Legal Counsel - Mergers & Acquisitions - LLB

Role: Legal Counsel - Mergers and Acquisitions

Role -

- The candidate must be able to take on the role of Legal Counsel who will principally assist the lead in-house M&A deal lawyer (AVP - M&A)

- Provide support for all aspects of M&A activity, including structuring, due diligence, documentation and closing.

- Assist in legal due diligence on target companies.

- Working on FEMA and securities laws aspects of M&A activity.

- Work with international law firms in cross border M&A activity.

- Engaging with other in-house departments including tax, finance and accounting, secretarial, HR, legal and IT.

- Work with AVP - M&A to assist the corporate development team with respect to developing and executing on integration plans for acquired businesses.

- Engaging with and reviewing the work of outside M&A counsels.

- Providing legal counsel (under guidance of AVP- M&A) on a diverse range of matters related to Corporate Development and the M&A activities of the Company.

Skills and Experience

The candidate should have worked strictly in Legal firms. Work experience apart from that won't be considered.

- The candidate should have at least 2-4 yrs of experience

- Should have work experience in M&A transactions either end-to-end processes or advised/assisted in the same

- Conducted legal due diligence on the target companies/vendor due diligences representing the companies

- Advised and assisted in domestic as well as multi-national M&A transactions.

- Worked on transaction structuring; drafting, and vetting of transaction documents (term sheets, investment agreements, share subscription & shareholders agreements, closing related documents etc.).

- Assisted in closing and compliance activities as part of the M&A transaction.

- Worked on memos and opinions on FDI, ODI, share transfer issues involving nonresidents.

LLB from reputed law college

- Minimum 2-4 years of experience with a reputed top tier law firm or as in-house M&A counsel in corporate entity/PE firm.

- Good drafting and communication skills

- Total PQE of 3-5 years.

- Candidate should be based in Mumbai