Senior Corporate Associate — M&A, Financing & VC

Orion Placement; New York (NY); On-site; USD 215,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Vision insurance

Job summary

Confidential Employer in New York City seeks a midlevel to senior Corporate Associate to lead sophisticated M&A and financing transactions from structuring through closing.

You will draft and negotiate definitive agreements, coordinate due diligence, manage transaction timelines, and advise on governance and corporate issues while mentoring junior staff. This on-site role offers direct client interaction and meaningful responsibility in a premier NYC practice.

Qualifications

• Active New York Bar license required.
• 4+ years of corporate M&A experience at a large or peer level law firm.
• Strong drafting and negotiation experience involving definitive and ancillary M&A documents.
• Experience independently managing transaction workflow and competing deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support sophisticated mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions from initial structuring through closing.
• Draft and negotiate definitive agreements, ancillary transaction documents, and other complex corporate agreements.
• Coordinate due diligence, transaction timelines, closing processes, and day to day deal workflow.
• Advise on structural, governance, and corporate issues arising in M&A transactions.
• Handle credit agreements, equity financings, debt financings, and other corporate finance matters.
• Manage relationships and communicate directly with sophisticated business stakeholders and counterparties.
• Supervise and provide guidance to junior associates and paralegals.
• Collaborate with partners and attorneys across practice areas to deliver practical, business focused solutions.
• Contribute to matters involving venture capital, securities, joint ventures, entity structuring, and commercial agreements as experience allows.

Skills

Mergers & Acquisitions

Drafting

Negotiation

Deal management

Relationship management

Mentoring

Job description

Confidential Employer in New York City seeks a midlevel to senior Corporate Associate to lead sophisticated M&A and financing transactions from structuring through closing.

You will draft and negotiate definitive agreements, coordinate due diligence, manage transaction timelines, and advise on governance and corporate issues while mentoring junior staff. This on-site role offers direct client interaction and meaningful responsibility in a premier NYC practice.