M&A Counsel

Responsibilities

• AI-Powered M&A/Legal : Leverage AI tools and technology to accelerate contract review, due diligence, document drafting, and legal research. Continuously identify opportunities to build and improve AI-assisted legal workflows that increase speed and reduce cost across the deal process.
• Broad-Based Legal Review : Apply broad legal judgment to identify and address general legal issues that arise in the course of transactions. You are expected to spot issues across disciplines, triage appropriately, and either resolve them directly or engage specialized counsel when needed.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and member in good standing of at least one bar (California or Ontario preferred).
• 3-5 years of M&A experience at a top-tier law firm or in a transactionally heavy in-house role, with direct experience drafting and negotiating purchase agreements and related deal documents.
• Demonstrated ability to independently run an M&A transaction end-to-end - from LOI through closing and post-closing - including conducting due diligence internally, managing opposing counsel, and ad

Additional Information

Beacon Software is a permanent capital holding company which acquires and grows essential businesses. We are a profitable series B+ firm that combines great technologists, operators and M&A professionals to accelerate the scale of the ambition of the dozens of businesses we own and operate. We are supported by capital from tier-1 venture capital, crossover, and endowment investors as well as the founders of the leading technology companies from the past decade. We are growing our team in Toronto, San Francisco, and New York. Apply below. We are seeking a highly ambitious M&A lawyer to join Beacon's legal team and serve as the day-to-day legal lead on mergers and acquisitions transactions end-to-end, from LOI through post-closing. Reporting to Beacon's VP, Legal, you will be the hands-on lawyer responsible for managing and executing deals - owning the legal workstreams, driving diligence, drafting and negotiating transaction documents, and ensuring deals get across the finish line. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role for a lawyer who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to be at the center of Beacon's acquisition strategy. You will run deals internally as the primary legal resource on each transaction, conducting due diligence in-house, working directly with our M&A team, managing relationships with opposing counsel, and handling post-closing matters across our growing portfolio. We are looking for someone who is ready to do the heavy lifting on deals - someone with broad legal judgment who can spot and address general legal issues beyond the four corners of the purchase agreement, and who is prepared to leverage AI tools to drive efficiency across the entire deal lifecycle.

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