Corporate M&A Associate

Scale LLP is a top-tier distributed law firm built by Silicon Valley founders and GCs to provide an alternative to traditional private practice. By leveraging modern technology and a distributed structure, we offer attorneys a more satisfying, lucrative practice and clients a more connected, efficient legal service provider. Founded as a boutique supporting early-stage, venture-backed companies, our diverse network of attorneys now serves a variety of clients across the country and internationally, including well-established public and private companies. We bring a tech-forward, innovative ethos to everything we do.

About the role

As a Corporate & Securities Associate, you will support clients on a range of matters including commercial agreements, tech transactions, drafting shareholder agreements and LLC operating agreements, taking board minutes, drafting resolutions, mergers & acquisitions (due diligence, disclosure schedule and document drafting, managing closings), joint ventures, debt and equity capital markets transactions, and public company reporting. You will report to the Corporate M&A Team Leader and work directly with world-class attorneys who have practiced both in-house as public company GCs and in Big Law domestically and internationally.

This remote-first role offers substantial client contact, professional growth, and mentoring through exposure to a wide variety of deals. You will have the opportunity to build skills that set top attorneys apart, take on immediate client-facing responsibilities, and shape your own career path and practice direction—all while working from anywhere within PST or MST time zones.

Responsibilities

• Draft and manage commercial agreements and tech transactions
• Prepare shareholder agreements and LLC operating agreements
• Take board minutes and draft resolutions
• Lead or support mergers & acquisitions, including due diligence, disclosure schedules, document drafting, and closing management
• Handle joint ventures, debt and equity capital markets transactions, and public company reporting
• Play a leadership role in managing key aspects of strategic transactions
• Conduct and manage due diligence reviews
• Draft primary and ancillary transaction documents and disclosure schedules
• Prepare client summaries of transaction documents

Requirements

• 2-4 years of experience working with corporate clients at a top-tier law firm, with a primary focus on strategic transactions
• Experience drafting or reviewing anti-sandbagging clauses, “first-dollar” indemnity clauses, and waterfall spreadsheets
• Familiarity with drafting disclosures and knowledge of Reg D, Rule 144A, and Category 1 versus Category 3 Reg S offerings
• Enthusiasm for expanding skills to meet a variety of needs across the practice group
• Initiative, availability, and eagerness to thrive in a distributed environment

Benefits

• Fully remote work with no offices
• Base salary plus production bonuses starting at 1,250 billed hours annually
• Eligibility for origination payouts on matters brought to the firm
• Firm contribution to health insurance premiums for plans elected through Scale
• Opportunities for virtual and in-person connection, mentoring, best practice sharing, and client development