Associate General Counsel, M&A

Savage Companies•Midvale, UT

40d•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking an Associate General Counsel, M&A, reporting directly to the General Counsel. This role will provide legal advice and counsel to business teams throughout the organization on business acquisitions, business divestitures, joint ventures, financing transactions, debt compliance matters, equity investments, complex commercial agreements, and other strategic transactions. This role will also support the General Counsel in corporate governance matters and other tasks. For this role, we seek an individual with an ownership mentality who is high-performing, self-motivated, hungry for growth, collaborative, innovative, and forward-thinking. These are just a few of the benefits you can expect from working with Savage: A culture that appreciates our Team Members Paid Time Off ("PTO") and paid holidays Profit Sharing Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) Paid Parental and Uniformed Services leave

Requirements

Licensed attorney holding a J.D. with a minimum of ten years of related experience.
High-level analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Excellent attention to detail and strong project management and organizational skills.
Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, manage a variety of projects simultaneously, meet aggressive deadlines and successfully handle urgent situations with patience and diplomacy.
Confidence to exercise practical judgment on high-value issues without overly technical analysis
An agile and flexible thinker, with the ability to learn areas of the law quickly.
Ability to quickly learn our business and network and interact with the business team
Ability to function independently and as part of a team.
Possess characteristics such as discipline, dedication, a winning orientation, strong executive presence, humility, collaborative, decisiveness, innovative, high level of sound judgment and business acumen, excellent time management and accountability, proactive in resolving issues.
Ability to successfully lead process improvement initiatives around our approach to M&A and other strategic transactions that drive efficiencies impacting the legal team and the organization.
Extremely organized and process-oriented, with the ability to juggle multiple transactions and manage the deal from start to finish.
Ability to work under pressure, prioritize, and manage workloads to meet deadlines in a challenging and fast-paced environment.
Exceptional customer service and interpersonal skills.
Able to handle and protect confidential, sensitive information.
Committed to personal and professional growth, and receptivity to feedback.
Fluent using the Microsoft Office Suite tools.
Comfortable and adept at legal research tools (e.g., Practical Law).
Ability to learn and adhere to the company's internal legal management tools and contribute to improving the Legal Department's practices and strategies.
Ability to work full time in an office; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday.
Must become familiar with, and promote and abide by, the Savage Vision and Legacy and our Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of the organization.
Licensed to practice law and in good standing in at least one U.S. state with an ability to apply for limited admission to the Utah Bar as House Counsel immediately after employment begins, if not already licensed in Utah

Responsibilities

Support the growth of the company by working closely with the General Counsel to facilitate strategic transactions across the organization, including drafting transaction agreements, leading negotiations, and performing and supervising due diligence.
Advise and collaborate with key leaders to help structure transactions, identify and mitigate contingent risks, and assist in crafting solutions to protect the company's interests.
Provide recommendations and guidance for management teams and other internal clients.
Demonstrate excellent analytical, consulting, drafting and negotiation skills with the ability to make well-reasoned legal and business judgments and clearly explain complex ideas.
Support the Vice President, Treasurer and treasury team in select financing transactions and oversee debt covenant compliance.
Support the Associate General Counsel, Commercial in designing, drafting and negotiating complex master service agreements, construction agreements, and other commercial agreements as assigned.
Support the General Counsel in corporate governance tasks including entity structure, organization and management issues.
Assist with special projects and perform other job-related duties as assigned by the General Counsel.
Effectively manage outside counsel, as needed.