Mid-Level Corporate Associate (Private Equity / M&A) (NYC)

What we're looking for

We need a corporate associate with 4-7 years of transactional experience who has handled private equity and strategic investor deals, including real responsibility on the deals they closed. You should be comfortable working directly with founders, CEOs and C-suite executives in an entrepreneurial, hands-on setting with lean admin support. You should also have steady tenure and be able to give specifics about your experience, such as how many deals you closed, deal sizes and your role on each. Bonus points if you bring portable relationships or a growing book of business, cross-border deal experience, or fund formation and fund-side work.

Must-haves

• 4-7 years of corporate transactional experience (roughly 2019-2022 law school graduates)
• Admitted to the New York bar, or eligible for admission
• Currently authorized to work in the US without sponsorship, now or in the future
• Has not applied to or interviewed with Fox Rothschild in the last 12 months
• Law school GPA of about 3.0 or higher (the trend in grades also matters, and the writing grade gets close attention)

What you'll do

• Handle a broad range of general corporate transactional matters within Fox Rothschild's NY corporate practice, led by Sarah Hewitt
• Take ownership of private equity transactions, a bigger focus than in the firm's recently filled SF corporate role, and drive them from term sheet through closing
• Work directly with founders, CEOs, corporate strategic investors and entrepreneurs to understand their business goals and plan a deal strategy around them
• Draft and negotiate transaction documents and run diligence, signing and closing processes that keep deals on schedule
• Support partners and work as a team player on a collaborative national corporate team, keeping a busy practice (1,900 billable hour minimum)
• Build and grow your own client relationships using the firm's business development (BD) resources: a $500 personal BD budget, department BD budgets and a dedicated BD professional. The firm has 30,000+ middle-market clients and lower billing rates than peers, which makes bringing in clients realistic, and there is a 10% fee origination bonus

Why Fox Rothschild

• Sophisticated Am Law 100 deal work with more direct client contact than at a Vault 20 firm
• Base salary of $250,000-$290,000, set by merit rather than lockstep
• Hours bonus that steps up every 25 hours from 1,900 to 2,300
• Fee origination bonus of 10% of fees collected once you originate or collect $10K+ in a fiscal year (April 1 to March 31)
• NYC is now Fox's largest office, in recently renovated space
• Partnership track

Less likely fits: pure securities or capital markets attorneys, litigation-only candidates, job hoppers (several moves within 2 years), and candidates from top-tier firms who lack hands-on deal experience or expect heavy admin support. Scrappier candidates moving up from boutique or mid-size firms often do better here.

Submission requirements: resume, writing sample (can be non-traditional, such as a client alert) and law school transcript (unofficial is fine). A deal sheet is optional but welcome. No blind submissions. Submit to both Karalyn Marcoux and Natalie Quinn.