Our customer, a large manufacturing company, is looking for a Corporate Business Development Counsel to join their team. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates seeking a high level of responsibility in an exciting, growing practice with potential for advancement.
This is a 12 month contract.
Responsibilities include:
- Advise on private equity and venture capital investments in the U.S., UK, EU, and India.
- Work with outside counsel to ensure compliance with all U.S federal and state statutes and related rules, regulations and executive orders, and analogous regulations and rules of the EU.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with U.S. export controls and sanctions rules as they may be applied to AV investments in portfolio companies.
- Prepare and negotiate non-disclosure agreements (and review and respond to those submitted by potential targets’ counsel or investment banks).
- Work with internal tax and finance groups and external counsel on transaction structuring
- Prepare and advise the deal team regarding the negotiation of term sheets.
- Conduct and coordinate outside counsel’s due diligence reviews (both preliminary and comprehensive) of potential portfolio companies, including coordinating with IP counsel.
- Work with outside counsel to prepare definitive transaction documentation, working with the deal and lead agreement negotiations.
- Drive resolution of pre-closing and closing activities.
Required Experience and Skills
- Juris Doctorate
- Licensed and good standing in the US
- The ideal candidate would have at least (i) 10 years of experience with a practice focused on private company equity and debt investments, including significant experience with investment adviser regulatory compliance, and (ii) material exposure to relevant European Union regulations
- Thorough understanding of the private company investing process.
- Willingness to travel both domestic and international
To apply:
If you are qualified, interested, and available, please send your resume in Word format with a summary of your skills to ruby.srivastava@elevate.law.
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