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Guide Growth Equity Deals, Leveraged Recapitalizations, and Venture Exits

Santa Monica, California Full time 6+ years
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Position overview

Our client is seeking a Private Equity M&A Senior Associate with 6+ years of experience to join its Private Equity Group in Santa Monica. This role offers a broad corporate and transactional practice, combining collaborative deal-team work with the opportunity to manage transaction components independently.

The Work

  • Work on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions, contributing to transaction execution and taking ownership of assigned deal components.
  • Advise on leveraged recapitalizations, coordinating transaction workstreams with internal teams, clients, and opposing counsel.
  • Support growth equity transactions, helping manage the corporate and transactional issues that arise throughout a deal.
  • Work on venture capital financings and related transactions, applying sound business judgment to client objectives and execution.
  • Handle matters involving exits and equity compensation as part of a varied private equity and corporate practice.
  • Manage internal and external client and counsel relationships through proactive communication and effective coordination of transaction work.

What You Bring

  • At least 6 years of experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, or related corporate transactional work.
  • Experience across a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions.
  • Specific experience with leveraged recapitalizations, growth equity, and venture capital transactions.
  • Experience advising on exits and equity compensation matters.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a deal team while independently managing components of transactions.
  • Strong business sense, proactive approach, and stellar communication skills.
  • Ability to effectively manage internal and external client and counsel relationships.

Why Consider It

This opportunity brings together a broad range of private equity and corporate transactions—including M&A, leveraged recapitalizations, growth equity, venture capital, exits, and equity compensation—with the chance to take independent ownership of transaction components while working collaboratively on deal teams.

Compensation & Benefits

The estimated base compensation is approximately $390,000, based on the 2026 Cravath base scale; this 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.