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Transactional Tax Associate (Labor and Employment) - Chicago

$235k

Direct Counsel

Job Description

Job Description

Direct Counsel is representing an Amlaw 100 firm in its search for an Associate – Tax – Transactional Labor & Employment .

Locations: Austin, Boston , Century City , Chicago , Houston , New York , Orange County , San Diego , San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C.

Practice Area:
Labor & Employment

Experience Required:
Minimum of 2 years

About the Opportunity:
Direct Counsel is partnering with an AmLaw 100 firm renowned for advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. As a market leader in major financial and business centers worldwide, the firm offers exceptional expertise and resources to help you evolve from an intellectually curious self-starter into a leading lawyer. If you aspire to be the best, this is the place for you.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 2 years of broad-based employment counseling experience.

  • Experience providing employment support for mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.

  • Strong background counseling employers of all types on a full range of employment relationship matters.

  • Excellent academic credentials and outstanding communication, analytical, and writing skills.

  • Admission to the jurisdiction where you are applying (or eligibility to waive in) is preferred.

  • This is a non-litigation role focused on transactional and counseling work.

Compensation:
This position is paid according to the Cravath scale from $235,000 per year plus comprehensive benefits

Vacancy posted 29 days ago
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