Acquisitions Legal Counsel Associate Manager

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

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

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

• →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. 

• 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. 

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Law.

• 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.

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