Corporate Tax Associate

Job Overview

A law firm seeks a Corporate Tax Associate in Menlo Park, CA. The ideal candidate will have experience in tax aspects of complex corporate and partnership transactions, including strategic and private equity M&A transactions, and domestic and international tax planning and structuring.

Duties

• Advise on tax matters impacting high-growth businesses and their investors.
• Work with growth-stage technology and life science companies and investors.
• Engage in domestic and international tax planning and structuring.

Requirements

• 3-6 years of experience at a peer law firm.
• Exceptional academic credentials.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Membership to the State Bar of the office of the state in which the candidate expects to be located.

Education

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school.

Certifications

• Membership to the State Bar.

Skills

• Excellent communication and logical reasoning skills.
• Strong research and organizational abilities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
• Mental well-being programs.
• Child, family, elder, and pet care benefits.
• Short- and long-term disability and parental leave benefits.
• Health savings account contributions and flexible spending accounts.
• 401K program.
• Flexible Time Off program and paid holidays.

This Silicon Valley firm offers a full-service practice which covers a number of areas, including: intellectual property, corporate, and labor & employment. The firms intellectual property practice is both rapidly expanding and exceptionally solid; the firms intellectual property attorneys have extensive experience in state, federal, and international litigation, as well as licensing, litigation avoidance and other matters across the complete spectrum of intellectual property issues. The atmosphere is collegial, but slightly more conservative than most Bay Area firms. Salaries are in line with other top Bay Area firms, and the firm provides a sizable bonus for all lawyers who bill at least 1,950 hours, with additional money based on three separate billable-hour levels above 1,950.