Corporate Associate

Job Overview

A law firm seeks a team-oriented Corporate Associate to join its Cleveland office. The position focuses on middle-market private equity and transactional work, offering the opportunity to collaborate with partners and clients on sophisticated transactions across various industries.

Duties

• Handle substantive corporate and transactional matters, including M&A, entity formation, and governance.
• Manage financing, restructuring, and other complex business transactions.
• Draft term sheets, conduct due diligence reviews, and prepare due diligence reports.
• Draft transaction documents such as purchase agreements and employment agreements.
• Assist with post-closing transaction matters and general client counseling.

Requirements

• 4-6 years of experience in corporate and transactional matters.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills.
• Sound business judgment and ability to manage deal execution.
• ESOP transaction experience preferred but not required.

Education

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree required.

Certifications

• Bar admission in the state of Ohio.

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401K plan.
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays.
• Bonus opportunities.

This Vault-ranked firm has a client-first mindset, where attorneys are rewarded based on their listening and understanding their clients' goals, thinking creatively and aggressively to advance those goals, and obtaining the clients' ultimate success. Attorneys at this firm partner with members of the firm's affiliated businesses to provide comprehensive service to clients. These partnerships allow clients to access business consulting across a variety of disciplines. The attorneys truly work as one team to help their clients succeed. This modern, progressive firm boasts a highly respectful, transparent workplace culture, which fosters creativity, teamwork, inclusion, diversity, and service to clients and communities. This firm emphasizes significant investment in the communities where their attorneys live and practice. Compensation at this firm is competitive with peer firms in the region.