Staff Attorney

Founded in 1999, Audax Group is a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, London and Hong Kong. With approximately $42 billion of assets under management and more than 475 employees, Audax is a leading capital partner for middle market companies, operating through three business lines: Audax Private Equity, Audax Private Debt, and Audax Strategic Capital.

For more information, visit the Audax Group website www.audaxgroup.com. or follow us on LinkedIn.

ABOUT AUDAX PRIVATE EQUITY:

Headquartered in Boston, with offices in San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong, Audax Private Equity manages three strategies: its Flagship and Origins private equity strategies, seeking control buyouts in the core middle and lower middle markets, respectively, and its Strategic Capital strategy that provides customized equity solutions to PE-backed portfolio companies to help drive continued growth. With approximately $19 billion of assets under management as of March 2025, over 290 employees, and 100-plus investment professionals, Audax has invested in over 175 platforms and more than 1,400 add-on acquisitions since its founding in 1999. Through our disciplined Buy & Build approach, and across our dedicated industry verticals, Audax seeks to help portfolio companies execute organic and inorganic growth initiatives with the aim of fueling revenue expansion, optimizing operations, and significantly increasing equity value. For more information, visit www.audaxprivateequity.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

POSITION SUMMARY: Seeking a bright, self-motivated attorney (recent law school graduates and/or new lawyers with 0 to 4+ years’ experience) to join a 18 attorney in-house legal and compliance team at a leading private equity firm in Boston (Back Bay).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Negotiate and draft a variety of confidentiality agreements and related transaction agreements

• Negotiate and draft commercial agreements

• Manage corporate entities (including annual reports)

• Assist in the review of financing agreements

• Conduct and coordinate research into a variety of legal issues

• Provide support to firm’s compliance team (including, overseeing the compliance reporting system, assisting with compliance testing, managing regulatory filings)

• Other duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:

• JD from an accredited law school and admitted to Massachusetts, New York, or California bar

• Detail oriented with the ability to quickly analyze agreements and provide business/legal practical recommendations

• Willingness to take new initiatives on, and to think critically about a broad variety of projects

• Must be able to work under deadlines and manage multiple, and varied, assignments in a demanding environment without compromising quality

• Effectively switch between negotiations with established relationships in a collegial and collaborative manner and negotiations with contract adversaries in an authoritative and firm manner

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, high ethical standards

• Required to work in the Boston office full-time

OTHER DUTIES:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

For Massachusetts: The base salary range for this position is $90,000 - $105,000. The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and Audax reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. An employee may also be eligible for annual discretionary incentive compensation based on performance.

Audax offers a wide range of employee benefits, including health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off (including sick leave, parental leave, volunteer leave, and vacation), charitable donation match, family support services (including Bright Horizons and Benefit Advocate Center), and a 401(k) in addition to other benefits.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Audax Management Co. is an equal opportunity employer.

Please note that Audax Group and its affiliated entities do not accept unsolicited resumes from a third-party recruiting agency not currently under a signed agreement. Any unsolicited resume that is sent to directly to Audax Group or one of its affiliated entities, or its employees, including those submitted to hiring managers by a third-party recruiting agency not currently under a signed agreement, will be considered property of Audax Group. If a third-party recruiting agency submits a resume without an agreement, Audax Group or its affiliated entities explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the third-party recruiting agency. Any third-party recruiting agency should contact either a member of the Talent Acquisition or Human Resource team at Audax Group, in conjunction with a valid, fully executed contract for service based upon a specific job opening.