Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate Transactions

Employer: XL Global Services, Inc. Work Location: 225 Liberty Street 40th Floor, New York, NY 10281.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive legal support and advice to all functional areas of the organization, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including operations, finance, tax, treasury, and corporate development teams, to address legal issues related to business activities and transactions.
• Assist with corporate governance matters by supporting the corporate secretarial function, preparing notices, minutes, board materials, and related documentation.
• Negotiate, draft, review, and interpret a wide range of transactional agreements and legal documents, including disclosure documents, non-disclosure agreements, credit agreements, offering documents, collateral trust agreements, and collateralized reinsurance agreements.
• Support the Head of Legal for Corporate and Strategic Transactions and the global transactions team on complex, high-value, and time-sensitive transactional matters.
• Manage and instruct outside counsel to ensure effective representation and alignment with organizational objectives.
• Provide guidance on legal risks and develop strategies to mitigate potential liabilities in corporate transactions and governance matters.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.
• 3 years of experience as a commercial transactional lawyer, associate, in-house legal counsel, or in a related role, performing corporate and commercial transactional work and advising on corporate governance matters.
• Experience must include 3 years of each of the following:
  • corporate law and corporate transactions;
  • running transactions through all phases of the deal lifecycle;
  • performing due diligence, negotiating confidentiality agreements, drafting term sheets, and drafting due diligence memorandum;
  • drafting and negotiating merger agreements, share purchase agreements, and asset purchase agreements;
  • drafting and negotiating ancillary deal documents, disclosure schedules, subscription agreements, and indemnification agreements;
  • advising on general corporate governance matters;
  • advising senior management on corporate legal issues;
  • analyzing the legal and regulatory implications of business transactions;
  • general corporate restructuring and reorganization, including dissolution and liquidation of legal entities.
• New York or Connecticut bar license.
• Up to 10% domestic/international travel.

Pay

The pay for this position is $165,464 to $234,000 per year. Actual pay will be determined based upon the individual’s skill, experience and location.

Schedule

Hours: Monday–Friday, 37.5 hours per week.