Job Description: Sands Anderson PC is expanding its Business Group, and the firm is seeking experienced attorneys with portable business to join our Mergers & Acquisitions Team in our growing Durham office. Ideal candidates will possess at least eight years of experience in a business transactions practice including: Substantial drafting experience and ability to lead significant aspects of transactions from structuring to closing and managing due diligence. Experience handling corporate governance matters and an understanding of financing and tax aspects of transactions. Experience servicing various types of business entities, assisting clients with the legal issues involved in raising debt and private equity capital, and advising C-Suite executives, management, and owners on legal matters. Job Requirements: A successful candidate will be responsible for advising corporate clients on a variety of matters including structuring, entity formation, key contracts, and the purchase and sale of businesses. This position is also responsible for drafting and negotiating a wide variety of transaction documents involving mergers and acquisitions, asset purchases, financing, buy-sell arrangements, corporate governance and management, options, warrants, deferred compensation, plans of dissolution and liquidation, buyouts, private placement, and confidentiality and non-disclosure. The Business Transactions Team works in conjunction with other teams in the firm’s Business Group, as client needs and matters dictate. In addition to substantive legal knowledge and experience with all aspects of relevant law, requirements include perseverance, responsiveness to clients, appreciation for detail, and availability to work outside of typical business hours when necessary to meet deadlines. Sands Anderson PC is an equal employment employer and participates in the Midsize Mansfield Rule by the Diversity Lab. We encourage candidates interested in working at any of Sands Anderson’s office locations to apply, and this includes, without limitation, lawyers who are women, from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, from the LGBTQ+ community, veterans and lawyers with disabilities. Sands Anderson is a drug free workplace. Remote candidates licensed to practice in states other than VA and NC will also be considered. NOTICE TO SEARCH FIRMS: Firms that wish to present candidates to Sands Anderson PC must have an active agreement in place. Firms will not be entitled to receive any compensation as a result of a decision by Sands Anderson PC to offer employment to any such candidate unless an active agreement is in place between our law firm and your search firm, and then only on the terms, and subject to the conditions, contained in our agreement. All search firm candidates should be submitted via the Search Firm Portal. Search firms that do not introduce a candidate through our portal will not be recognized by Sands Anderson PC for purposes of “ownership” of the candidate. For questions or access to the portal, please contact the Talent Acquisition Manager.