Mid-level Associate (Americas M&A Corporate & Private Equity)

The role

White & Case is seeking a mid-level Associate for its Americas M&A Corporate & Private Equity practice in New York. This role requires 2 years of experience and will focus on advising clients on complex M&A transactions.

What you'll do

• Advise US and non-US corporate clients, multinational companies, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, infrastructure funds, and growth-stage businesses, on M&A and related transactional matters, including stock and asset acquisitions, joint ventures, LBOs, take privates, reorganizations, and public and private offerings
• Manage and coordinate transaction workstreams, including leading teams and efficiently collaborating and communicating with internal specialists across multiple jurisdictions and time zones
• Conduct and oversee legal due diligence processes, identify key legal risks, and support transaction structuring and execution from inception to completion
• Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents and ancillary agreements; coordinate third-party consents, regulatory filings, and closing processes
• Support business development and client relationship initiatives through legal research, market analysis, and preparation of client-facing materials
• Contribute to internal knowledge management and innovation initiatives, including participation in process improvement and legal technology efforts
• Conduct and review lien, tax, UCC and other searches and flag potential issues to senior deal team members
• Assist in the preparation of drafts of transaction documents
• Draft and finalize company documents to authorize corporate transactions
• Draft closing documents, including board resolutions, certificates and other ancillary documentation based on forms and precedents
• Manage and mentor Junior Associates, Legal Assistants, and non-attorney timekeepers throughout each transaction, offering guidance and contextual advisement specific to the client and/or the matter and ensuring the deal team grasps the broader transactional landscape and their roles within that space
• Review and refine all draft work prepared by junior team members, including transaction documents and diligence reports, readying all content, communication, and presentations for Partner and client use

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