Business Advisory & Transactions Attorney Team Leader – Corporate Transactions and Governance

Jimerson Birr

. Serve as a player-coach while balancing a selective personal docket with leadership of a small, high-performing team .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeRemote • Florida • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in transactional law, including entity formation, governance, and complex negotiations. Proven ability to lead teams, manage workflows, and drive client satisfaction while ensuring compliance and risk management.

Highest-signal resume keywords

JD And Active Membership In The Florida Bar7–10+ Years Of Transactional ExperienceLeadership In Negotiations And ClosingsExperience With M&A Or Strategic TransactionsPlayer-Coach Or Team-Lead Experience

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Hard Skills

Entity FormationGovernance DocumentsCapital StructuringJoint Venture AgreementsDebt FinancingMergers And AcquisitionsEnterprise Risk ManagementCrisis Corporate ActionsComplianceData Privacy

Soft Skills

CoachingTeam CommunicationTriagePrioritizationClient Satisfaction

Tools & Technologies

ScorecardsPlaybooksTemplatesMatter PlansChecklists

Certifications & Qualifications

JDActive Membership In The Florida Bar

Industry Keywords

Transactional LawCorporate GovernanceInvestor DiligenceFranchise RepresentationAsset Protection

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a player-coach while balancing a selective personal docket with leadership of a small, high-performing team
Handle entity formation, initial structuring, and core governance documents
Advise on ownership, capital structuring, executive compensation, board operations, corporate authority, and shareholder relations
Negotiate joint venture, licensing, distribution, co-marketing, commercial, vendor, customer, and SaaS agreements
Support capital raises, investor diligence, debt financing, credit facilities, secured and unsecured loans, lines of credit, and UCC filings
Run mergers, acquisitions, business-asset sales, and buy-side and sell-side due diligence
Represent franchisors and franchisees
Advise on enterprise risk management, insurance, indemnity, compliance, D&O coverage, data privacy, records retention, incident plans, tax issues, asset protection, and estate-planning alignment
Handle crisis corporate actions, restructures, business wind-downs, and dissolutions
Run weekly team operating meetings and review scorecards, staffing, case mix, SLA health, risks, and priorities
Ensure work distribution and throughput meet utilization and SLA targets
Drive adoption of playbooks, templates, matter plans, technology, checklists, and QA standards
Coach attorneys and paralegals
Own client satisfaction, retention, and expansion across the team portfolio
Maintain alignment calls and decision logs
Maintain a select personal docket focused on high-impact negotiations, governance counseling, and complex structuring
Partner with Practice Area Managers on data integrity, dashboard health, and early-warning signals
Own personal production and aggregate team output, process and technology optimization, client relationships, mentoring, and cross-team handoffs

Requirements

What you’ll need

JD and active membership in the Florida Bar
7–10+ years of transactional experience with clear leadership signals, including delegation, coaching, and judgment
Track record leading negotiations and closings and managing complex workflows
Strength in triage, prioritization, and team communication
Comfort operating in a structured, scorecard-driven environment
Preferred: first-chair experience on significant M&A or strategic transactions
Preferred: experience with multistate, multi-entity, or complex commercial structures
Preferred: prior player-coach or team-lead experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Client-service model focused on client-defined value, accessibility, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, visible progress, meaningful partnership, and accountability to goals
Competitive compensation
Professional development opportunities
Supportive work environment
Collegial and professional firm culture
Equal opportunity employment