National Counsel — Corporate (M&A), New York

Senior counsel role focused on leading and executing complex cross-border corporate transactions, including carve-outs, spin-offs, post-acquisition integrations, legal-entity rationalizations and other multinational transactional matters.

The role requires drafting and negotiating principal transaction documents (stock and asset purchase agreements and ancillary agreements), managing cross-practice and international teams to achieve successful closings, and synthesizing comments from clients, local counsel and other stakeholders. Strong use of project-management tools and deal technology is expected.

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent foreign law degree/LLM
• Admission to the New York bar
• Approximately 5 years' post-qualified experience at a global law firm, with demonstrable experience advising on and coordinating complex cross-border transactions
• Proven experience leading cross-border deals as the deal lead or senior transaction counsel
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills on complex transaction documents and ancillary agreements; experience collaborating with tax advisors and other stakeholders
• Comfort using deal project-management tools and transaction technologies