Corporate Counsel

About the role

Join Progress as a Corporate Counsel in a hybrid role based between your home office and our Burlington, MA headquarters. You will support the Corporate Legal team’s workstreams including M&A, SEC reporting, corporate governance, compliance, and more.

Responsibilities

• Support all phases of M&A activity: structure and perform legal diligence, support drafting of definitive documentation, manage and complete post‑closing integration tasks, liaise with outside counsel and internal stakeholders throughout the M&A lifecycle, and serve a key role in running an effective and efficient M&A process.
• Support preparation of SEC filings, including periodic and current reporting, proxy statements, and Section 16 filings.
• Support corporate governance matters, including board/committee materials and securities law compliance and disclosure matters.
• Support global subsidiary governance – formations, dissolutions, foreign qualifications, restructurings, and integrations across domestic and international legal entities.
• Support executive compensation, equity compensation, and incentive compensation plan matters.
• Support legal negotiations of global real estate footprint.
• Build and continuously improve the tools, workflows, and automation that support this role’s work.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school.
• Admitted to practice law in Massachusetts or licensed in the jurisdiction in which you live and work (with willingness to obtain Massachusetts admission).
• 1‑3+ years of relevant experience in the corporate department of a law firm or comparable in‑house experience.

Skills

• Strong organizational, project management, and multitasking abilities to manage multiple competing matters and deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Team player who can work collaboratively and build strong relationships with people at all levels across the company.
• Beneficial: M&A and/or securities law experience.
• Beneficial: Exposure to public company governance.