Our client is seeking a Boston-based attorney with 2–6 years of relevant experience to advise issuers, financial institutions, and other market participants on securities transactions and public-company matters. The practice offers work across transaction planning, execution, disclosure, and ongoing reporting.
The Work
- Advise corporate issuers, investment banks, financial institutions, and other market participants on public offerings, private placements, equity and debt issuances, and related securities financings.
- Draft, review, and revise prospectuses, offering memoranda, registration statements, private placement documents, underwriting and purchase agreements, comfort letter materials, and closing documents.
- Support IPOs, leveraged financings, and acquisition financings, coordinating transaction work from planning and diligence through negotiation, filing, signing, closing, and follow-up.
- Prepare and review securities filings, proxy statements, disclosure materials, board documents, and corporate governance materials connected to transactions and ongoing reporting.
- Conduct legal due diligence, identify transaction and disclosure issues, and help clients assess and address legal and regulatory risks.
- Research and apply federal securities laws, SEC rules and guidance, FINRA requirements, stock-exchange rules, and market practice to transaction and public-company questions.
- Coordinate with clients, colleagues, opposing counsel, financial advisers, intermediaries, and regulators to advance documents, resolve issues, and keep matters on schedule.
- Monitor regulatory developments, disclosure trends, and market practice, and use AI tools responsibly for research, drafting, review, and analysis while protecting confidential information.
What You Bring
- 2–6 years of relevant experience in capital markets, securities law, public-company representation, or a comparable transactional practice.
- Experience representing corporate issuers, investment banks, financial institutions, or other participants in equity or debt capital markets, public offerings, private placements, or related securities transactions.
- Strong knowledge of securities laws, securities filings, disclosure obligations, corporate governance requirements, and market practice.
- Demonstrated ability to draft, review, revise, and negotiate transaction documents, offering materials, disclosure documents, and ancillary agreements with accuracy and sound judgment.
- Strong legal research, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and project-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to build client relationships and collaborate effectively with internal and external deal teams.
- Proficiency in using AI technologies responsibly and ethically in legal practice, including evaluating outputs, safeguarding confidential information, and applying independent professional judgment.
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school or equivalent legal education.
- Active Massachusetts bar membership in good standing, or eligibility for immediate admission by motion or reciprocity, or eligibility to sit for the next scheduled Massachusetts bar examination.
Why Consider It
This practice spans public and private offerings, equity and debt issuances, IPOs, leveraged and acquisition financings, and ongoing public-company reporting.
Associates can contribute across the transaction lifecycle, engage with clients and deal participants, and develop experience addressing both execution and disclosure issues in a fast-paced, collaborative setting.
Compensation & Benefits
The source information provides an estimated base range of $235,000–$390,000 based on the 2026 Cravath scale; it is an estimate rather than firm-stated compensation.
Confidentiality
This is a confidential opportunity. Contact Advocates Legal Recruiting to discuss the role and receive additional details about the client and team. All inquiries will be handled confidentially.