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Vanguard · 2 months ago

Senior Counsel, Corporate & Strategic Transactions

Malvern, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

6+ years exp

Vanguard is a company focused on the long-term financial wellbeing of its clients. They are seeking a dynamic and experienced transactional attorney to provide legal guidance and manage a diverse portfolio of transactional work in a fast-paced environment.

FinanceFinancial Services

No H1B

Responsibilities

Demonstrated ability to advise and guide senior leaders across divisions, manage complex projects and multiple workstreams from end-to-end, while executing on details of transactions. Can be trusted to issue spot across domains and provide internal decisionmakers with the appropriate information to make decisions and escalate issues

Ability to quickly come up to speed with business, technical, legal, and regulatory issues in the asset management and financial services industry, including intermedial distribution models for investment products and services. Comfort with continuous learning to support a diverse body of evolving work, including novel transactions for Vanguard

Strong business judgment, analytical skills, and ability to communicate effectively and translate legal or technical concepts into clear and actionable language for audiences at different levels of organization

Comfort with drafting and negotiating a wide range of legal documents such as buy-side/sell-side NDAs, Term Sheets, LOIs, funding/purchase agreements, transaction agreements, vendor contracts, governance committee memos, and correspondence of legal significance

Effectively evaluate, leverage and direct outside counsel in a targeted manner, including reviewing and validating outside counsel findings, recommendations, and invoices

Participate in cross-disciplinary and cross-divisional working groups, special projects, and performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

CorporateCommercial lawDrafting legal documentsNegotiating transactionsFinancial services industryM&A transactionsAnalytical skillsBusiness judgmentQuick learnerCommunication skillsAdaptability

Required

Minimum of 6 years of experience in corporate and commercial law, with a focus on complex commercial, technology, cross-border, or M&A transactions

Proven ability to advise and influence senior leaders across business divisions

Quick learner with the ability to grasp business, technical, legal, and regulatory issues in the asset management and financial services industry

Willingness to continuously learn and adapt to support a broad and evolving range of transactions, including novel deal structures

Proficiency in drafting and negotiating a variety of legal documents, including NDAs, term sheets, LOIs, funding/purchase agreements, transaction agreements, vendor contracts, governance memos, and legal correspondence

Preferred

Prior exposure to in-house legal processes and the financial services industry is preferred

Venture capital experience and familiarity with company formation, venture fundraising, and NVCA model documents is a plus

Strong understanding of intermediary distribution models for investment products and services, including broker-dealer and RIA aggregator relationships, platform access, omnibus arrangements, and related compensation structures is a plus