Director, Mergers & Acquisitions – Assistant Corporate Secretary

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Design and implement both public and private M&A transactions on a global scale, encompassing acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic minority investments.

• Oversee cross-functional due diligence efforts and pinpoint significant legal, operational, and regulatory risks.

• Lead the negotiation of Letters of Intent (LOIs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), purchase contracts, transition services agreements, and other related transaction documentation.

• Manage external legal counsel to ensure efficient execution, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with strategic goals.

• Provide guidance to Corporate Development and executive leadership regarding deal strategies, risk distribution, structural options, regulatory issues, and implications for integration.

• Collaborate with Finance, Tax, HR, Compliance, and segment leaders on transaction structuring, working capital considerations, indemnities, compliance of target companies, and effects on integration.

• Assist in subsidiary governance, global entity management, delegated authorities, treasury and financing operations, investor communications, and activities related to ESG and sustainability.

• Enhance M&A playbooks, templates, and processes for improved efficiency.

• Mentor junior attorneys and bolster the organizational capabilities in M&A.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree required.

• Must hold an active bar membership in the United States or the United Kingdom.

• Over 10 years of experience in leading intricate M&A transactions at a prestigious law firm (AmLaw 100) and/or within a global corporate legal department (Fortune 500).

• Profound knowledge in corporate law, cross-border public and/or private M&A, and negotiation of complex transactions.

• Experience advising senior executives on critical matters.

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent transactions and workstreams effectively.

• Familiarity with global regulatory evaluations, including antitrust and industry-specific regulations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonus pay.

• Paid time off.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) savings plan with employer matching contributions.

• Wellbeing programming for associates with rewards.

• Paid holidays.

• Flexible and permissive paid time off policy.

• Opportunities for training, on-the-job development, and coaching.

• Remote work position with flexibility in EST or CST time zones.