Corporate Transactional Partner (Korean Practice)

Job Description

Job Description

Corporate Transactions Partner

§ Practice Area: Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions / Asia-Pacific Capital Markets & Corporate Governance

§ Location: Atlanta, GA | Washington, DC | New York, NY | Los Angeles, CA

§ Salary: $300,000.00 to $500,000.00 Annually

(Commensurate with historical and portable book of business, plus merit bonus opportunities and comprehensive executive benefit package)

§ Schedule: Full-time, Direct-Hire, Minimum 1,850 hours annual billed target

§ The Firm:

Our client is an elite AmLaw 100 national law firm acclaimed for its dynamic international practice and premier corporate capabilities. Consistently recognized across Chambers USA and major legal directories, the firm offers a world-class platform designed to support sophisticated domestic and cross-border commercial transactions.

With an expansive footprint spanning key metropolitan legal markets, the firm provides cross-border enterprise clients with unmatched regulatory, financial, and strategic guidance. Partners benefit from a highly collaborative culture, sophisticated technological infrastructure, robust business development support, and a transparent equity structure built to accelerate practice expansion across global corridors.

§ Duties:

The incoming Partner will join a distinguished international corporate practice, serving as a primary legal advisor to South Korea-based enterprises, multinational conglomerates, and investment entities operating within the United States.

Core responsibilities include:

⨖ Structuring, negotiating, and executing complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic corporate alliances.

⨖ Advising institutional clients and fund sponsors on private equity investments, private fund formation, venture capital financing, and capital structure optimization.

⨖ Counseling enterprise executives and boards of directors on capital markets transactions, public and private securities issuances, and regulatory compliance under United States securities frameworks.

⨖ Providing comprehensive general corporate representation and strategic business counsel to foreign entities establishing or expanding commercial operations within domestic jurisdictions.

⨖ Cultivating and expanding high-value client relationships with Asia-Pacific commercial enterprises while leveraging the firm's multi-disciplinary platform to drive strategic practice growth.

§ Qualifications:

Candidates must possess an established legal reputation, sophisticated transactional expertise, and demonstrated business generation capability.

⨖ Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school with distinguished academic credentials.

⨖ Active Bar admission in good standing in at least one United States jurisdiction where the firm maintains an office (or immediate eligibility for admission on motion or by examination).

⨖ Extensive, senior-level transactional legal experience handling complex corporate, securities, capital markets, and cross-border M&A transactions.

⨖ An established and portable book of business, alongside a proven track record of sustaining relationships with Korean-based or international commercial clients.

⨖ Superior drafting, negotiation, analytical, and executive-level client counseling capabilities.

§ Skills:

The following credentials and attributes are highly preferred to ensure immediate integration and long-term practice expansion:

⨖ Bilingual fluency in English and Korean, with demonstrated capacity to conduct complex legal negotiations and draft transactional documentation in both languages.

⨖ Deep familiarity with cross-border trade, foreign direct investment regulations, and regulatory oversight governing international enterprise expansion between East Asia and North America.

⨖ Proven leadership capabilities in mentoring junior associates and directing multi-jurisdictional deal teams across complementary legal disciplines.

⨖ High commercial acumen with a strategic mindset toward cross-selling firm-wide capabilities in intellectual property, real estate, labor and employment, and international tax.

!Notice¡ This a job advertisement on behalf of our client and does not reflect the full job description for the role. Any qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. You will need to provide law school transcripts, a writing sample or deal sheets, and a cover letter in order to be considered for this role. This posting does not constitute an offer of employment and the listed compensation details may vary by state or experience and will be discussed thoroughly during interview phase.