Asset Management M&A Associate

New York, United States | Posted on 04/26/2026

Our AmLaw 100 client is adding a 5th through 8th year associate to its Asset Management Transactions group in New York.

This is a focused corporate seat for lawyers who know asset manager deals: GP stakes, control transactions, structured equity, secondaries, and liquidity solutions. The platform is a serious one, with global deal flow, a deep funds bench, and M&A strength that shows up in the market.

You will advise asset managers, private equity sponsors, GP stakes investors, banks, insurers, founders, management teams, and boards on complex transactions across the asset management industry.

The work includes full buyouts, minority GP stakes, joint ventures, spin‑outs, lift‑outs, carve‑outs, restructurings, succession planning, continuation funds, preferred equity, structured and synthetic secondaries, LP portfolio sales, NAV financings, strip sales, and tender offers.

You will work closely with funds, regulatory, tax, finance, and cross‑border deal teams.

The right candidate will have 4+ years of asset management M&A experience, ideally in the 2022 through 2019 class range. Direct experience with GP stakes and control asset management transactions is key.

You should be comfortable managing work streams, drafting and negotiating core deal documents, handling client contact, and spotting the fund‑level and regulatory issues that make this work different from general M&A.

New York is the natural seat for this practice. You will be close to sponsors, asset managers, banks, and GP liquidity work, with the benefit of a global platform behind you.

For a corporate associate who wants a sharper lane inside M&A, this is the kind of move that changes the trajectory.

$310,000 to $420,000 for the target class years, plus potential discretionary bonus.