Corporate Attorney (4+ Years)

In-Office Expectations: This is a hybrid role. We expect team members to be in our Raleigh office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays to support collaboration, deal work, and team connection. Mondays and Fridays are intentionally flexible and may be worked remotely, subject to client needs, deal timelines, and occasional exceptions.

Overview: Fourscore Business Law is seeking a Corporate Attorney with 4+ years of experience and a broad business law background who enjoys working alongside entrepreneurs and business owners as they start, grow, buy, sell, and transition their businesses. The ideal candidate is energized by the opportunity to work on a variety of corporate, transactional, and strategic matters while building long-term client relationships.

This attorney will work closely with the founder/lead attorney. In addition to providing exceptional legal counsel, this individual will help manage priorities, oversee legal projects, coordinate resources across the team, and take ownership of initiatives that support the firm's continued growth and success.

This role is ideal for an attorney who enjoys both practicing law and managing complex projects. The successful candidate will help coordinate transactions, allocate resources, drive execution, and ensure client matters move efficiently from strategy through closing.

This is an opportunity for an attorney who wants more than a traditional legal role and is excited to help build and scale a growing business law firm.

The ideal candidate is excited to invest in the long-term success of the firm, contribute to its growth, and play a meaningful role in helping both our clients and our team thrive.

We work primarily with closely held and founder-led businesses and handle a mix of buy-side and sell-side transactions across a range of industries. In addition, we serve as outside general counsel to many business owners, which creates meaningful opportunities to integrate corporate work with estate and succession planning.

At Fourscore, our core values are not slogans — they shape how we practice law:

1. Service Is Our Heart – We genuinely care about our clients and their businesses. We respond intentionally, think practically, and go the extra mile when it matters.
2. Just Say It – We value direct, honest communication. We say what needs to be said (to clients and to each other) clearly and respectfully.
3. Own It – We take responsibility for our work, our deadlines, and our results. No excuses. No finger-pointing.
4. Don’t Be a Suit – We take our clients more seriously than ourselves. We aim to be approachable, practical, and real.

Key Responsibilities

1. Counsel clients on entity formation, governance, corporate maintenance, and business operations
2. Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents, including asset and stock purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, and ancillary agreements
3. Coordinate with opposing counsel, lenders, accountants, investment bankers, and internal team members to move transactions forward efficiently
4. Advise business owners on deal structure, risk allocation, and post-closing considerations
5. Provide ongoing general corporate counsel to closely held businesses
6. Collaborate with our estate planning team on succession planning and business-owner-focused estate planning matters
7. Manage client matters from strategy through execution, ensuring deadlines, deliverables, and client expectations are met
8. Oversee project management for legal matters, ensuring work is completed efficiently, accurately, and on schedule
9. Coordinate and, where appropriate, delegate work among attorneys and paralegals to ensure matters are staffed and executed efficiently
10. Work closely with the founder/lead attorney to manage priorities, advance key initiatives, and help create capacity for the founder to focus on strategic growth initiatives
11. Build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication and practical, business-minded legal advice

Required Qualifications

1. JD from an accredited law school
2. Active license to practice law in North Carolina and in good standing
3. 4+ years of meaningful M&A experience, including primary responsibility for transactions
4. Experience handling both buy-side and sell-side deals
5. Strong drafting, negotiation, and project management skills
6. Ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines with minimal oversight
7. Excellent communication skills and comfort working directly with business-owner clients

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience representing closely held or founder-led businesses
2. Exposure to or strong interest in estate planning and business succession planning
3. Familiarity with SBA-financed transactions
4. Background in serving as outside general counsel
5. Desire to help build systems, mentor team members, and grow with the firm
6. Experience managing or coordinating legal teams, workflows, or complex client matters involving multiple stakeholders

Work Structure & Flexibility

1. Core in-office collaboration days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
2. Flexibility on Mondays and Fridays, including remote work, adjusted hours, or focused deep-work time
3. Understanding that transactional work sometimes requires schedule adaptability around closings and client demands

What We Offer

1. High-quality, sophisticated transactional work without big-law bureaucracy
2. Direct client relationships and meaningful responsibility
3. A collaborative, values-driven firm culture
4. Competitive compensation, with flexibility based on experience and fit
5. Opportunity to grow into a senior role as the firm continues to expand

If you enjoy working alongside business owners, solving complex legal and business challenges, managing sophisticated matters from start to finish, and playing a meaningful role in the growth of a firm, we would love to hear from you.

How to Apply

Interested candidates can send your resume and any supporting materials to Helen Lavigne (View email address on click.appcast.io), Director of Operations at Fourscore Business Law for consideration.