Mid-level Corporate Associate Attorney

Palo Alto office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks mid-level corporate associate attorney with 3-5 years of significant experience in mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions: adept in handling domestic and cross-border transactions, on both the buy and sell-side, in private and public transactions. The candidate should possess a solid understanding of complex structural and corporate issues pertaining to acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances, spin-offs, carve-outs, leveraged buyouts, recapitalization, and tender offers. Must preferably have Bar Admission in California.

The candidate should have the ability to concisely and effectively communicate complex matters in oral and written form. Must have a strong work ethic, excellent leadership skills, and action-oriented interest in taking on increased levels of responsibility for transactions.

This vigorous, multi-national juggernaut splits its business into several practice areas, including corporate finance, labor and employment, environmental, technology licensing, litigation, patent and intellectual property, tax, and real estate. The firm boasts particularly strong intellectual property and intellectual property litigation practices. The firm?s clients include private and public companies in a number of diverse fields, such as computer hardware and software, telecommunications, biotechnology, investment banking, and transportation. Despite its size and impressive stature within the legal community, insiders claim the firm maintains a ?small firm? culture ? associates are neither competitive nor pretentious and the firm itself is notoriously not hierarchical. Although the firm will never initiate salary hikes, compensation is competitive, and billable hour pressure is manageable.