Sr. Counsel, Corporate

Description:

Overview:
The Leading Manufacturer of Fresh Food and Beverage Packaging Company is a leading manufacturer and distributor of fresh foodservice and food merchandising products and fresh beverage cartons in North America and certain international markets. It supplies its products to a broad and diversified mix of companies, including full service restaurants and quick service restaurants, foodservice distributors, supermarkets, grocery and healthy eating retailers, other food stores, food and beverage producers, food packers and food processors. To learn more about the company, please go to the company website at The Leading Manufacturer of Fresh Food and Beverage Packaging Company.

All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines and applicable laws.

Responsibilities:
This position is for The Leading Manufacturer of Fresh Food and Beverage Packaging Company.

Position Information:
The Leading Manufacturer of Fresh Food and Beverage Packaging Company is seeking a corporate transactional and securities attorney with 5-7 years of experience for the position of Senior Counsel, Corporate. Reporting to the Chief Counsel for Securities and Transactions & Assistant Corporate Secretary, this person can be located anywhere in the U.S. The Counsel will be a true business partner, having a meaningful impact on the organization by supplying sound business advice, excellent negotiation skills, and well-informed advice on corporate transactional and securities matters.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other strategic transactions, including term sheets, due diligence, preparation of transaction agreements, and closing process;
• Providing legal counsel on securities law compliance and SEC reporting, including periodic reporting, disclosure controls and procedures and executive officer SOX certifications;
• Supporting debt and equity financing transactions, including legal management of credit facilities, term loans and equity offerings;
• Working with HR and benefits teams on employee equity plans and executive compensation matters;
• Advising investor relations, corporate communications and corporate financial reporting functions on disclosure and securities matters, including in connection with press releases, investor presentations and management presentations;
• Counsel on internal corporate governance and subsidiary matters, including parent and subsidiary corporate records, creation and dissolution of corporate entities, and corporate authority questions;
• Experience successfully working in a highly collaborative manner across of a variety of business functions and geographies; and
• Assisting where needed on other legal matters from time to time, as appropriate.

Qualifications:
Qualifications & Skills:

• JD, training at a top national law firm and member of a state bar;
• 5-7 years of experience gained at a law firm;
• Significant experience advising on M&A transactions and public company reporting matters;
• Experience with corporate finance and corporate governance preferred;
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced, changing environment and to balance multiple, concurrent projects;
• Sound and practical business judgment and the ability to provide business-oriented, practical legal advice;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; and
• Ability to effectively manage and/or oversee outside

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