Careers
Business Attorney
Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, a full-service law firm of more than 300 attorneys with 15 offices that are located across New York State, as well as in Boston, Kansas City, FL and NJ, is seeking several associates to join our sophisticated business practice group.
Location(s): Syracuse & Rochester, NY/Hybrid Work Arrangement Possible
Qualifications: Applicant should have a background in:
- private and public merger and acquisition transactions, both in structuring and financing;
- general corporate counseling of for profit and not-for-profit entities, including software licensing and commercial and vendor contracting;
- working with closely-held and family businesses;
- negotiating high dollar technology, commercial and vendor contracts; and business structuring and governance.
Required Competencies:
- have the ability to procure, cultivate and sustain a client base while working in a multi-office, team-based environment;
- possess excellent organizational, time management and intrapersonal and communication skills;
- be admitted and in good standing with the NYS Bar.
Additionally, the successful applicant will have experience managing matters independently with limited supervision. Experience in counseling higher education institutions; health care law; emerging, closely-held, or family-owned businesses; or credit unions is a plus.
Why Bond?
The Bond firm has been existence for 125 years and has experienced decades of consistent growth. Many of its clients have been with the firm for decades. However, the firm is always developing new clients and new areas of practice, such as the Business Department’s very successful cybersecurity and data privacy practice group.
The Business Department consists of nearly 90 attorneys located across the firm’s offices who work seamlessly in a collegial, team environment. The Business Department houses all or large portions of many of the firm’s practice groups, including:
- mergers & acquisitions,
- business transactions,
- business restructuring,
- collegiate sports,
- higher education,
- cybersecurity and data privacy,
- employee benefits and executive compensation,
- intellectual property,
- tax, and
- public finance practice groups.
Due to our wide array of experience and talent, we attract challenging and complex legal work that rivals or exceeds matters handled by firms in many major metropolitan areas. At Bond, nine figure deals are often handled by three or four primary corporate attorneys, giving all attorneys substantive, hands on experience and training. This allows us to control costs for clients and prepare attorneys at Bond to independently handle projects and client interactions from the earliest stages of their careers.
Despite our sophisticated practice and firm size, we are able to offer a work/life balance that is not available at large metropolitan firms. Bond attorneys are active in their communities, and we encourage these efforts.
A small sampling of matters that the firm recently handled is contained in the firm’s annual report, which is available here.
At Bond, we believe diversity within our ranks makes us better lawyers and a stronger law firm. We proudly value our racial, ethnic, cultural, social, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious and other personal differences. We are committed to the promotion of greater diversity throughout our communities and the legal profession. More information is available on our website.
Attorneys who join Bond laterally will experience a broad and varied client base, a stimulating and team-oriented environment, potential for growth, a high-tech infrastructure and professional programs to enhance your skills and professional development.
Want to know more? Come meet us and learn firsthand why you should join our team.
This is a closed search. Candidate submissions from third-party search firms are not authorized at this time. All inquiries will be kept confidential. The salary range at the Associate level is $110,000 to $150,000 and represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend upon a number of factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s years of experience, qualifications, skill set and office location.
Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC continues to provide all employees and applicants an equal employment opportunity in the manner required by law in all aspects of employment regardless of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status or any other status protected by local, state or federal law. We thank all applicants for their interest and will contact those candidates who are under consideration.
Bond, Schoeneck & King condemns anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, homophobia and bigotry of any kind. Bond remains committed to promoting anti-bigotry and intentional diversity throughout our communities and the legal profession. Civility and respect are cornerstones of the legal profession and our law firm.
