The Chicago office of McGuireWoods seeks an Associate to join its Corporate and Private Equity Department.

The Corporate and Private Equity Department consists of more than 50 attorneys whose practices focus on all types of private equity transactions including leveraged buy-outs, independent sponsor transactions, rollups, minority and junior capital investments, "going private" transactions and purchases of troubled companies in or out of bankruptcy. We have a team devoted to representing general partners and major limited partners in forming private equity, venture capital, mezzanine, and real estate funds. We are one of the leading national law firms representing Small Business Investment Companies. Attorneys with this department have represented more than 100 SBIC funds on issues including fund formation, licensing and transitional work, and sales of SBIC fund portfolios. We consistently rank among the top corporate law firms in benchmarking league tables published by PitchBook, Bloomberg, Mergermarket and Refinitiv.

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• Successful candidates will have 5-6 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, with a preference for private equity-led M&A transactions. 
• Candidates should possess the ability to lead M&A transactions from start to finish, including the drafting and negotiating of complex transaction documents.  
• No portable business is necessary.

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