APi Group is a market-leading provider of safety, specialty, and industrial services in over 200 locations worldwide, primarily in North America. We have a winning culture driven by entrepreneurial business leaders to deliver innovative solutions for our customers. As a family of companies working together, we have the parts to make any project whole.    

At APi Group, the mission is clear: We Build Great Leaders.  We believe that everyone at APi is a Leader and one of our core pillars of success is our distinct leadership development culture. We provide internally developed, cross-functional development programs across our businesses. Our culture of investing in leadership development at all levels of the organization has created an empowered, entrepreneurial atmosphere that facilitates organizational sharing of knowledge and best practices and enables the development of cross-brand solutions and innovation.  

We are currently seeking a Counsel, Mergers & Acquisitions. In this role, you will drive successful acquisition activities to build long-term stockholder value, assist in securities law filings and compliance, and will perform other legal work as needed.

Responsibilities:  

• Work closely with the corporate development team to manage M&A transactions on tight deadlines. Drafting and editing M&A documentation through the deal lifecycle, including confidentiality agreements, term sheets, commitment letters, asset and stock purchase and sale agreements, loan agreements, security documentation, joint venture, and other transactional agreements. For small, less complex deals, this role would independently handle all or a majority of the transaction legal matters with some support from other internal legal team members.
• Leading the legal support for pre-transaction activities, including advising on deal strategy, process, impact, risk, cost, structure, antitrust, and other aspects relating to potential divestitures, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments and other transactions.
• Lead legal due diligence and legal post-closing integration related activities.
• Manage transaction legal processes and drive continuous process improvements. Develop standard procedures and forms useful for guiding and serving the clients in M&A matters.
• Provide counsel in the areas of capital markets transactions, including securities and debt offerings.
• Managing all areas related to the company’s securities laws matters and related compliance, including Securities Act and Exchange Act matters.
• Preparing and reviewing SEC filings, including registration statements, Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, proxy statements, including shareholder proposals and proxy solicitations, and Section 16 reporting, including Forms 3, 4 and 5.
• Assist in administration of corporate policies and procedures to ensure continuing compliance with SEC and NYSE rules and regulations and support other internal compliance functions.
• Provide legal advice and support with respect to subsidiary structure and legal entity management and related tax considerations.
• General legal advice in the areas of compliance, contracts, corporate governance, employment law and intellectual property as needed from time to time.

Qualifications: 

• J.D. from an accredited law school with exceptional academic credentials
• Licensed to practice law in Minnesota
• At least 3 years of experience, including training at a leading national law firm or comparable in-house experience as an M&A attorney, with additional experience in general corporate, securities, and corporate governance.

Competencies and Skills: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate to all levels of an organization;
• Good business acumen; ability to identify, assess, balance and manage risk;
• Impeccable integrity, good judgment, strong analytical skills, and creative and practical problem solving;
• Ability to build strong relationships and establish trust;
• Comfortable with ambiguity, uncertainty and reasonable risk;
• Ability to manage a diverse and complex workload;
• Ability to lead and influence others;
• Change agent able to be nimble and creative;
• Collaborative team player, valuing the contributions and participation of others;
• Ability to manage a large number and variety of mission-critical projects, and work independently; and
• Ability to work full-time and on-site at APi facilities, flexible and willing to work extended hours and travel when necessary.

APi Group provides competitive compensation and benefits that support the total well-being of you and your family, as well as providing formal learning and development opportunities to continue building great leaders.