Senior Business Advisory – Transactional Attorney

🕒 February 9

🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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Jimerson Birr

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2009

🏠 Real Estate

🏦 Banking

Professional Services • Real Estate • Banking

Jimerson Birr is a Florida-based law firm that provides commercial litigation and transactional legal services to businesses and organizations. The firm advises clients across many sectors — including real estate, banking, insurance, construction, healthcare and technology — and emphasizes a multidisciplinary, service-focused approach with flexible fee arrangements and industry-specific experience. Jimerson Birr represents companies of all sizes on matters such as contract counseling, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and risk management.

📋 Description

• Lead the full lifecycle of deals and transactions; from scoping through closing; maintaining structured timelines, risk registers, and status transparency. • Draft, review, and negotiate core corporate documents (operating/shareholder agreements, bylaws, buy‑sell agreements, asset/stock purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, ancillary agreements). • Advise on entity formation, restructuring, and dissolution; counsel boards and executives on governance and fiduciary duties. • Direct diligence (requests, tracking, issue spots), coordinate advisors, and manage closing checklists and data room hygiene. • Navigate ownership transitions, capital restructuring, partner exits, and franchising decisions with business‑first judgment. • Mentor junior attorneys and paralegals; delegate intelligently; reinforce validated matter plans, templates, and workflows. • Maintain time, SLA, and budget discipline; ensure matters stay on plan and on budget.

🎯 Requirements

• JD and active membership in the Florida Bar • 5+ years in business transactions, corporate law, or M&A • Track record of drafting clean, reliable documents and running efficient deal processes • Strong organizational skills across multiple matters and deadlines • Clear, persuasive communication with executives, counterparties, and advisors • ****Preferred****** • - Mid‑market M&A experience; multistate or cross‑border transactions • - Advising privately held or family‑owned companies on governance and succession

🏖️ Benefits

• **You’ll practice inside a client‑service model designed to create consistent value:**** • - **Conferring client‑defined value:** Clarify objectives, success criteria, budget, timeline, and communication preferences at intake—then manage to them. • - **Accessibility:** Keep lines open and responsive; clients never guess how to reach us or when they’ll hear from us. • - **Efficiency & cost‑effectiveness:** Staff matters smartly, use technology and checklists to reduce friction, and provide early assessments for predictable spend. • - **Delivering an experience while delivering results:** Make progress visible with alignment calls, status summaries, and documented decisions. • - **Meaningful partnership:** Anticipate needs, surface options, and help clients plan the next goal beyond the one we just achieved. • - **Exceptional communication based on listening:** Ask better questions, summarize tradeoffs plainly, and write for business readers. • - **Accountability to goals:** Hold the team (and yourself) to timelines, scopes, and outcomes; surface risks early and propose fixes. • **Join a dynamic team that values professional growth and excellence in legal service. We offer competitive compensation, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment dedicated to fostering your success.** We’ve found that the key to doing great work is to love what you do and respect who you do it with. To continue reading about our firm, visit our website Jimerson Birr. • ** Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture is collegial and professional, and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries. Learn more about our firm culture here: JB Firm Culture: JB FOR ME. • ** **You’ll get a Challenging Opportunity with a Company that Cares About Its Most Valuable Asset: YOU! At Jimerson Birr, we pride ourselves on our people and their collective achievements. Besides our list of legal industry honors, in 2021 and for the seventh consecutive year, the firm was named one of Florida’s “Best Companies to Work For” by Florida Trend Magazine. In recent years, the firm was also distinguished as one of the “Best Places to Work” by the Jacksonville Business Journal and five times as one of the “50 Fastest Growing Companies.” Opportunities abound for those who can meet and exceed the expectations set for our team. Jimerson Birr is comprised of high-performing and professionally fulfilled people. We believe that a positive attitude, personal accountability, and a commitment to quality work will put a talented person on a fast track for success. Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture are collegial and professional, and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries. • ** **Our core values are simple: Commitment to service; Commitment to quality; Commitment to results. We live our core values, and we welcome you to live them** **with us.** ***Jimerson Birr is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and all employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, sexual* *orientation, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, gender identity, and marital status.* ****