M&A Counsel
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Job Title: Senior M&A Counsel
Location: Houston, TX (5 days on-site)
Compensation: $200,000-$250,000 + 30% STI (annual bonus)+ LTI (equity)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
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Location: Houston, TX (5 days on-site)
Compensation: $200,000-$250,000 + 30% STI (annual bonus)+ LTI (equity)
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead all legal aspects of M&A and strategic transactions (acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and investments), from diligence through signing and closing.
- Plan and manage legal due diligence, including issue-spotting, risk quantification, and escalation of material findings to business leaders.
- Advise senior leadership and cross-functional teams (Finance, Tax, HR, Operations, HSE, IT) on deal structure, risk allocation, and execution strategy.
- Manage and oversee outside counsel and other advisors as needed, including scoping workstreams, controlling budgets, and ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables.
- Support corporate financing and capital markets activities in connection with transactions, including drafting/reviewing and negotiating financing documents (commitment papers, credit agreements, notes/indentures, guarantees, and security documents) and coordinating with capital markets counsel, lenders, underwriters, and internal treasury/finance teams.
- Drive legal and regulatory workstreams (including antitrust/HSR, sanctions, anti-corruption, and other applicable requirements) and develop practical risk-mitigation plans to support deal timelines.
- Draft, negotiate, and coordinate transaction documentation (LOIs, purchase/sale agreements, disclosure schedules, ancillary agreements, and closing deliverables).
- Monitor legal developments, industry trends, and regulatory changes impacting M&A and corporate transactions and translate them into actionable guidance.
- Support post-closing integration, including governance setup, contract transition, policy alignment, and remediation of identified legal/compliance gaps.
- 3-5 years of relevant legal experience in M&A, corporate transactions, finance/banking, or a related practice area.
- Combination of large law firm and some in-house experience strongly preferred.
- Active license in good standing to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction; ability to obtain admission in Texas (or a Texas in-house counsel/limited license, as applicable).
- Demonstrated expertise drafting and negotiating complex transaction agreements and managing risk allocation.
- Experience reviewing and negotiating financing and capital markets documentation and working effectively with capital markets counsel and financial counterparties.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with executive presence and strong stakeholder management.
- Sound judgment and a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach; ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives.
- Proven ability to manage multiple deals and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, with strong project-management discipline.
- High integrity, strong sense of ownership, and commitment to continuous improvement and teamwork.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
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