Associate General Counsel @ Brand Partnerships - Enterprise SaaS

About the Company

Creative strategic brand partnerships have revolutionized consumer engagement and the entire concept of advertising. We are the world’s leading partnership management platform - at the forefront of an industry that evolves continuously. Our platform makes it easy for businesses to create, manage, and scale an ecosystem of partnerships with brands and communities that consumers trust - partnerships that expand customer engagement, reach, and goodwill.

As a global company with over 3,000 colleagues worldwide, we use cutting-edge technology to solve real-world problems for our clients (such as Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oreal, Fanatics, and Walmart) and continue to pull ahead of the pack as the leading enterprise SaaS platform for partnership automation that leads to pivotal revenue growth.

Job Overview

This is a highly cross-functional role, but will focus mainly on our corporate, securities, and M&A functions working with the CFO and our finance team, while also working closely with HR and operations teams.

The Associate General Counsel is responsible for drafting and negotiating transaction agreements, liaising with outside counsel, and for advising business teams and leaders as a partner in achieving the company’s objectives. The Associate General Counsel will also be responsible for protecting the Company’s interests, utilizing a high degree of discretion, self-confidence, flexibility, and adaptability in providing guidance to the senior leadership, board of directors and investors.

Key Responsibilities

• Advising on, participating in, and managing all aspects of M&A, including deal structuring of complex transactions, due diligence, contract negotiation, and regulatory compliance, all while ensuring the transaction is legally sound while protecting the Company’s interests.
• Preparing materials for Board Meetings, the corporate secretary function, and maintaining and managing the Company’s cap table;
• Facilitating strategic relationships on behalf of the Company by advising, structuring, drafting and negotiating custom commercial business transactions;
• Assisting with HR matters at all levels of the Company (Board Advisors, executives, employees and independent contractors);
• Navigating continuously and developing compliance programs around the globe;
• Collaborating cross-functionally and developing new processes and procedures to support internal clients; and
• Other contributions as part of the Company’s legal function generally.

About You

• JD from a US law school (or equivalent) with active Bar membership
• 6 years of legal practice experience in a top law firm (or combination of law firm and in-house experience) handling relevant matters
• Experience managing the end-to-end negotiation of high dollar value, high visibility, complex transactions, including M&A, sales agreements, and strategic partnership agreements with demonstrated competencies in the following areas:
• Transaction structuring: analyzing potential deals, advising on the best legal structure for mergers or acquisitions, and developing transaction strategies.
• Contract drafting and negotiation: proficiency in drafting and reviewing legal documents with precision and clarity, including key transaction documents, such as purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, confidentiality agreements, and other ancillary agreements.
• Corporate law: Deep knowledge of corporate governance, securities laws, relevant antitrust laws, securities regulations, and relevant legal principles.
• Negotiation skills: Excellent negotiation abilities to secure favorable terms for the Company and clients in complex transactions.
• Communication skills: Effective communication with clients, colleagues, and other business stakeholders; advising decision-makers and updating stakeholders on transaction progress, and addressing legal concerns.
• Team collaboration: Working with other professionals including investment bankers, accountants, other legal specialists and internal teams from early term sheet conversations through deal close.
• Ownership: Experience with ownership over internal programs and the ability to project manage across departments.
• Balancing: capable of balancing workload and competing priorities while focusing on the Company's goals.

About Whistler Partners

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