What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Business Advisory & Transactional Attorney position at Jimerson Birr?
Department: Legal Operations
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Description
At Jimerson Birr, our team accepts the lasting responsibility of protecting our clients’ rights, businesses, properties, investments, and finances. We partner with established companies, emerging ventures, and individuals to structure deals, solve complex problems, and guide pivotal decisions with measurable outcomes. We pride ourselves on legal excellence, disciplined execution, and a culture built on service, quality, and results.
About The Role
We are seeking a Senior Business Advisory & Transactional Attorney who thrives on turning complexity into clean, reliable deal work. You’ll own day‑to‑day execution of transactions and governance matters, translate ambiguity into structured plans, and communicate recommendations with clarity and confidence. As a Senior, you operate with independence, set matter momentum, and mentor others—while modeling JB’s client‑service standards.
Key Responsibilities
What You’ll Do
What You’ll Bring
You’ll practice inside a client‑service model designed to create consistent value:
We’ve found that the key to doing great work is to love what you do and respect who you do it with. To continue reading about our firm, visit our website Jimerson Birr.
Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture is collegial and professional, and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries. Learn more about our firm culture here: JB Firm Culture: JB FOR ME.
You’ll get a Challenging Opportunity with a Company that Cares About Its Most Valuable Asset: YOU! At Jimerson Birr, we pride ourselves on our people and their collective achievements. Besides our list of legal industry honors, in 2021 and for the seventh consecutive year, the firm was named one of Florida’s “Best Companies to Work For” by Florida Trend Magazine. In recent years, the firm was also distinguished as one of the “Best Places to Work” by the Jacksonville Business Journal and five times as one of the “50 Fastest Growing Companies.” Opportunities abound for those who can meet and exceed the expectations set for our team. Jimerson Birr is comprised of high-performing and professionally fulfilled people. We believe that a positive attitude, personal accountability, and a commitment to quality work will put a talented person on a fast track for success. Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture are collegial and professional, and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries.
Our core values are simple: Commitment to service; Commitment to quality; Commitment to results. We live our core values, and we welcome you to live them with us.
Jimerson Birr is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and all employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, sexual orientation, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, gender identity, and marital status.
Location: Tallahassee, Florida
Description
At Jimerson Birr, our team accepts the lasting responsibility of protecting our clients’ rights, businesses, properties, investments, and finances. We partner with established companies, emerging ventures, and individuals to structure deals, solve complex problems, and guide pivotal decisions with measurable outcomes. We pride ourselves on legal excellence, disciplined execution, and a culture built on service, quality, and results.
About The Role
We are seeking a Senior Business Advisory & Transactional Attorney who thrives on turning complexity into clean, reliable deal work. You’ll own day‑to‑day execution of transactions and governance matters, translate ambiguity into structured plans, and communicate recommendations with clarity and confidence. As a Senior, you operate with independence, set matter momentum, and mentor others—while modeling JB’s client‑service standards.
Key Responsibilities
What You’ll Do
- Lead the full lifecycle of deals and transactions; from scoping through closing; maintaining structured timelines, risk registers, and status transparency.
- Draft, review, and negotiate core corporate documents (operating/shareholder agreements, bylaws, buy‑sell agreements, asset/stock purchase agreements, disclosure schedules, ancillary agreements).
- Advise on entity formation, restructuring, and dissolution; counsel boards and executives on governance and fiduciary duties.
- Direct diligence (requests, tracking, issue spots), coordinate advisors, and manage closing checklists and data room hygiene.
- Navigate ownership transitions, capital restructuring, partner exits, and franchising decisions with business‑first judgment.
- Mentor junior attorneys and paralegals; delegate intelligently; reinforce validated matter plans, templates, and workflows.
- Maintain time, SLA, and budget discipline; ensure matters stay on plan and on budget.
- Bill — Production: Deliver precise, timely, business‑ready documents and negotiations that align with defined scope, budget, and timelines.
- Build — System Improvement: Strengthen playbooks (clause libraries, closing checklists, model timelines), improve workflows, and coach juniors to run the plays.
- Bridge — Clients & People: Lead clear alignment calls, expectation setting, and decision logs so executives can act with confidence.
What You’ll Bring
- JD and active membership in the Florida Bar
- 5 years in business transactions, corporate law, or M&A
- Track record of drafting clean, reliable documents and running efficient deal processes
- Strong organizational skills across multiple matters and deadlines
- Clear, persuasive communication with executives, counterparties, and advisors
- Mid‑market M&A experience; multistate or cross‑border transactions
- Advising privately held or family‑owned companies on governance and succession
You’ll practice inside a client‑service model designed to create consistent value:
- Conferring client‑defined value: Clarify objectives, success criteria, budget, timeline, and communication preferences at intake—then manage to them.
- Accessibility: Keep lines open and responsive; clients never guess how to reach us or when they’ll hear from us.
- Efficiency & cost‑effectiveness: Staff matters smartly, use technology and checklists to reduce friction, and provide early assessments for predictable spend.
- Delivering an experience while delivering results: Make progress visible with alignment calls, status summaries, and documented decisions.
- Meaningful partnership: Anticipate needs, surface options, and help clients plan the next goal beyond the one we just achieved.
- Exceptional communication based on listening: Ask better questions, summarize tradeoffs plainly, and write for business readers.
- Accountability to goals: Hold the team (and yourself) to timelines, scopes, and outcomes; surface risks early and propose fixes.
We’ve found that the key to doing great work is to love what you do and respect who you do it with. To continue reading about our firm, visit our website Jimerson Birr.
Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture is collegial and professional, and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries. Learn more about our firm culture here: JB Firm Culture: JB FOR ME.
You’ll get a Challenging Opportunity with a Company that Cares About Its Most Valuable Asset: YOU! At Jimerson Birr, we pride ourselves on our people and their collective achievements. Besides our list of legal industry honors, in 2021 and for the seventh consecutive year, the firm was named one of Florida’s “Best Companies to Work For” by Florida Trend Magazine. In recent years, the firm was also distinguished as one of the “Best Places to Work” by the Jacksonville Business Journal and five times as one of the “50 Fastest Growing Companies.” Opportunities abound for those who can meet and exceed the expectations set for our team. Jimerson Birr is comprised of high-performing and professionally fulfilled people. We believe that a positive attitude, personal accountability, and a commitment to quality work will put a talented person on a fast track for success. Our atmosphere and award-winning firm culture are collegial and professional, and our shared commitment to professional development is superior to our contemporaries.
Our core values are simple: Commitment to service; Commitment to quality; Commitment to results. We live our core values, and we welcome you to live them with us.
Jimerson Birr is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and all employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, sexual orientation, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, gender identity, and marital status.