Advocates Legal Recruiting
Corporate & Finance (ECVC) Associate - Mid to Senior
Advocates Legal Recruiting, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Mid to Senior Corporate & Finance Associate
M&A + EC/VC | San Francisco
Our AmLaw 100 client is expanding its San Francisco Corporate & Finance bench with a mid to senior associate focused on M&A and emerging companies / venture capital work. This is a tight, high performing West Coast team backed by a national platform that Chambers USA and other leading directories consistently recognize for corporate, finance, and middle market M&A strength.
The group works with founders, venture funds, growth companies, and strategic acquirers across technology, life sciences, financial services, consumer, and other innovation-driven sectors, from formation through late stage and exit transactions.
ROLE SUMMARY You will sit in a Corporate & Finance group that integrates M&A, emerging companies and venture capital, capital markets, and related finance work across offices. Responsibilities include:
Lead and support domestic and cross border M&A transactions, primarily in the middle market.
Handle venture and growth equity financings for high growth companies and investors, from seed through later stages.
Draft and negotiate core transaction documents, including stock and asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, investor rights, SAFEs, charters, and ancillary documents.
Manage discrete deal workstreams independently, including due diligence, disclosure schedules, and closing mechanics.
Act as day to day contact for founders, management teams, investors, and internal client stakeholders.
Partner with colleagues in tax, regulatory, capital markets, and other specialties on complex transactions.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
JD class years 2018 through 2022, with at least 3 years of corporate transactional experience at a sophisticated law firm.
Significant experience in M&A and emerging companies / venture capital work on either company side, investor side, or both.
Comfort running pieces of deals with limited oversight and owning client facing responsibilities.
Strong drafting and negotiating skills plus solid judgment around risk, market terms, and what actually matters to founders and investors.
Experience working with early stage and high growth companies through key inflection points, including formation, financings, strategic deals, and exits.
Current California bar admission or clear path to California licensure.
WHY THIS PLATFORM
Serious corporate platform, real recognition.
Our client is ranked as a Leading Firm in dozens of practice areas nationwide, with a Corporate / M&A practice that clients describe as steady, coordinated, and business minded.
Deal flow with range.
The corporate and finance team handles middle market M&A, growth equity, and complex capital markets transactions, including award winning cross border deals in heavily regulated industries.
SF seat on a growing West Coast platform.
San Francisco is a hub for the firm’s work with technology, life sciences, fintech, consumer brands, funds, and strategic investors, and recent office growth across the West Coast underlines real investment in this region.
Training that is actually structured.
Associates plug into formal mentoring, retreats, and targeted skills training, with clear conversations around workload, development, and business generation.
Access and visibility.
Deal teams are intentionally lean, with high partner and client contact and real room to build a personal practice focus over time.
Compensation.
California posted base salary range is 260,000 to 420,000, depending on class year and experience, plus discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits.
HOW TO START A CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATION If you are a 2018–2022 corporate associate in San Francisco or interested in relocating to the Bay Area, with a deal sheet that shows real M&A and ECVC work, you are exactly the profile this group wants to meet.
Click below to SCHEDULE A CALL or use the "I'm Interested" button to send us your information confidentially:
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M&A + EC/VC | San Francisco
Our AmLaw 100 client is expanding its San Francisco Corporate & Finance bench with a mid to senior associate focused on M&A and emerging companies / venture capital work. This is a tight, high performing West Coast team backed by a national platform that Chambers USA and other leading directories consistently recognize for corporate, finance, and middle market M&A strength.
The group works with founders, venture funds, growth companies, and strategic acquirers across technology, life sciences, financial services, consumer, and other innovation-driven sectors, from formation through late stage and exit transactions.
ROLE SUMMARY You will sit in a Corporate & Finance group that integrates M&A, emerging companies and venture capital, capital markets, and related finance work across offices. Responsibilities include:
Lead and support domestic and cross border M&A transactions, primarily in the middle market.
Handle venture and growth equity financings for high growth companies and investors, from seed through later stages.
Draft and negotiate core transaction documents, including stock and asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, investor rights, SAFEs, charters, and ancillary documents.
Manage discrete deal workstreams independently, including due diligence, disclosure schedules, and closing mechanics.
Act as day to day contact for founders, management teams, investors, and internal client stakeholders.
Partner with colleagues in tax, regulatory, capital markets, and other specialties on complex transactions.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
JD class years 2018 through 2022, with at least 3 years of corporate transactional experience at a sophisticated law firm.
Significant experience in M&A and emerging companies / venture capital work on either company side, investor side, or both.
Comfort running pieces of deals with limited oversight and owning client facing responsibilities.
Strong drafting and negotiating skills plus solid judgment around risk, market terms, and what actually matters to founders and investors.
Experience working with early stage and high growth companies through key inflection points, including formation, financings, strategic deals, and exits.
Current California bar admission or clear path to California licensure.
WHY THIS PLATFORM
Serious corporate platform, real recognition.
Our client is ranked as a Leading Firm in dozens of practice areas nationwide, with a Corporate / M&A practice that clients describe as steady, coordinated, and business minded.
Deal flow with range.
The corporate and finance team handles middle market M&A, growth equity, and complex capital markets transactions, including award winning cross border deals in heavily regulated industries.
SF seat on a growing West Coast platform.
San Francisco is a hub for the firm’s work with technology, life sciences, fintech, consumer brands, funds, and strategic investors, and recent office growth across the West Coast underlines real investment in this region.
Training that is actually structured.
Associates plug into formal mentoring, retreats, and targeted skills training, with clear conversations around workload, development, and business generation.
Access and visibility.
Deal teams are intentionally lean, with high partner and client contact and real room to build a personal practice focus over time.
Compensation.
California posted base salary range is 260,000 to 420,000, depending on class year and experience, plus discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits.
HOW TO START A CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATION If you are a 2018–2022 corporate associate in San Francisco or interested in relocating to the Bay Area, with a deal sheet that shows real M&A and ECVC work, you are exactly the profile this group wants to meet.
Click below to SCHEDULE A CALL or use the "I'm Interested" button to send us your information confidentially:
#J-18808-Ljbffr