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Private Equity M&A Associate [Junior / Mid-level] @ High-Growth Corporate Platform Jobs in Los Angeles, CA at Whistler Partners
Title: Private Equity M&A Associate [Junior / Mid-level] @ High-Growth Corporate Platform
Company: Whistler Partners
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Overview
Whistler Partners is working with a high-growth law firm looking to add junior and midlevel private equity M&A associates to its expanding New York team. The practice represents sophisticated middle-market sponsors and portfolio companies across software and technology, industrials, business services, consumer, healthcare, and other active private equity sectors.
Associates work on platform acquisitions, add-ons, carveouts, portfolio company transactions, exits, and related strategic matters. The firm pays market and offers the caliber of work and clients candidates would expect from BigLaw, but within a younger and more entrepreneurial platform. The firm is growing at a pace rarely seen in legal and is continuing to add partners, clients, and transaction volume. This is an opportunity to join before the platform becomes obvious to the rest of the market.
Why This Role?
For a junior or midlevel PE M&A associate, the biggest question is not always whether the work is sophisticated. It is whether the platform will actually create room to grow. This firm offers both. Associates work closely with a young partner group that understands the current BigLaw experience and is actively investing in the development of the team. The structure gives associates more direct exposure to partners, sponsors, portfolio companies, and the commercial side of private equity transactions. Candidates can continue building strong technical M&A skills without sacrificing market compensation or deal quality. At the same time, they gain access to a growing private equity ecosystem that can support several long-term outcomes, including advancement within the firm and future opportunities with funds or portfolio companies. This is not a step away from high-end private equity work. It is a chance to do that work on a platform with more momentum, more visibility, and more room to become valuable early. For someone who wants to keep several strong career paths open, this is a highly strategic seat.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent private equity sponsors and portfolio companies in middle-market M&A transactions.
- Support platform acquisitions, add-ons, dispositions, carveouts, exits, and other corporate transactions.
- Draft and revise purchase agreements, merger agreements, disclosure schedules, ancillary documents, consents, and closing materials.
- Coordinate diligence processes and manage transaction checklists and deal workstreams.
- Work directly with partners, senior associates, clients, opposing counsel, and specialist teams.
- Assist portfolio companies with ongoing acquisition activity and general corporate matters.
- Take increasing ownership of transactions as experience develops.
- Build substantive relationships with sponsor and portfolio company clients.
About You
- Junior to midlevel associate with private equity M&A or strong general M&A experience.
- Experience with sponsor-side transactions strongly preferred.
- Strong drafting, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple transaction workstreams in a fast-moving environment.
- Interest in working closely with partners and taking on meaningful responsibility early.
- Comfort operating in a growing, entrepreneurial law firm environment.
- Interest in private equity, portfolio company work, and the broader sponsor ecosystem.
- Strong academic credentials and high-quality law firm training preferred.
TL;DR
High-growth New York law firm hiring junior to midlevel private equity M&A associates. Market compensation, sophisticated sponsor and portfolio company work, a young partner team, and significantly more room to grow than at many traditional BigLaw firms. Strong fit for an associate who wants high-end deal experience, direct client exposure, and credible long-term paths both inside and outside the firm.
About Whistler Partners
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