Managing Legal Counsel - Corporate Governance and M&A

About the role

Provide legal advice and business counsel to the company on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and other strategic transactions. Lead potential transactions from legal perspective and coordinate advice and diligence within the legal and compliance team. Engage and manage where appropriate outside counsel. This role will serve as the firm's primary legal advisor on all potential strategic transactions, advising senior leaders on the same, and expected to lead negotiations, diligence and coordinate other legals SMEs on the same. Provide advice on filings with the SEC, including Form 10-K and Proxy Statements, making determinations concerning required filings, and advising management of new disclosure requirements. Advise and assist with meetings of company's various board of directors. Develop corporate governance policies and implement legal controls to help ensure sound corporate governance practices. Provide advice on best practices for management reporting to corporate boards. Role Summary Provides specialized, expert legal counsel to multiple businesses or functional areas. Often seen as a legal practice area expert, advising business or functional area leaders on legally sound courses of action in the resolution of business problems. Has a breadth of expertise across multiple key legal issues that are strategically relevant to assigned businesses or functional areas. Viewed as a trusted internal resource capable of using knowledge of the organization's businesses, products, services, and/or strategies to articulate and advance complex legal positions. Contributes to establishing the organization's professional standards in areas of expertise. Responsible for assigned matters and may assign work to less experienced attorneys or other legal staff.