Mid-to-Senior Associate - Corporate Transactions

About the Role Squire Patton Boggs is seeking a mid-to-senior level Associate with corporate transactional experience to join its sophisticated corporate practice. The role will involve handling significant responsibility in complex transactional matters for key clients and provide exposure to a broad range of disciplines across cross-border M&A, private equity, debt finance, capital markets, joint ventures, strategic alliances, commercial contracts, securities offerings and corporate governance. The position can be based in Cincinnati, Cleveland, or Columbus offices.

What You'll Do

• Advise firm clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other corporate transactional matters.
• Transaction management and due diligence.
• Assist with managing client relationships.
• Draft purchase agreements, ancillary documents, and third-party legal opinions; coordinate transaction teams (domestic and cross-border) and manage data room/sites.
• Contribute across a range of disciplines including cross-border M&A, private equity, debt finance, capital markets, joint ventures, strategic alliances, commercial contracts, securities offerings and corporate governance.

What We're Looking For

• JD from an accredited law school with a strong academic record.
• Admission to the Ohio Bar in good standing.
• At least 5 years of meaningful experience in a law firm managing mergers and acquisitions, securities, and other corporate transactional matters.
• Experience in mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, auctions, carve-out transactions, joint ventures and/or cross-border transactions.
• Demonstrated ability to draft purchase agreements, ancillary documents, and third-party legal opinions.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate transaction teams (domestic and cross-border) and manage due diligence and the data room or data site.
• Experience negotiating aspects of corporate transactions.
• Personal skills: ability to work in a team environment and exercise good judgment; positive, proactive attitude; excellent verbal and written communication; strong analytical skills; ability to prioritize; commitment to professional ethics and client confidentiality.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: USD 250,000 - 320,000 per year.
• Benefits include health, dental, life, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits.