Senior Counsel - Mergers and Acquisitions

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Senior Counsel - Mergers and Acquisitions
The candidate will be a core member of the company's M&A legal team supporting all of the company's global acquisition, divestiture, and venture capital activities. Will lead and manage the legal aspects of complex corporate transactions, including global M&A, venture capital, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures. Lead and coordinate the structuring, negotiation, and execution of complex corporate transactions, including global mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures. Partner with the company's cross-functional M&A Center of Excellence on all aspects of M&A and venture capital transactions, including due diligence, negotiations, and integration and divestiture planning. Oversee all aspects of legal due diligence including coordination of all business and functional experts. Analyze and assess due diligence findings. Draft, review, and negotiate all relevant transaction documentation, including CDAs, purchase agreements, merger agreements, disclosure schedules, and other ancillary documents. Partner with business and functional experts in developing, implementing, and monitoring integration/divestiture plans. Provide practical, solution-oriented legal and strategic counsel to executives and colleagues on strategy, risk assessment, negotiations, and transaction execution. Identify, evaluate, and address complex and strategic issues of legal and commercial risk. Select and manage outside counsel from the Preferred Counsel Network. Drive continuous improvement on all aspects of the company's legal, M&A, and venture capital processes.

Qualification and Experience

The candidate should have a J.D. degree (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited law school and be a member of a US Bar in good standing. Must have 5+ years of corporate transactional legal experience (e.g., mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, or similar) in a corporate in-house, law firm, government, or military environment. Should have 8+ years of related work experience including significant direct global/international M&A experience, preferably at a Fortune 500 company or AM Law 100, Magic Circle, or a similar firm. Expertise structuring, negotiating, and executing global M&A transactions, including prioritization, managing due diligence, drafting transaction documents, strategically leading negotiations, handling closings and integration matters is needed. Should have experience structuring, negotiating, and executing venture capital deals, minority investments, strategic partnerships, or joint ventures.

Company info

Hiring Coordinator
3M Global
3110 Walters Road
Little Rock, AR 72216