Fierce competition for experienced associates is helping to drive salary increases at law firms in Georgia, with some matching the leading national BigLaw pay scale, as a glut of transactional work follows pandemic-based hiring freezes.

With companies and investors rushing to capitalize on low interest rates and a strengthening economy, mid-level and senior associates in the corporate deals arena are in hot demand. Georgia transactional attorneys say activity doesn't appear to be slowing, and they could use a hand.

Brian S. Galison and Joel Hughey, corporate transactions partners at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP in Atlanta, know only too well the current appetite for deals attorneys. They're looking forward to a brief moment's rest at the end of December, before work continues at a breakneck pace in January.

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