Description
Flagship Pioneering is seeking a highly motivated Transactions Counsel to join our growing Transactions team.
The Transactions Counsel will have the following responsibilities and opportunities:
- Partner with internal stakeholders and outside counsel on a wide range of transactions and corporate matters, including venture financings, capital markets, and M&A transactions, general corporate governance and equity issuances.
- Provide legal counsel and support for cutting-edge high growth companies in the Flagship Enterprise.
- Work on all aspects of financing and corporate governance matters with Flagship’s 40+ public and private companies.
- Review, prepare, and negotiate a range of financing and governance documents that include term sheets, financing documents, board and stockholder consents.
- Conduct legal research for senior corporate attorneys.
- Provide guidance to Flagship’s internal finance team and portfolio company teams regarding corporate governance matters, internal policies and general best practices.
- Assist in compliance matters as well as standardizing processes and maintaining forms for the legal group.
- Manage teams of external counsel to drive a high volume of deals to closure.
- Develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, as well as external counsel and portfolio company teams.
Key Qualifications:
- JD degree required and admission to practice law in Massachusetts or another state bar in the United States; outstanding academic credentials.
- 3-5 years of relevant experience, preferably in the corporate department of a nationally recognized law firm.
- Strong understanding of equity financing, equity awards and stock incentive plans and corporate governance.
- General experience both working in teams and in managing substantial components of transactions independently.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tight deadlines in a frequently high-paced and high-volume environment with competing demands.
- Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment on compressed timeframes and with constant change.
- Extensive experience in and comfortable with independently driving deals to closure and managing others to meet mandated timelines.
- Extensive client contact experience and the highest caliber of professionalism and client management skills.
- Effective in understanding strategic goals, prioritizing key issues, and finding pragmatic solutions to these issues for a wide range of transactions.
- Excellent written and sophisticated verbal communication skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively as a strong team player (a roll up the sleeves attitude is required), with the ability to develop important relationships at all levels.
- Strong attention to detail, emotional intelligence, nimble, perseverance, unflappable, humble, adaptable, and nimble with a strong sense of urgency and commitment to execution.
The salary range for this role is $128,000 - $235,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Flagship Pioneering currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits.