What are the responsibilities and job description for the M&A/Securities Associate Attorney position at ONE IT Corp?
Role : Mergers & Acquisitions Resource Attorney
Location : Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Colorado; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Palo Alto, Reston, VA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA
Duration : Full-Time / Direct-Hire
Position responsibilities :
Among the tasks for which the M&A resource attorney will be responsible are :
- Transaction Database Management : Inputting deal terms from signed Cooley deals into our recently revamped Transaction Database and coordinating with Cooley's knowledge management team to audit and maintain the database.
- Form and Precedent Drafting / Management . Preparing drafts (or revising existing precedent) of template documents. Curating and organizing the M&A group's forms, precedents and other know-how.
- Legal Updates . Monitoring legal and regulatory developments relative to M&A practice; preparing summaries and alerts regarding same; ensuring new legal requirements are reflected in our practice resources.
- Legal Education . Coordinating with Cooley's legal education team to brainstorm content for associate trainings and other firmwide training efforts relative to M&A.
- Marketing / Business Development . Working closely with our M&A marketing team to strategize on Cooley M&A promotion generally (including content for our M&A blog), assisting the marketing team with the creation of content for pitches and teach-ins (PPTs, articles, books etc.)
- Assisting with Individual Attorney Requests . Helping field day-to-day requests from attorneys for precedents, templates, and other resources.
- New Initiatives . Candidate would be involved in resource, knowledge management and practice innovation projects TBD.
- Other duties . All other duties as assigned or required
Skills and experience :
The M&A resource attorney must be a licensed attorney with at least 7 years of experience in a US M&A corporate / transactional practice. The ideal candidate would have a basic handle on public and private M&A, corporate governance, board fiduciary duties and market trends. Strong drafting and organizational skills are required.
Success Factors :
A successful resource attorney will possess and demonstrate many, if not all, of the following attributes :
Attention to Detail . Detailed drafting needed for form documents; quality control testing of document generators requires minute attention to detail.
Organizational Skills . Candidate will need to handle multiple, ongoing projects, including coordinating with attorneys and other stakeholders on projects requiring many inputs. Associate experience with M&A transactions, both public and private, should be transferable skill.
Flexibility . Since resource initiatives are constantly evolving, candidate will need to be willing and available to work on additional projects and support new initiatives.
Team Player . This will be the second Resource Attorney supporting the M&A group and, as such, will need to work collaboratively with the senior Resource Attorney.
