Careers
We regularly evaluate attorneys looking to build serious transactional attorney careers in Virginia while working on sophisticated deals with regional and national reach. That includes laterals who have already proven their craft and, for attorneys with a meaningful book of business, partner-level opportunities. For exceptional candidates with strong instincts and work ethic, we also consider early-career lawyers.
Success here requires more than technical drafting ability. Transactional and M&A attorneys need to fit our philosophy of lawyering. That means embracing our tagline, Bold Advocacy. Smart Business.It means understanding that transactions are not just documents to paper a deal. They are tools to allocate risk, create leverage, protect value, and move the deal toward a defined business objective.
Candidates should either bring a business background or be ready to develop one quickly. They need to be market-aware, commercially minded, and comfortable taking ownership. They should be able to think beyond boilerplate, identify the issues that actually matter in the deal, and exercise practical judgment when timing, leverage, or business realities shift.
The work needs to be strategic, but it also needs to be efficient. That requires constant reevaluation of the structure, the staffing, and the drafting effort to ensure the team is focused on what actually advances the deal.
Serious deal responsibility: This is a platform for lawyers seeking meaningful transactional attorney jobs in Virginia, not endless markup cycles buried beneath layers of staffing.
M&A and commercial focus: The practice is built around sophisticated transactions, making it a strong fit for attorneys exploring corporate lawyer openings in Virginia with real responsibility.
Business-minded counsel: Transactional attorneys here are expected to understand valuation pressure, deal friction, working capital issues, earn-outs, working capital adjustments, and incentive alignment—not just the language of the documents.
Big ideas, efficient execution: Creative structuring matters, but so does thoughtful staffing and constant reassessment of whether the work is moving the deal forward.
Room to grow: We are open to exceptional early-career candidates, experienced laterals, and partner-level attorneys as part of our long-term growth strategy.
Communication is central to all of it. Successful deal lawyers need to work directly with founders, executives, private equity sponsors, and in-house teams, and they need to speak their language—the language of purchase price adjustments, deal friction, working capital, rollover equity, and operational scalability.
That also means careful, strategic communication with opposing counsel. And, of course, it means drafting that is clear, commercially grounded, and persuasive when negotiations tighten around risk allocation, indemnity, covenants, and closing conditions.
Client communication: Advice that founders, executives, and deal teams can actually use.
Counterparty communication: Clear, strategic communication that advances the client’s position without unnecessary noise.
Drafting: Agreements built around clarity, leverage, and the business objective of the transaction.
Ownership: Lawyers here need to speak credibly with clients, counterparties, lenders, investors, and opposing counsel.
555 Belaire Avenue, Suite 340
Chesapeake, VA 23320
2920 W Broad Street, Suite 19
Richmond, VA 23230
757-410-2293