What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercial Transactions and Banking Attorney position at CAROLINA LEGAL ASSOCIATES?
Ready for a High-Impact Role?
Our client, a premier South Carolina law firm, is searching for a sharp Commercial Business Attorney to join their team at their Columbia, SC office.
You won't be siloed. Instead, you'll tackle a dynamic mix of commercial transactions, corporate governance, complex real estate matters, commercial financing transactions. This is a key role and the law firm is willing to train a true go-getter. This candidate MUST be an enthusiastic self-starter.
Your Impact: What You'll Do
- Drive Major Deals: You’ll lead commercial transactions from start to finish. This includes structuring purchase and sale agreements, navigating joint ventures, and closing financing deals.
- Master Complex Contracts: Forget boring templates. You will draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of high-stakes contracts, including vendor agreements, service contracts, NDAs, and licensing deals.
- Shape Business Strategy: Act as a key advisor on corporate law. You’ll guide entity formation, manage mergers and acquisitions, dissolutions and handle all corporate documentation.
- Dominate Commercial Real Estate: This role handles the full spectrum of real estate law. You’ll manage acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development, and financing.
- Be the Go-To Expert: You'll dig into the details, reviewing title commitments, surveys, and zoning reports.
- Business Advisement: In addition, you will partner directly with senior management to provide practical, clear-cut legal guidance that moves the business forward, assist in developing polices and procedures for contract and transaction management.
What You Bring to the Table
- A Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
- Must be licensed to practice law in South Carolina
- 1-5 years of hands-on experience in commercial and/or corporate law and the drive to learn more.
- A strong background in commercial transactions and contract law.
- experience with regulatory and legal compliance on local state and federal levels
- Experience with commercial real estate (acquisitions, leasing, etc.) is a major plus!
- Top-tier negotiation and drafting skills (you know how to get a deal done).
- A knack for juggling multiple high-priority projects with precision.
- Exceptional communication skills—you can explain complex law in simple terms.
If you are a driven attorney ready to make a real impact (and be compensated for it), we want to talk.