# Corporate M&A Associate résumé example

A mid-level transactional associate, written as closed deals and negotiated outcomes rather than a list of practice areas.

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- Field: Legal
- Career stage: Mid level
- Written for: United States
- Design: Sapphire (https://cvaurum.com/templates/sapphire)
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## Naomi Brandt — Corporate M&A Associate

Corporate associate with four years on middle-market M&A and venture financings, admitted in New York since 2023. Ran the buy-side workstream on a $410M carve-out that signed and closed in eleven weeks, and wrote the transaction insurance playbook the group now runs every deal through.

### Experience

**Corporate Associate**, Harrow & Vance LLP · May 2024 – present

Mergers and acquisitions group. Middle-market private equity buyers, corporate carve-outs and growth financings.

- Ran buy-side diligence on a $410M industrials carve-out, surfacing a $6.2M change-of-control exposure that became a purchase-price adjustment in the buyer’s favor.
- Drafted and negotiated nine purchase agreements averaging $85M in value; eight signed inside the client’s target window and none reopened after closing.
- Wrote the group’s representation and warranty insurance playbook after six RWI-backed deals, cutting the broker-to-bind cycle from 23 days to 9.
- Trains four first-year associates on disclosure schedules; corrections caught at signing fell from about 30 per deal to fewer than 8.

**Corporate Associate**, Delmar & Frost LLP · September 2022 – April 2024

- Closed 17 Series A and Series B financings totaling $290M, drafting the full document suite from term sheet through stock purchase agreement.
- Cleaned up capitalization tables for nine portfolio companies ahead of exit diligence, resolving 140 unsigned option grants that had stalled two term sheets.
- Wrote the onboarding memo on closing mechanics now issued to every incoming corporate associate at the firm.

**Investment Analyst**, Sutherland Reach Capital · July 2017 – June 2019

- Modeled 22 leveraged buyouts for a $900M middle-market fund, three of which the investment committee took to a letter of intent.
- Rebuilt the quarterly portfolio reporting pack, cutting preparation from nine days to two.

### Education

- J.D. Law · Fordham University School of Law · August 2019 – May 2022
- B.A. Economics · Boston College · August 2013 – May 2017

### Skills

- **Transactions**: Mergers and acquisitions, Corporate carve-outs, Venture financings, Asset purchases, Joint ventures
- **Drafting**: Purchase agreements, Disclosure schedules, Stockholder agreements, Board consents, Side letters
- **Deal process**: Buy-side diligence, Rep and warranty insurance, HSR filings, Closing checklists, Signing-to-closing tracking
- **Sectors**: Industrials, Healthcare services, B2B software, Logistics