Senior Associate - Transactional Tax

Advocates Legal Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Legal, Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Planning
LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois
POSTED
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Senior Associate, Transactional Tax (4+ years)<\/span><\/span><\/b>
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Our AmLaw 100 client is hiring a senior transactional tax associate for a national team that sits in the middle of headline deals. <\/span><\/span>This is a true platform move: deep bench, real volume, and tax lawyers who are brought in early, not at the cleanup stage.<\/span>
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Role Summary<\/b>
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You will run point on transactional tax across:
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  • Domestic and cross -border M&A<\/span>
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  • Private equity fund formation work<\/span>
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  • Capital markets and financing transactions<\/span>
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    This is a senior associate seat with real responsibility and direct deal exposure.<\/span>
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    <\/span><\/span>Candidate profile<\/span><\/span><\/b>
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    • Minimum 4 years of law firm experience focused on transactional tax<\/span>
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    • Comfort advising deal teams and business principals, not just drafting memos after the fact<\/span>
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    • Experience across M&A, partnership structures, and sponsor -side work is strongly preferred<\/span>
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    • Bar admission in at least one US jurisdiction
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      <\/span><\/span>Why this role<\/span><\/span><\/b>
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      • Market position:<\/span><\/span><\/b> A top -tier AmLaw platform with consistent national recognition across practice areas and lawyers. <\/span>
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      • Deal flow:<\/span><\/span><\/b> A tax group built to support high -volume, high -value transactions across major business centers. <\/span>
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      • Bench strength:<\/span><\/span><\/b> Large, globally integrated tax team, which matters when your deals do. <\/span>
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      • Support:<\/span><\/span><\/b> Formal well -being and benefits infrastructure that is actually resourced. <\/span>
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        Location<\/span><\/span><\/b>
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        Multiple major US markets. The team is built to collaborate across offices, and the right candidate will have options. <\/span>
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        <\/span><\/span>Compensation<\/span><\/span><\/b>
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        Top -of -market base with discretionary bonus, consistent with elite AmLaw compensation bands for class years. <\/span>
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        <\/span><\/span>Interested?<\/span><\/span><\/b>
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        If you have 4+ years in transactional tax and want a seat closer to the action, reach out for a confidential conversation.<\/span><\/span>
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        Click below to SCHEDULE A CALL or use the "I'm Interested" button to send us your information confidentially: <\/span><\/span><\/b> <\/span>
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