Senior Counsel – Corporate Strategic Development

• Providing legal advice, opinions and support to help work towards goals
• Initiating and supervising project case management to ensure timely and efficient completion
• Supporting and working with internal legal colleagues and business team members
• Negotiating various deal documentation and providing legal advice
• Supervising transaction management to ensure efficient completion of results
• Mitigating risk and ensuring compliance with business agreements and laws
• Identifying and assessing legal issues and risks for assigned responsibilities
• Interacting with internal leadership regarding legal strategies
• Retaining and managing outside counsel when needed
• Researching legislative history and legal issues to ensure compliance
• Training internal business partners on applicable laws and regulations

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school
• Minimum ten (10) years’ corporate and transactional experience
• Member of State Bar Association and admitted to practice in the state hired, or eligible to become admitted in the state hired within one (1) year of date of hire
• Current CLE compliance
• Knowledge of corporate matters, including entity formations, governance, and maintenance
• Experience with pre-transaction agreements, including negotiating and drafting confidentiality agreements, term sheets, letters of intent, and similar customary agreements
• Experience conducting legal and corporate due diligence
• Experience with transaction documentation, including negotiating and reviewing customary mergers and acquisitions documentation
• Experience preparing disclosures for both federal securities filings with the SEC and Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification filings with the FTC/DOJ
• Excellent organizational/interpersonal skills
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office and PC skills
• Experience in drafting of agency communications, contracts, motions, briefs, pleadings and opinions
• Experience in legal research and analysis
• Demonstrates objective and detailed analytical and problem solving abilities
• Demonstrates negotiation skills

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive legal expertise in corporate and transactional matters, including negotiation, compliance, and risk mitigation. Proficient in legal research, drafting, and managing complex transactions while ensuring adherence to applicable laws and regulations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Juris Doctorate
• Corporate Transactional Experience
• Negotiation Skills
• Legal Research and Analysis
• Compliance with SEC and FTC/DOJ Regulations

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Corporate Governance
• Entity Formation
• Drafting Confidentiality Agreements
• Transaction Documentation
• Legal Due Diligence
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Federal Securities Filings
• Hart-Scott-Rodino Filings
• Legal Opinions
• Contract Drafting

Soft Skills

• Organizational Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Analytical Abilities
• Problem Solving
• Negotiation Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

• Member of State Bar Association
• Current CLE Compliance

Industry Keywords

• Corporate Law
• Transactional Law
• Legal Compliance
• Risk Mitigation
• Internal Legal Support

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office
• PC Skills