Corporate M&A Associate Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

Description : Overview

Founded in 1965, Messerli Kramer is a top-20 law firm in Minnesota, with offices in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Plymouth, Minnesota. We have a well- earned reputation within the business community of providing sound, reasoned and comprehensive legal advice. With an emphasis on building lasting relationships with our clients, our professionals take the time to listen and understand their legal issues within the larger framework of their business as a whole. Known for our dedication and responsiveness, our attorneys and staff are focused on finding pragmatic solutions and producing remarkable results for our clients.

Messerli Kramer serves individuals and businesses through three unique, yet complementary divisions. In Minneapolis, we represent a variety of clients across a series of practice groups : Banking and Finance, Business Litigation, Corporate and Estate Planning, Commercial Real Estate and Family Law. This Corporate Associate position will be housed in our renowned Corporate and M&A group.

Position Details

We are looking for an experienced transactional attorney with corporate experience to join our established and growing practice. This individual will manage a range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, succession planning and general corporate advice and counsel. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in all aspects of corporate transactions and the ability to lead and manage projects and negotiate deal terms.

Requirements : Requirements

• Five plus years of transactional experience with corporate mergers and acquisitions as a licensed attorney.
• Ability to handle heavy transactional deal volume and collaboration within the corporate team.
• Must have strong legal writing skills, analytical and ability to build relationships.
• Experience with a wide range of corporate transactions, including direct experience in the past several years with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, and business structuring.
• Formation and operation of Minnesota, Delaware (and other state) corporations and limited liability companies
• Counseling new companies regarding choice of entity
• Mergers, acquisitions and dispositions
• Private placements, Regulations D offerings, and Federal and state securities law compliance and filings
• Implementation of equity incentive plans including stock options and restricted stock
• Drafting board and stockholder resolutions for various corporate actions
• Counseling directors and executive officers of corporate entities
• Structuring equity allocations to founders and employees of startup companies
• Seed and venture capital financing transactions
• Drafting NDAs, MSAs, Terms of Use, employment agreements, shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements and other general corporate agreements
• Basic familiarity with recurring tax, employment and intellectual property issues