Description

At Nixon Peabody, our priority is to attract, retain, and promote talented individuals from a wide range of racial, ethnic, social, economic, religious, and personal backgrounds, genders and sexual orientations. Therefore, we encourage talented individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply.

Nixon Peabody is an industry leader in corporate transactions.   Our firm has over 200 business lawyers who work together to handle the full range of mergers, sales, acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, licensing, and strategic transactions for both private and public clients – from structure and strategy to negotiation and documentation.  Our clients are strategic and private investors, consumer brands, health care organizations, large and emerging growth companies and renowned academic institutions creating innovations that will drive society far into the future.  

Please visit our website to learn more about who we are and what we do – http://www.nixonpeabody.com/mergers_and_acquisitions. 

A career at Nixon Peabody is the opportunity to do work that matters. It’s a chance to use your knowledge to shape what’s ahead, to innovate, to learn at a firm that taps into the power of collaboration and collective thinking.

Location: Rochester, NY

Requirements

Our Corporate Practice Group is seeking to hire a mid-level associate to join our Rochester office.  

The ideal candidate will have at least three years' experience working on complex mergers and acquisitions, other major business transactions, and complicated commercial contracts.  Preferably, a candidate will have industry knowledge in the food and beverage, and technology sectors.  Candidates will need to be comfortable interacting with sophisticated clients and their accounting and financial advisors. Qualified candidates will have strong academic credentials, superb judgment and communication skills, and a commitment to providing excellent client services.

Nixon Peabody LLP is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.  

Disability / Female / Gender Identity / Minority / Sexual Orientation / Veteran. 

To comply with Federal law, Nixon Peabody participates in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are verified through this electronic system established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to confirm their identity and employment eligibility. Please refer to the Notice of E-Verify Participation and the Right to Work posters on the Nixon Peabody Careers page for more information.

All applicants for employment with NP, unless they receive an approved exemption as an accommodation for a medical issue or sincerely held religious belief, must be “Up to Date” with respect to their COVID-19 vaccinations by their hire date. “Up to Date” currently means that the applicant has completed the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech primary vaccine series, plus a booster vaccine, if eligible, or the Johnson & Johnson Janssen one dose primary vaccine, plus a booster vaccine, if eligible.