Deputy General Counsel

Sourceability•Austin, TX

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

Sourceability® is a global digital distributor of electronic components transforming how modern businesses bring products to market. With innovation, quality and logistics as the backbone of the company, Sourceability’s cutting-edge products and services expedite the procurement process across a wide range of industries, including communications/cellular, consumer electronics, and auto manufacturing. We are seeking an experienced Deputy General Counsel to join our legal team and help lead a broad range of corporate, transactional, commercial, finance, compliance, and operational legal matters across the company’s global business. The Deputy General Counsel will serve as a senior legal advisor to the company and work closely with executive leadership, business teams, and the legal department on strategic transactions, commercial matters, corporate governance, financing activities, and day-to-day legal needs. This role will have a significant focus on mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, finance, corporate governance, and general corporate legal work, while also supporting other legal matters as needs arise. The ideal candidate is a practical, business-minded attorney with at least 10 years of relevant legal experience, including significant experience with M&A, complex commercial transactions, corporate matters, and finance-related work. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global business environment and providing clear, actionable legal guidance on both strategic initiatives and routine legal matters. The Deputy General Counsel will report to the General Counsel. This is a hybrid role working from Austin, TX.

Requirements

Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and in good standing.
Minimum of 10 years of relevant legal experience.
Significant experience with mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, commercial transactions, and general corporate legal matters.
Strong background drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
Experience with finance, lending, credit facilities, capital structure, or related corporate finance matters.
Prior in-house counsel experience strongly preferred.
Experience advising executive leadership and cross-functional business teams.
Experience supporting a company with international operations preferred.
Experience with distribution, supply chain, technology, electronics, manufacturing, or similar industries is a plus.
Familiarity with trade compliance, export controls, sanctions, anti-corruption, data privacy, and other global compliance matters is helpful.
Experience managing outside counsel and coordinating multi-jurisdictional legal matters preferred.

Nice To Haves

Strong business judgment and ability to provide practical, solutions-oriented legal advice.
Excellent transactional, drafting, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills.
Ability to lead complex projects and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global business environment.
Strong understanding of corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A processes, and finance-related legal issues.
Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with executive leadership, business teams, outside counsel, and international stakeholders.
High degree of professionalism, discretion, integrity, and sound judgment.
Comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with legal and business colleagues.
Proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and commercially minded.
Ability and willingness to handle a broad range of legal matters, including matters outside core areas of expertise, as business needs require.

Responsibilities

Lead and support M&A, investment, divestiture, joint venture, financing, and other strategic transactions, including transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation, documentation, closing, and post-closing integration.
Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of complex commercial agreements, including customer agreements, supplier agreements, distribution agreements, services agreements, strategic partnership agreements, NDAs, terms and conditions, purchase and sale documentation, and other business contracts.
Advise executive leadership and business teams on legal risks, transaction strategy, deal terms, corporate structure, governance, and commercial risk allocation.
Support corporate finance matters, including credit facilities, financing arrangements, intercompany arrangements, guarantees, security documentation, and related corporate approvals.
Manage corporate governance matters, including board and shareholder materials, resolutions, consents, minutes, entity management, corporate records, delegations of authority, and internal approval processes.
Provide legal support for domestic and international corporate structuring, subsidiary management, entity formations, reorganizations, and related corporate initiatives.
Partner with sales, procurement, finance, operations, compliance, tax, and executive teams to support business objectives while managing legal and commercial risk.
Advise on legal issues related to global electronics distribution, including supply chain, procurement, sales, logistics, warranties, product issues, international operations, and commercial disputes.
Support compliance matters, including trade compliance, sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption, data privacy, internal policies, and risk management initiatives.
Manage or assist with disputes, claims, pre-litigation matters, and coordination with outside counsel.
Oversee and manage outside counsel on transactional, corporate, financing, compliance, and other matters, including budgets, work product, and strategic direction.
Develop and improve legal department processes, contract templates, playbooks, governance practices, and internal training materials.
Mentor and support legal department team members, as applicable.
Handle additional legal matters and special projects as needed to support the company’s evolving business needs.