Assistant General Counsel - Mergers and Acquisitions
Assistant General Counsel - Mergers and Acquisitions
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POSITION SUMMARY:
Cencora Inc. (NYSE: COR) is looking for an attorney to join its Legal Department in the position of Assistant General Counsel Corporate and M&A. This will be held by an attorney with strong legal skills and the ability to deliver businessoriented effective and efficient legal services project management and strategic counseling on significant M&A and other strategic transactions across Cencoras global organization.
In this role the ideal candidate will support global M&A and other strategic transactions (e.g. joint ventures and minority investments) and will provide support to the Corporate Development team throughout the entire deal process. The ideal candidate will also provide support and advice on the development of templates and playbooks for M&A deals and related strategic transactions. This ideal candidate will report to Cencoras Vice President & Associate General Counsel M&A.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage all aspects of domestic and international M&A and other strategic transactions from inception to completion including drafting and negotiating confidentiality agreements letters of intent and term sheets performing due diligence drafting and negotiating definitive transaction agreements and ancillary agreements and executing closings and postclosing integration.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to execute M&A and other strategic transactions including teams in the Legal Department Corporate Development Finance Tax Treasury IT Compliance and HR and coordinate with outside counsel.
- Coordinate efforts and manage expectations with internal clients in Corporate Development as well as other internal and external attorneys to provide sound legal advice and mitigate risk to Cencora.
- Demonstrate strong project management skills as this role will require that the attorney take on mixed legal and business responsibility for and project management of M&A and other strategic transactions including a significant role leading postclosing integration in collaboration with Cencoras Integration Management Office.
- Oversee corporate governance matters for Cencoras global suite of subsidiary businesses.
- Provide corporate legal advice and support on tax matters including U.S. and international reorganizations.
- Demonstrate critical decisionmaking capability and proficiency in making businessoriented and legally compliant recommendations to his or her internal clients.
- Possess the ability to juggle multiple matters and effectively prioritize and multitask to ensure that work is completed in a timely and efficient matter.
- The lawyer in this role may have management responsibility for one or more legal professionals and if so is required to be an effective manager of his or her reports.
- The Assistant General Counsel should be able to represent Cencora and his or her relevant client groups on significant business contracts or other matters. The Assistant General Counsel frequently is required in these situations to lead or have an integral role in both legal and business negotiations.
- The Assistant General Counsel will effectively work amid change and is willing to shift priorities and focus.
- The lawyer in this role will seek out challenging tasks and assignments engage in frequent development discussions and is open to feedback.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
The lawyer in this role must be a graduate of an accredited law school admitted into the state bar and is expected to have a minimum of 9 years of experience as a corporate attorney combined with expertise in M&A.
The lawyer in this role is comparable to a counsel or nonequity partner in a law firm and is a lawyer who can do sophisticated work as an individual contributor and/or supervise and project manage other individual legal professionals or teams of legal professionals.
MINIMUM SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS:
- Familiar with a variety of the fields concepts practices and legal procedures.
- Working knowledge of corporate law including antitrust laws and regulatory agency procedures (e.g. FTC).
- The lawyer in this role has the expertise and background to be comfortable supervising outside lawyers engaged to work on matters for Cencora including outside lawyers from major law firms used by Cencora.
- In this role the lawyer is expected to be knowledgeable in Cencoras business and industry policies practices and trends and be aware of the competitive landscape.
- Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- The Assistant General Counsel will demonstrate very good to excellent communication and information sharing with all levels of associates.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent judgment and ability to resolve complex issues effectively.
- Strong negotiating skills.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Strong organizational skills; attention to detail.
- Ability to follow and interpret legal trends.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Word Excel and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of the healthcare industry a plus but not a requirement.
What Cencora offers
We provide compensation benefits and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical dental and vision care we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical emotional financial and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families which may include backup dependent care adoption assistance infertility coverage family building support behavioral health solutions paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth we also offer a variety of training programs professional development resources and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs employee resource groups volunteer activities and much more. For details visit time *This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois Statespecific locations may be up to 10 lower than the minimum salary range and 12 higher than the maximum salary range. Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin age disability veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal state or local law. The companys continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting training compensation benefits promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are nondiscriminatory. Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment please call 888.692.2272 or email . We will make accommodation determinations on a requestbyrequest basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned .Salary Range*
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