Acquisitions Legal Counsel Associate Manager

Global Legal Network is a group of professionals operating globally from 12 countries. It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services - focused on delivering value and innovation. We partner with Legal teams across Accenture to build efficiencies and centers of excellence related to Legal services; and through our size, geographic spread and language diversity, the Global Legal Network is able to drive quality, agility and speed in our services, aligned to Accenture’s relentless focus on maximum efficiency and operational effectiveness. 

Ventures & Acquisitions (V&A) assists in the legal aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and strategic investment transactions, including due diligence, drafting, reviewing, and negotiating acquisitions documents, the target’s agreements and other documentation, advises on legal risks and mitigation alternatives associated with the transactions.

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JOB SUMMARY:

Complexity: 

• Requires analysis and solving of moderately complex problems. Typically creates new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures. 
• Requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals. 
• Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor or team leads. Generally, interacts with peers and/or management levels at a client and/or within Accenture. 

Authority:  

• Requires minimal guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments.  

Impact or Decision:  

• Decisions often impact the team in which they reside and occasionally impact other teams.  

Scope:  

• Manages medium-small sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide legal support to Accenture’s M&A and strategic investment transactions, supporting legal due diligence exercises, identifying risks and mitigation plans, supporting Accenture’s M&A deal attorney in the negotiation of the transactions and the review of transactional documents in collaboration with legal and non-legal professionals supporting M&A and strategic investment transactions.
• Responsibly provide support to key Accenture M&A stakeholders including M&A deal attorney, Procurement Plus V&A, Contracting, Legal Integration teams and other Legal teams in different geographies.  
• Document, review and draft the terms and conditions of different types of agreements and other documents relating to various target/acquired companies in accordance with company policies and procedures, applicable laws, and stakeholders’ requirements. 
• Collaborate and coordinate with Accenture’s M&A deal attorney, Legal Integration Managers and Procurement Plus V&A Leads on the review of data room materials, in particular executed client, alliance and supplier agreements of the target companies.   
• Train the team members and develop checklists and process documents for pre- and post-acquisition legal support. 
• Directly liaising with internal stakeholders and deal teams on various legal and commercial issues. 
• Maintain contract / subcontract compliance in line with company policies and procedures and ensures issues are resolved. 

Responsibly works at smaller engagements and/or works within team at a large, complex engagement. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience at law firm and/or as in-house counsel and experience in coordinating teamwork (or as individual contributor). 
• Experience in M&A practice with strong knowledge of M&A transactions, due diligence exercises, general corporate business practices, commercial contracting regulations, subcontracting practices and ability to apply skills creatively to diverse stakeholder needs.  
• Demonstrates ability to consistently and responsibly undertake contract drafting to a reasonable standard. 
• Strong time-management, prioritization, organizational, problem solving skills. 
• Displays a high level of responsiveness and follows through on commitments. 
• Detail-oriented, sound judgement, organized, and flexible. 
• Demonstrates a specialized subject-matter experience. 

BEHAVIOURS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Open to work with and understand cross-cultures and locations throughout the Accenture global organization. 
• Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to Accenture.   
• Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/or sexuality. 
• Leader as well as team player, collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives.
• Identifies and suggests improved/innovative work processes or ways to improve client (internal and external) service.
• Suggests options for resolving issues and improving quality of work.
• Adapts to change quickly with an eagerness to try and learn new things, and maintains flexibility and resilience in changing situations.

WORK REQUIREMENTS:

• Travel may be required. 
• Fluency in English and/or any other language(s) depending on geography supported. 

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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