Job Openings Corporate Transactional Attorney

About the job Corporate Transactional Attorney

Pay: $140,000.00 - $175,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

  • Join a respected full-service law firm with a long-standing reputation for client service, legal excellence, and sophisticated business counsel.
  • Step into a meaningful corporate transactional role where you will support businesses through important deals, agreements, entity matters, and strategic legal decisions.
  • Work closely with experienced attorneys and clients while building a strong long-term platform for growth.
  • Bring your transactional experience to a team that values precision, responsiveness, sound judgment, and practical business-minded legal advice.
  • Enjoy competitive compensation, professional stability, and the opportunity to do high-quality corporate legal work in a collaborative law firm environment.

Location: This is an on-site opportunity based in Canfield, Ohio, offering a strong professional home in the greater Youngstown market with access to a well-established regional business community.

Note: Candidates must be licensed to practice law in Ohio and should bring 5+ years of transactional attorney experience. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of corporate transactional experience.

About Us

We are a full-service law firm with a strong history, a broad legal platform, and a commitment to innovation, integrity, client service, and excellence in practice. Our team partners with businesses and individuals across a wide range of legal needs, and we take pride in delivering practical, high-quality counsel with professionalism and care. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

  • Draft, review, negotiate, and revise a wide range of corporate and commercial agreements.
  • Advise clients on business transactions, entity formation, governance, contract matters, and general corporate legal needs.
  • Support mergers, acquisitions, business succession matters, commercial transactions, and other deal-related work.
  • Conduct legal research, review due diligence materials, and help identify practical legal and business risks.
  • Work directly with partners, clients, opposing counsel, and internal teams to move transactions forward efficiently.
  • Prepare closing documents, resolutions, operating agreements, purchase agreements, and related corporate documentation.
  • Manage multiple transactional matters, deadlines, and client priorities with strong attention to detail and sound legal judgment.
  • Build trusted client relationships through responsive communication, practical advice, and high-quality work product.

Qualifications

  • Ohio law license required.
  • 5+ years of transactional attorney experience required.
  • 8+ years of corporate transactional experience strongly preferred.
  • Experience with corporate law, commercial contracts, business transactions, entity formation, governance, mergers and acquisitions, or related transactional matters.
  • Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and client communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple matters and deadlines in a professional law firm environment.
  • Detail-oriented, business-minded, organized, and able to work collaboratively with attorneys, staff, and clients.

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will join a respected legal team where your transactional experience will be valued and your work will directly support clients through important business decisions. This is an opportunity to grow within a stable, established law firm environment while handling sophisticated corporate work, collaborating with experienced attorneys, and serving clients who rely on practical, responsive legal counsel.

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Benefits:

  • Dental insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance