Senior Associate – Advanced Tax Strategy

Job Description: • Direct the strategic design and execution of high-value tax planning initiatives, including: Tax-free mergers and acquisitions and related restructurings • Multi-tier corporate and partnership structures • Complex partnership agreements, including profits interests • Section 1202 QSBS planning and memoranda • Corporate conversions, reorganizations, and recapitalizations • Translate high-level designs into sequenced implementation plans • Ensure strategic alignment and efficient execution across multi-party transactions • Serve as a primary client contact on advanced tax planning matters • Explain complex tax concepts clearly and practically • Coordinate with clients, internal attorneys, and external advisors • Build and maintain long-term client relationships • Coordinate clients, advisors, and internal teams on implementation and design of tax strategies • Oversee team execution and maintain high performance standards • Mentor and guide junior and mid-level attorneys and staff • Maintain productive relationships with external advisors • Opportunity to help scale a nationally recognized advanced tax planning platform • Participate in regional expansion initiatives • Shape team structure and hiring decisions • Potential pathway into practice group leadership. Requirements: • Deep, substantive transactional tax experience with hands-on drafting • Ability to operate independently with accountability • Strong communication and relationship-management skills • Professional presence in client-facing and internal settings • Calm leadership across complex, multi-party matters • Juris Doctor from an accredited law school • LL.M. in Taxation strongly preferred (or equivalent experience) • 8+ years post-JD tax practice with significant transactional drafting responsibility • Big-4 or accounting firm experience welcomed where it includes substantive planning and implementation • Compliance-only backgrounds are unlikely to be a fit. • Selected candidates may be asked to provide a representative deal list and/or drafting sample demonstrating direct, hands-on involvement in advanced transactional tax planning and implementation. Benefits: • Medical Insurance (Employer pays 75% employee only) • Dental Insurance (Employer pays 50% employee only) • Vision Insurance (Employer pays 50% employee only) • Life Insurance (Employer pays 100% employee only) • Short-term Disability Insurance (Employer pays 100% employee only) • Long-term Disability Insurance (Employer pays 100% employee only) • Voluntary Critical Illness, Accident, Life, and Hospital Indemnity options. • Attorney Student Loan Support Program (financial assistance toward student loans) • 401(k) plan - with Employer matching up to 3.5% • Discretionary Paid Time Off • Holiday pay (9 days / year) • State Bar dues and CLEs • Hybrid eligible • Professional Growth - Opportunities for advancement in a growing firm. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job