Description

Reporting to the Chief Legal and Risk Officer, this position is designed for a competent and high-potential attorney seeking to grow within an in-house legal department. This role will be responsible for assisting with the Company’s corporate and commercial matters, M&A matters, and real estate matters. The attorney in this role will work directly with all legal team members, as well as various levels of management (in the field and at corporate), as a key contributing member of the Company’s overall legal and compliance team. In this position, you must partner closely with business leaders to align legal strategies with operational goals.

Requirements

M&A Assistance

As Company’s M&A team and pipeline of targets grow, actively support and, where appropriate, lead aspects of legal M&A transactions, including due diligence, document negotiation and review, and integration planning. More specifically:

Assist in due diligence
Assist review of acquisition documents
Assist in review of target company’s schedules
Help coordinate internal functional teams around deal tasks
Assist company in regulatory issues to the deal, including permit transfers.
As needed, coordinate with Risk team on Rep and Warranty insurance.
Help plan and assist the target’s legal, compliance, and regulatory integration efforts into broader Liberty, and work with the operations team with such integration
Coordinate and work as a team with outside counsel on all such matters
 

Corporate/Commercial Contracts 

Provide practical and business-oriented legal advice and counseling on a wide range of corporate issues, including corporate governance, contractual matters, risk management, and regulatory compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. 
Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts such as customer agreements, county or city contracts, equipment leases, vendor contracts, NDA’s and MoU’s. 
Assist with Real Estate matters, including leases, amendments, and SNDAs
Identify areas of potential commercial risk and work with management on brainstorming solutions. 
In coordination with our corporate paralegal, help develop and implement process improvements for contract management.
Serve as a consultant to the organization concerning corporate, contract and real estate strategies, and policy development.
When needed, manage outside counsel assisting on such matters.

Other in-house assistance

Assists other in-house counsel in general and routine business law matters as assigned and needed.