Associate (Mid-Level)

The role

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton seeks a mid-level Associate for its M&A practice in New York. This role involves managing workstreams on M&A transactions, drafting and negotiating documents, and advising clients on corporate law matters, requiring 2 years of relevant experience.

What you'll do

• Manage assigned workstreams on public and private company mergers and acquisitions under partner and senior associate supervision
• Draft, revise, and negotiate substantive transaction documents, including key governance agreements, transitional and post-closing agreements, and discrete sections of principal transaction documents
• Provide execution support for transaction signings and closings for sophisticated public and private company M&A deals by assisting senior team members with the preparation of execution materials and completing post-closing follow-up tasks
• Assist with coordination among internal firm teams, including tax, employee benefits, real estate, and intellectual property groups, in connection with corporate transactions, under supervision
• Draft and review ancillary transactional documents, including signing and closing documents for public and private company mergers and acquisitions, legal memoranda and opinion letters
• Assist in representing clients in a variety of corporate transactions and negotiating effectively with the counterparty in challenging situations
• Advise clients on corporate law issues and assist with corporate governance and other general corporate matters
• Review corporate governance documents and commercial contracts, including customer contracts, credit agreements and leases, assist with diligence calls, drafting due diligence memoranda and presentation, and provide clients with periodic diligence updates

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