Finance & Restructuring Associate (#1000) - Dallas

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

$125K — $150K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school
  • 3-5 years of corporate finance transactional experience at a large law firm
  • Texas bar admission or eligibility for admission
  • Strong communication and writing skills
  • Top academic credentials

Responsibilities

  • Assist in corporate finance transactions involving senior and mezzanine debt
  • Manage asset-based lending deals and cash flow financing
  • Oversee sponsor finance and unitranche transactions
  • Engage in junior capital transactions and workouts
  • Collaborate with clients and stakeholders on transaction structuring

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical insurance including coverage for infertility and behavioral health
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Flexible time off policies
  • Up to 15 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Wellbeing programs and activities including virtual tutoring
  • 24/7 employee assistance program for confidential counseling visits
Full Job Description
Dorsey & Whitney LLP is seeking an associate for its Finance & Restructuring group with three to five years of experience to join the Dallas office.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP is seeking an associate for its Finance & Restructuring group with three to five years of experience to join the Dallas office. This associate will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of corporate finance transactions, including senior and mezzanine debt, asset based lending, cash flow, sponsor finance, unitranche and junior capital transactions as well as related workout matters.

Qualified candidates will have:
- A JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school;
- Three to five years of corporate finance transactional experience at a large law firm;
- Texas bar admission or the ability to become admitted in Texas;
- Strong communication and writing skills; and
- Top academic credentials

Dorsey offers a collaborative and dynamic environment, with competitive compensation and excellent benefits. Our benefits are available to attorneys working 17+ hours/week along with their dependents, including spouses and domestic partners regardless of gender. Dorsey's benefits package includes: comprehensive medical insurance with coverage for infertility, gender-affirming care, behavioral health, and access to virtual providers; dental insurance; vision insurance; 401(k) retirement savings plan; basic and optional life insurance; short and long-term disability; flexible time off; up to 15 weeks of paid parental leave with up to an additional 6-8 weeks of paid short-term disability for attorneys who give birth; paid holidays; adoption assistance; healthcare, dependent care, and transportation pre-tax reimbursement accounts; back-up child and elder care program; education and college advising program; virtual tutoring; wellbeing programs and activities; mass transit program (certain offices); travel assistance program; 24/7 employee assistance program with access to five confidential visits with a licensed counselor at no cost. Where applicable, attorneys may be eligible for a discretionary bonus and/or a productivity bonus, clerkship bonus, relocation expenses, and bar review expenses. First-year associates are also eligible for a salary advance and bar review stipend. (Some benefits are subject to eligibility criteria and may result in taxable income to the recipient.)

How to Apply
Dorsey accepts online applications at https://www.dorsey.com/careers. We do not accept application materials by mail or email except as a reasonable accommodation for qualified disabled applicants. Dorsey is committed to providing disability and religious-based accommodations, as well as menopause, pregnancy, and lactation-related reasonable accommodations. If you require a reasonable accommodation in connection with the application or interview processes, or you have questions about a workplace reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [redacted].

We are accepting applications for this position until September 30, 2026, or until the position has been filled.

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