AM - Contract - LLB

AM Contract- (JLPT N2)

The Role:

- AM Contracts - GLN Acquisitions and Corporate Advisory (ACA) - Acquisitions.

- Global Legal Network partner with Legal teams to build efficiencies and centres of excellence related to Legal services.

- Acquisitions and Corporate Advisory (ACA) is part of our Corporate Services. Acquisitions team provide expertise and accurate due diligence reviews to the M&A leads to match the type of business or company being acquired.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsibly provide support to the Merger and Acquisitions (M&A), V&A Procurement Plus, Contracting and Legal Integration teams and other Legal Services teams as part of the Acquisitions Team in different geographies.

- Document, review and draft the terms and conditions of different types of agreements (e.g. master agreements, software agreements, statement of works, non-disclosure agreements, proposals, change orders, etc.) and other documents relating to various target companies in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws, and stakeholders' requirements.

- Collaborate and coordinate with M&A Lawyers, Legal Integration Managers and V&A Procurement Plus Leads on the revision of data rooms material, in particular executed client and supplier contractual material of the target companies.

- Responsibly provide Legal Integration support for the acquired companies (e.g. point of contact: "face of Legal" for Acquisitions team for contracting needs; identify risks, propose/draft solutions and negotiate commercial agreements; support the business' compliance with obligations and risk mitigation, support new executives transition to way of contracting, etc.).

- Train the team members and develop checklists and process documents for reviewing analyzing and drafting Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Request for Proposals (RFPs), Proposals, Arrangement Letters/Statement of Work, Local Country Agreements, Consulting Services Agreements, etc.

- Directly liaising with internal stakeholders and deal teams on various legal and commercial issues.

- Maintain contract / subcontract compliance in line with company policies and procedures and ensures issues are resolved.

- Responsibly works at smaller engagements and/or works within team at a large, complex engagement.

Supervises:

- Team members providing services on a project, account or portfolio of accounts

External Relationships:

- Client commercial, procurement, contract management, business executives, outside counsels, vendors, corporate functions.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

- Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related investigations, employment investigations, and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks.

- In-depth knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws

- Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations

- Strong knowledge of M&A transactions, due diligence revisions, general corporate business practices, commercial contracting regulations, subcontracting practices, accounting and finance principles and ability to apply skills creatively to diverse stakeholder needs.

- Demonstrates ability to consistently and responsibly undertake contract drafting to a reasonable standard.

- Demonstrates a specialized subject-matter experience.

Qualifications & Experience:

- LLB + JLPT N2 Certification

- 8+ years of relevant experience at law firm and/or as in-house counsel