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Take Ownership of Buyout Workstreams, Growth Investments, and Equity Awards

Boston, Massachusetts Full time 4-5 years
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Position overview

Our client is seeking an associate with 4–5 years of experience to join its Private Equity Group in Boston. The role includes work across a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, with opportunities to contribute as part of deal teams and independently manage components of transactions.

The Work

  • Work on mergers and acquisitions for private equity clients, contributing to transaction execution and managing assigned components independently.
  • Participate in leveraged recapitalizations, coordinating transaction work with internal teams and external counsel.
  • Support growth equity transactions, helping move matters forward through careful execution and communication.
  • Work on venture capital transactions and exits, gaining exposure to a range of corporate and transactional matters.
  • Handle equity compensation matters as part of the group's broader transactional practice.
  • Manage defined portions of transactions while collaborating with deal teams and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external clients and counsel.

What You Bring

  • Four to five years of experience in corporate and transactional practice.
  • Experience working on transaction teams and independently managing components of transactions.
  • Experience with mergers and acquisitions.
  • Experience with leveraged recapitalizations, growth equity, venture capital transactions, exits, and equity compensation.
  • Proactive approach and strong business sense.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to manage internal and external client and counsel relationships effectively.

Why Consider It

This opportunity offers a varied private equity transactional practice spanning M&A, leveraged recapitalizations, growth equity, venture capital transactions, exits, and equity compensation.

Associates contribute on deal teams while also taking independent ownership of transaction components, providing a combination of collaboration, responsibility, and direct relationship-management experience.

Compensation & Benefits

Estimated base compensation is $310,000–$365,000, based on the 2026 Cravath base scale; this is an estimate, not 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.