Associate: M&A Corporate-Public Company

Our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice is globally recognized as a top-tier leader in both public and private M&A transactions. We deliver unparalleled legal services for complex corporate deals, offering strategic planning, due diligence, negotiation, and execution of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other business combinations. Serving a diverse clientele, including multinational corporations, private equity firms and banks, our team ensures regulatory compliance, manages risk, and structures transactions for optimal outcomes. By combining extensive legal expertise with deep market insight, we help clients navigate high-stakes transactions, fostering growth and creating value, solidifying our reputation as one of the premier M&A practices worldwide.

A Senior Associate at this level provides expert legal advice on often complex transactions. They represent clients under the supervision of partners in complex negotiations, while building and maintaining client relationships to build own book of business. They also contribute to talent development, knowledge management, trialing new legal tools where necessary.

The roles and responsibilities of this job include:

• Leads and manages often complex transactions, ensuring effective legal strategy and execution

• Leads the drafting and negotiation of critical transaction documents, such as purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, and financing documents

• Works closely with clients to understand their needs and delivers strategic legal solutions and favorable outcomes on transactions

• Represents clients (under the supervision of partners) in negotiations, assisting in areas like structuring of transactions to optimize legal, tax and business outcomes

• Leads comprehensive due diligence processes, identifying potential risks for client, and ensuring thorough review and analysis of relevant documents.

• May advise clients on post-transaction integration issues, handling or referring within the Firm any arising legal matters, and ensuring ongoing compliance with transaction terms

• May assist more senior colleagues on complex transactions in developing transaction and deal strategies, preparing for negotiations

• Stays updated on legal developments in the area of specialization

• Helps coach and develop more junior lawyers in a specialized area within a larger practice

• May set the technical and professional direction of a specialism or area of expertise within the practice

• In-depth knowledge and significant experience in a specialized area of law, typically with at least 8 years of practice post qualification

• Ability to support partners in managing client relationships and progressing highly technical matters

• Experience leading complex legal matters

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

This role reports to

Partner

Equal Opportunities

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Benefits at White & Case

White & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.

The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

New York Pay Range: $420,000 - $500,000. Salary range in other markets will vary.

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