Associate Counsel - Corporate Transactions
Associate Counsel - Corporate Transactions
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Job Description
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; its powered by the passion creativity and diverse expertise of 9000 professionals worldwide. Whether youre a finance wizard a tech enthusiast an operational powerhouse an HR changemaker or a trailblazer in materials development youll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
Job Summary
The Associate Counsel under the guidance of the Assistant General Counsel provides a full range of legal support as a member of the Corporate Transactions team. The Associate Counsel will be responsible for coordinating and leading various crossfunctional corporate transactions involving the finance accounting tax treasury human resources commercial and operations teams as well as providing support for M&A and debt/financing transactions as necessary. The Associate Counsel may also provide commercial contract support for Avients two business segments.
Essential Functions
- Support internal corporation transactions for all global subsidiaries of Avient Corporation including supporting dividends and cash repatriations capital contributions intercompany loans internal operational and entity restructuring and rationalization and other complex corporate transactions.
- Support corporate subsidiary governance for all global subsidiaries of Avient Corporation including supporting changes to directors and officers shareholder and board actions preparing minutes of meetings of subsidiary boards and participating in or leading subsidiary board meetings.
- Effectively interface with key business partners including stakeholders from accounting tax finance treasury human resources and external legal advisors.
- Analyze and summarize legal documents including contracts and corporate governance documents and make suggestions for alterations of those documents.
- Provide input and assistance during M&A activities and debt/financing transactions including reviewing and drafting agreements and coordinating with internal stakeholders and external counsel as necessary
- Review draft and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts including sales agreements rebate agreements and other business agreements for Avients two business segments: Color Additives and Inks and Specialty Engineered Materials.
- Identify potential legal risks and ensure contracts comply with applicable laws regulations and company policies.
- Provide legal advice and guidance to internal stakeholders on contract terms obligations and risk mitigation strategies.
- Support dispute resolution and contract enforcement as needed.
- Research and analyze the law on complex issues and write memoranda as necessary/requested.
- Participates in the selection retention and monitoring of outside counsel for Avient.
- Other duties as assigned
Education and Experience
- Juris Doctor degree from accredited ABA School
- 4 years of relevant experience at a law firm or inhouse at a corporation
Qualifications
- Proficiency in Word Excel and PowerPoint
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self a leader of others or a leader of the business.
By playing to win acting customer centric driving innovation and profitable growth collaborating seamlessly across Avient and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avients strategic goals to meet our customer needs and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient we believe a wide variety of thoughts ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring promotion development compensation or advancement are based solely on a persons qualifications abilities experience and performance.
Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of nondiscrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race sex sexual orientation gender identity age color religion national origin disability genetic information protected veterans status or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing
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Employment Type
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