Corporate Associate – Mergers & Acquisitions

Job Details

Highly regarded, full service regional law firm needs a Maine Barred Corporate Associate Attorney with M&A experience to join their firm 3-5 years experience.

Qualifications

• Approximately 3–5 years of corporate transactional experience
• Meaningful experience handling mergers and acquisitions is required
• Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and organizational skills
• Experience managing due diligence and transaction closings
• Familiarity with the formation, structuring, and governance of corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies
• Experience with private equity, finance transactions, or general business counseling is preferred

Why Join Us?

The firm is recognized throughout the Northeast for the sophistication of its work, quality of its client base, and strong reputation across corporate, litigation, real estate, energy, environmental, employment, and regulatory practices.

Highlights include:

• No formal billable-hour requirement
• Sophisticated M&A and corporate work within a respected regional platform
• Direct partner access and meaningful client interaction
• Substantive responsibility from an early stage
• Individualized compensation and bonus consideration
• Strong performers may earn significant discretionary bonuses
• A hybrid schedule generally allowing two remote days per week, with Tuesday typically serving as a firmwide in-office day
• A collaborative culture with a strong emphasis on long-term attorney development and succession planning
• Clear opportunities to progress toward partnership based on overall experience and performance rather than a rigid lateral class-year designation
• The ability to build a sophisticated transactional practice without the bureaucracy commonly associated with much larger national firms

Compensation

Compensation is competitive and determined individually based on experience, qualifications, performance, market considerations, and the overall strength of the candidate’s background.

The firm also offers discretionary bonus opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent buyers, sellers, investors, and business owners in mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and other strategic transactions
• Draft and negotiate purchase agreements, merger agreements, disclosure schedules, letters of intent, ancillary agreements, and closing documents
• Manage transaction processes from initial diligence through signing and closing
• Conduct and coordinate legal due diligence, including review of organizational documents, commercial contracts, financing arrangements, employment matters, and regulatory issues
• Advises corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other business entities regarding formation, governance, restructuring, and ongoing operations
• Draft operating agreements, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, bylaws, consents, resolutions, and other organizational documents
• Counsels clients on commercial contracts, corporate governance, fiduciary duties, ownership transitions, and general business matters
• Aid with private equity, debt and equity financing, and other investment transactions
• Collaborate with attorneys across tax, employment, intellectual property, finance, real estate, and regulatory practices
• Communicate directly with clients, opposing counsel, financial advisers, and other transaction participants
• Take increasing ownership of transactions as experience and familiarity with the firm develop