Mid-level Associate; Americas M&A Corporate & Private Equity

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

** Firm Summary
** White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work. And why we attract a diverse group of people.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.
** Duties and Accountabilities
*** 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 (20%).
* Manage and coordinate transaction work streams, including leading teams and efficiently collaborating and communicating with internal specialists (tax, antitrust, employment, IP, data privacy, regulatory, and finance) across multiple jurisdictions and time zones (10%).
* Conduct and oversee legal due diligence processes, identify key legal risks, and support transaction structuring and execution from inception to completion (5%).
* Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents and ancillary agreements; coordinate third-party consents, regulatory filings, and closing processes (10%).
* Support business development and client relationship initiatives through legal research, market analysis, and preparation of client-facing materials (5%).
* Contribute to internal knowledge management and innovation initiatives, including participation in process improvement and legal technology efforts (5%).
* Conduct and review lien, tax, UCC and other searches and flag potential issues to senior deal team members (5%).
* Assist in the preparation of drafts of transaction documents (5%).
* Draft and finalize company documents to authorize corporate transactions (10%).
* Draft closing documents, including board resolutions, certificates and other ancillary documentation based on forms and precedents (5%).
* Manage and mentor Junior Associates,…