Commercial Transactions and Banking Attorney

CAROLINA LEGAL ASSOCIATES
Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

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.

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