What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Associate position at Optimal Staffing?
Job Description
Job Description
We are seeking a Mid-Level Associate in Palo Alto, CA to represent clients in Mergers, Acquisitions, Financing and Restructuring, and other commercial and contractual matters as part of the firms corporate M&A group with a focus on technology transactions.Requires a Juris Doctor degree or equivalent and two (2) years of experience representing companies in domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, stock purchases, asset purchases, investments and securities offerings; reviewing corporate contracts including stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, merger agreements, vendor and supplier contracts, material contracts, joint development agreements, government contracts, and non-disclosure agreements and identifying and extracting terms and key restrictive provisions including change of control provisions and anti-assignment provisions; preparing change of control analysis to facilitate deal signing and closing; preparing issue lists, diligence reports, and executive summaries; conducting legal research utilizing Westlaw, Lexis Nexis, Deal Point Data, Intelligize, Capital IQ and Practical Law; preparing legal analysis and drafting memoranda in corporate law and securities regulations; preparing SEC forms including definitive proxy statement Schedule 14A and public company annual, quarterly and current reports including Form 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K; conducting and supervising due diligence process by utilizing artificial intelligence tools, including Kira; corresponding with financial advisors throughout deal process from negotiation to signing and closing; and conducting comprehensive legal due diligence on target companies and drafting material contract summary charts.
