Mergers & Acquisitions Resource Attorney

Min 4 yrs required

Full-time

No

Mergers and Acquisitions Resource Attorney The candidate will transaction Database Management. Inputting deal terms from signed Cooley deals into our recently revamped Transaction Database and coordinating with Cooley’s knowledge management team to audit and maintain the database. Form and Precedent Drafting/Management. Preparing drafts (or revising existing precedent) of template documents. Curating and organizing the M&A group’s forms, precedents, and other know-how. Monitoring legal and regulatory developments relative to M&A practice; preparing summaries and alerts regarding same; ensuring new legal requirements are reflected in our practice resources. Coordinating with Cooley’s legal education team to brainstorm content for associate training and other firmwide training efforts relative to M&A. Marketing/Business Development. Working closely with our M&A marketing team to strategize on Cooley M&A promotion generally (including content for our M&A blog), assisting the marketing team with the creation of content for pitches and teach-ins (PPTs, articles, books, etc.). Assisting with Individual Attorney Requests. Helping field day-to-day requests from attorneys for precedents, templates, and other resources; being involved in resource, knowledge management, and practice innovation projects TBD. All other duties as assigned or required. Must be a licensed attorney with at least 4 years of experience in a US M&A corporate/ transactional practice; have a basic handle on public and private M&A, corporate governance, board fiduciary duties, and market trends. Strong drafting and organizational skills are required. Detailed drafting is needed for form documents; quality control testing of document generators requires minute attention to detail; handle multiple, ongoing projects, including coordinating with attorneys and other stakeholders on projects requiring many inputs. Associate experience with M&A transactions, both public and private, should be a transferable skill.

Job ID: 2048RE

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