Corporate Counsel – M&A

AESC•Murfreesboro, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for playing a critical role in the in-house legal department; provide strategic advice and guidance on corporate finance and transactional matters, including debt and equity financings, merger and acquisitions, joint ventures and technology transfers; draft, review, and negotiate complex transactional and commercial agreements; oversee due diligence investigations and regulatory review to ensure successful transactions for the company; collaborate with internal teams, including strategy, finance, tax, and corporate development to ensure transaction execution and alignment and compliance with legal requirements; provide guidance on corporate governance matters and compliance issues related to corporate transactions; provide support and advise senior management and business stakeholders on legal implications and potential risks associated with business decisions; keep abreast of legal and industry developments affecting corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions activities; coordinate and manage relationships with external legal advisors, ensuring cost-effective and efficient delivery of legal services; provide APAC/EMEA team support, and clean-energy manufacturing industry support; provide corporate/securities matters legal research; conduct global/cross border transactions/legal analysis for debt financing, equity financings, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, tech transfer deals, strategic alliances, legal policy and compliance; provide support with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transactional/commercial agreements, as well as mergers/acquisitions/joint ventures/strategic corporate transaction legal support; conduct corporate transactions legal due diligence and issue-spotting; responsible for analyzing transaction structures, deal documentation, closing mechanics, and post-closing considerations; perform clean energy sector corporate, securities, and transaction-related regulatory legal research/analysis; support domestic/cross-border transactions, as well as clean energy/renewable energy sector manufacturing operations transactions; support corporate transactions involving government incentives/tax-driven programs; and attend internal and external stakeholder meetings and negotiations.

Requirements

Master of Laws (LLM) or related (will accept equivalent foreign degree).
One (1) year in the position above, as a Staff Attorney, as an In-House Attorney, as a Corporate Counsel, as Legal Counsel, or in a related occupation.
One (1) year: drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transactional/commercial agreements.
One (1) year: mergers/acquisitions/joint ventures/strategic corporate transaction legal support.
One (1) year: corporate transactions legal due diligence and issue-spotting.
One (1) year: analyzing transaction structures, deal documentation, closing mechanics, and post-closing considerations.
One (1) year: clean energy sector corporate, securities, and transaction-related regulatory legal research/analysis.
One (1) year: domestic/cross-border transactions.
One (1) year: clean energy/renewable energy sector manufacturing operations transactions.
One (1) year: corporate transactions involving government incentives/tax-driven programs.
Must possess a valid law license from any US jurisdiction.
Will also accept any suitable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic advice and guidance on corporate finance and transactional matters, including debt and equity financings, merger and acquisitions, joint ventures and technology transfers.
Draft, review, and negotiate complex transactional and commercial agreements.
Oversee due diligence investigations and regulatory review to ensure successful transactions for the company.
Collaborate with internal teams, including strategy, finance, tax, and corporate development to ensure transaction execution and alignment and compliance with legal requirements.
Provide guidance on corporate governance matters and compliance issues related to corporate transactions.
Provide support and advise senior management and business stakeholders on legal implications and potential risks associated with business decisions.
Keep abreast of legal and industry developments affecting corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions activities.
Coordinate and manage relationships with external legal advisors, ensuring cost-effective and efficient delivery of legal services.
Provide APAC/EMEA team support, and clean-energy manufacturing industry support.
Provide corporate/securities matters legal research.
Conduct global/cross border transactions/legal analysis for debt financing, equity financings, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, tech transfer deals, strategic alliances, legal policy and compliance.
Provide support with drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transactional/commercial agreements, as well as mergers/acquisitions/joint ventures/strategic corporate transaction legal support.
Conduct corporate transactions legal due diligence and issue-spotting.
Analyze transaction structures, deal documentation, closing mechanics, and post-closing considerations.
Perform clean energy sector corporate, securities, and transaction-related regulatory legal research/analysis.
Support domestic/cross-border transactions, as well as clean energy/renewable energy sector manufacturing operations transactions.
Support corporate transactions involving government incentives/tax-driven programs.
Attend internal and external stakeholder meetings and negotiations.