Attorney; Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Counsel or Partner

Platinum Legal Search Group, LLC

New York, New York, United States (Remote)

We are representing a fast-growing, entrepreneurial corporate law firm that has built one of the country's leading practices advising growth-stage companies, founders, investors, family offices, and public companies on mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, and corporate transactions.

Unlike firms focused exclusively on billion-dollar headline deals, this platform is built around the lower-middle-market where transactions move quickly, relationships matter, and attorneys serve as true business advisors. Clients range from founder-owned private companies and private equity-backed businesses to NASDAQ- and NYSE-listed issuers pursuing strategic acquisitions and growth initiatives.

This is an opportunity for an experienced M&A attorney who wants to lead transactions, build client relationships, and practice in an entrepreneurial environment where business development and deal execution are equally valued.

The firm advises buyers, sellers, founders, management teams, investors, and public companies across a broad range of domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, including:

• Private company mergers and acquisitions
• Founder and family-owned business sales
• Strategic acquisitions and corporate carve-outs
• Stock and asset acquisitions
• Growth equity and strategic investments
• Joint ventures and corporate partnerships
• Cross-border acquisitions and international transactions
• Public company acquisitions and strategic combinations
• Corporate restructurings and recapitalizations

Many matters involve founder-owned businesses, complex ownership structures, closely held companies, and transactions requiring practical business judgment alongside sophisticated legal execution.

You will serve as lead transaction counsel on sophisticated middle-market M&A matters, including:

• Structuring, negotiating, and closing mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
• Drafting and negotiating LOIs, purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, and ancillary transaction documents
• Leading due diligence and coordinating multidisciplinary transaction teams
• Advising buyers, sellers, boards, and management throughout the transaction lifecycle
• Managing negotiations with opposing counsel and business principals
• Working closely with the firm's securities, tax, finance, employment, and regulatory attorneys on integrated transactions
• Counseling clients on post-closing integration, governance, and strategic growth initiatives

This is a front-line deal role with significant client contact and transaction responsibility.

This opportunity is ideal for an attorney who:

• Has 7-10+ years of sophisticated M&A experience
• Regularly leads lower-middle-market or middle-market acquisitions and divestitures
• Is comfortable serving as first-chair transaction counsel
• Enjoys direct client interaction and trusted advisor relationships
• Wants meaningful client ownership, entrepreneurial flexibility, and long-term growth potential
• Has portable business or an interest in building a practice within a highly collaborative platform

This firm has built its reputation by serving growth-oriented businesses that often require both sophisticated legal advice and practical business solutions.

The platform offers:

• A nationally recognized corporate, securities, and transactional practice
• Significant referral opportunities across corporate, securities, litigation, tax, and regulatory practices
• Entrepreneurial compensation and flexible fee structures
• Strong cross-selling opportunities with existing public and private company clients
• A collaborative culture where partners are encouraged to grow their practices rather than compete internally
• Flexibility through hybrid and remote work arrangements