Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Transactions and Legal Entity Management

As Assistant General Counsel Mergers & Acquisitions and Legal Entity Management you will serve as the primary deputy and strategic partner to the Vice President and General Counsel Corporate Transactions with direct ownership of the companys global legal entity management and simplification strategy. This role is designed to provide support and advice for corporate transactions and functions and oversee entity governance rationalization and operational excellence for all aspects of entity management.

Reporting directly to the Vice President and General Counsel Corporate Transactions you will lead legal support for complex corporate transactions and assume endtoend responsibility for the lifecycle management optimization and simplification of the companys global legal entity structure. You will work closely with Corporate Development Finance Tax Compliance and business leaders to ensure that transactions and entity decisions are aligned with growth strategy risk tolerance and longterm operational efficiency.

This role has a visible and sustained impact on the companys transaction velocity governance posture and cost and risk profile and serves as a key successionready leadership position within the Legal function.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Legal Entity Management Governance & Simplification (Primary Ownership)

Lead strategy and operations for the global legal entity management function including formation maintenance restructuring consolidation and dissolution of domestic and international entities.

• Ensure the integrity of corporate records and the maintenance of corporate formality across all global legal entities including statutory compliance board and shareholder actions delegations of authority and maintenance of corporate records.
• Design and execute a legal entity simplification and rationalization roadmap in partnership with Tax and Finance to reduce complexity cost and risk across the enterprise.
• Serve as the central legal point of accountability for entityrelated decisionmaking arising from acquisitions integrations divestitures and internal reorganizations.
• Identify assess and mitigate legal regulatory and operational risks associated with entity structure intercompany arrangements and jurisdictional requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement of entity management processes systems and vendor relationships to support scalability and auditready compliance.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Act as lead or colead legal advisor on mergers acquisitions divestitures joint ventures and other strategic transactions from structuring through postclosing integration.
• Manage and coordinate legal due diligence with a focus on identifying and mitigating transactional regulatory governance and entityrelated risks.
• Draft review and negotiate principal transaction documents including purchase and merger agreements equity and asset transfer documentation transition services agreements and related ancillary agreements.
• Partner closely with the Vice President and General Counsel Corporate Transactions to develop transaction strategies risk positions and executivelevel recommendations.
• Collaborate with Tax Finance HR and business stakeholders to design efficient transaction and integration structures.
• Oversee and manage external counsel to ensure highquality costeffective support and consistent alignment with internal risk and negotiation strategy.

Strategic Leadership & Advisory

• Function as a trusted advisor to the Vice President and General Counsel Corporate Transactions and senior leadership on transaction strategy entity governance and enterpriselevel structural risk.
• Develop and maintain standardized playbooks templates and decision frameworks for M&A execution and entity lifecycle management.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments impacting corporate transactions governance and entity compliance and translate them into practical guidance for the business.
• Lead and mentor junior attorneys paralegals and legal operations resources supporting M&A and entity management workstreams.
• Contribute to broader Legal function initiatives including talent development knowledge management and crossfunctional process optimization.

YOU MUST HAVE:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• At least six years transactional experience in a large multinational corporate legal department and/or internationally-recognized law firm.
• Significant experience in executing mergers and acquisitions transactions and managing legal entities.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex crossborder transactions and global entity structures.
• Strong drafting negotiation and executivelevel communication skills.

WE VALUE:

• Demonstrated success in executing and overseeing legal entity management programs including simplification or rationalization initiatives.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business objectives.
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and leading crossfunctional initiatives in a matrixed environment.
• Leadership presence consistent with a senior successionready role within the Legal organization