Senior M&A Counsel

About the role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior M&A Counsel based in the United States. This role serves as the primary legal partner for corporate development and strategic growth initiatives, supporting transactions from initial structuring through closing and post-transaction integration. You will work closely with Corporate Development, Finance, Tax, People and Culture, and executive leadership to provide practical, risk-adjusted legal guidance. The position covers a steady pipeline of domestic and international acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic transactions. You will lead due diligence, negotiate transaction documents, manage external counsel, and coordinate legal input across multiple jurisdictions. The role also offers an opportunity to modernize M&A practices through scalable processes, legal technology, and AI-enabled solutions. You will join a global legal environment where commercial judgment, efficiency, innovation, and thoughtful risk management are highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Lead a continuous pipeline of domestic and international M&A transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic corporate transactions, guiding matters through the full deal lifecycle.
• Provide clear, practical, business-oriented legal advice from initial transaction structuring through negotiation, signing, closing, and post-transaction integration, helping stakeholders balance commercial objectives with legal and regulatory risk.
• Draft, review, and negotiate stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, and related ancillary transaction documents.
• Lead and manage legal due diligence, identifying material issues and translating findings into clear risk assessments, recommendations, and mitigation strategies.
• Advise on transaction structures, key legal risks, and appropriate mitigation approaches across multiple jurisdictions and transaction types.
• Coordinate with internal subject-matter experts across areas such as privacy, intellectual property, information security, product, employment, and other relevant functions to evaluate transaction-related risks.
• Manage outside counsel across transactions, ensuring high-quality legal support while maintaining efficient and cost-conscious use of external resources.
• Coordinate post-transaction integration planning and execution, including governance, contractual obligations, employee-related matters, and operational agreements.
• Develop and implement scalable M&A processes, playbooks, and best practices designed to improve transaction efficiency, consistency, knowledge management, and risk management.
• Monitor legal, regulatory, market, and transactional trends relevant to M&A and identify opportunities to strengthen the organization’s approach to strategic transactions.
• Leverage modern legal technology and AI-enabled tools throughout the M&A lifecycle to improve diligence, efficiency, knowledge management, responsiveness, and cost effectiveness.

Requirements

• J.D. degree and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.