Essential Duties and Responsibilities • Transaction Leadership & Deal Execution • Serve as lead internal legal counsel on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, investments, and strategic transactions from initial diligence through closing and post-closing matters. • Draft, review, and negotiate principal transaction documents, including NDAs, LOIs, term sheets, stock and asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, disclosure schedules, and ancillary agreements (e.g., TSAs, employment and retention agreements, equity-related documents). • Partner closely with Corporate Development, Finance, Tax, HR, IT, and senior management to structure, negotiate, and execute transactions efficiently and in alignment with business objectives. • Legal Due Diligence • Lead and manage all legal due diligence workstreams, including corporate governance, commercial contracts, litigation, compliance and regulatory matters, employment and benefits, intellectual property, data privacy, real estate, and financing matters. • Identify, evaluate, and communicate legal risks, issues, and mitigation strategies clearly to deal teams and executive leadership. • Oversee diligence reporting, issue tracking, remediation planning, and closing deliverables. • Project Management & Cross-Functional Coordination • Own deal timelines, legal workplans, and closing checklists to ensure timely execution of transactions. • Coordinate inputs across functions and manage internal and external stakeholders to resolve legal issues proactively and pragmatically. • Support post-closing integration activities and ongoing compliance obligations related to completed transactions. • Governance, Process & Risk Management • Prepare transaction-related materials for Board and committee review and support related corporate approvals. • Assist with entity formation, reorganizations, and corporate housekeeping matters connected to transactions • Help build, improve, and maintain M&A legal processes, templates, and playbooks to support scalable and repeatable deal execution.
Marginal Functions • Support special legal projects related to strategic initiatives outside of active transactions. • Provide backup support for other corporate legal matters during peak workload periods. • Participate in internal training, knowledge-sharing, or process improvement initiatives. • Assist with ad hoc legal research or analysis at the request of senior legal or business leadership.