust our integrity and abilities. Jimerson Birr concentrates its efforts in providing the highest level of legal services throughout the southeastern U.S. on a wide variety of business, corporate, and commercial litigation issues that can affect businesses in a broad range of circumstances. Our Florida‑based law firm has a reputation for being well‑prepared counselors, influential negotiators and aggressive litigators. Our firm has significant experience in the areas of construction law (including lien and bond claims, licensure, project and contract administration), business litigation (including breach of contract, misrepresentation, fiduciary breaches, non‑compete enforcement and corporate/partnership disputes) and creditors rights and bankruptcy (including collections, foreclosures, replevin, garnishments, and adversarial proceedings).