Assistant General Counsel - M&A

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Assistant General Counsel - M&A

Aon

London, United Kingdom

Position Responsibilities:

Advise business leaders on legal matters relating to strategic transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, strategic investments, and other transactions;
Progress key legal and business workstreams in connection with M&A transactions, including liaising with key stakeholders such as Corporate Development, Finance, Technical Accounting, Treasury, People Organization, Law & Compliance, Commercial Real Estate, Investor Relations and Risk Management;
Coordinate due diligence and handle external consultants, including outside counsel, financial and other advisers. Support with the shortlisting and selection of outside counsel and maintain relationships with them;
Support strategic acquisitions globally, principally across the EMEA & APAC regions;
Support on corporate matters, including corporate secretarial, securities, corporate structuring, and governance matters, including producing and updating internal policies and procedures;
Draft and negotiate transaction documents (including producing and updating in-house standard form agreements), conduct and oversee legal due diligence, advise on disclosure exercises and closings;
Advise internal clients on integration and separation planning and execution following divestments and acquisitions;
Lead teams of legal and non-legal professionals in due diligence exercises;
Work with senior leadership in the Law & Compliance department and across the firm to communicate and resolve key legal and business issues in strategic transactions, including developing and overseeing the implementation of post-closing remediation plans where relevant.

Minimum Requirements:

Approximately 7+ years post-qualification experience and experience gained within law firms or corporate in-house legal departments. In-house experience is desirable but not required;
Significant experience advising corporations on M&A and strategic transactions, with experience in cross-border transactions in EMEA and APAC;
Experience building collaborative Relationships: Establishes relationships based on trust and respect. Promotes the inclusion of diverse knowledge, skills, and experiences to achieve results;
Excellence in Execution: Proactively seeks ways to improve effectiveness to meet business needs. Learns equally from successes and failures;
Excellent analytical skills and versatility in solving and handling legal issues;
Ability to multitask, prioritize workload and challenging priorities;
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills;
Proven organization, facilitation, communication and presentation skills to a wide spectrum of audiences;
Excellent business and legal judgment;
Ability to exercise the highest ethical standards and risk-based business decision making;
Ability to understand complex legal requirements and build solutions.

Skills:

Strong legal and analytical skills with a creative mindset and a demonstrated ability to work on projects;
Ability to gather facts from various sources and take initiative to get information that is not provided;
Qualities such as integrity, professionalism, leadership, judgment, initiative, follow-through, strong work ethic, reliability, critical thinking, ability to implement perfectly, ability to work independently, relationship skills and respect for others;
Confidence in decision-making and the ability to make decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, experience and judgment;
Comfort with a degree of responsibility and motivation to proactively lead project work;
Ability to optimally collaborate and partner with in-house attorneys.

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