Senior Corporate & Private Equity Associate

Senior Corporate & Private Equity Associate (5–7 Years’)

Charlotte, North Carolina

$365,000 - $415,000

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Corporate & Private Equity Associate to join the Charlotte office of a highly regarded national law firm with a sophisticated and established private equity practice.

The position is ideally suited to an experienced transactional attorney who has developed substantive private equity M&A experience and is now looking for greater responsibility in leading transactions, managing deal teams and working directly with sophisticated private equity sponsors and portfolio companies.

The Role

You will play a significant role in complex private equity and corporate transactions, including:

• Leading and managing private equity acquisitions and related M&A transactions.
• Advising private equity sponsors and portfolio companies throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Drafting and negotiating purchase agreements, ancillary agreements and other transaction documentation.
• Managing due diligence processes and coordinating specialist workstreams.
• Advising on transaction structuring and commercial deal issues.
• Managing junior associates and coordinating deal teams.
• Working directly with clients, counterparties, investment professionals and other advisers.
• Supporting portfolio company add-on acquisitions, exits and other strategic transactions.

About You

The successful candidate will ideally possess:

• 5–7 years' corporate transactional experience , with substantial private equity M&A exposure.
• Strong experience handling acquisitions for private equity funds.
• Demonstrated ability to take meaningful ownership of transactions.
• Experience managing or coordinating transaction teams.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation and project-management skills.
• Strong academic credentials.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Admission to the North Carolina Bar , or the ability to satisfy applicable admission requirements.

What’s on Offer?

• Opportunity to join a nationally recognised private equity practice.
• Sophisticated middle-market and high-value transactional work.
• Significant responsibility for transactions and direct client contact.
• Exposure to an extensive private equity sponsor and portfolio-company client base.
• Excellent training and professional-development resources.
• Clear opportunities for progression within a major national law firm.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Private Equity Associate looking to take greater ownership of sophisticated transactions while developing their career within an established corporate practice.