Legal Counsel M&A

Job title:

Legal Counsel M&A

Company

AG Insurance

Job description

Your functionYou work on a wide variety of M&A transactions and other key transactions for the Group (including capital markets related projects) as part of a fast-paced international environment. Your responsibilities include among others:

• Being the SPOC on a day-to-day basis for legal management on a wide variety of international M&A transactions (acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, divestitures, spin-offs, etc.), as well as the ongoing support of our joint venture relationships across the Group.
• This includes the responsibility for legal work across all stages of the M&A process:

• initial structuring analysis;
• coordination of due diligence processes;
• input into governance papers and (non-)binding offer documents;
• coordinate with and steer our external advisors;
• negotiation of transaction documents;
• coordination of filings with applicable regulatory authorities as well as all signing and closing formalities,
• in close cooperation with other functions of the Group as well as the Group’s regions and operating companies.
• Work together with the Group Capital Markets and Treasury department on financial/treasury-related matters, e.g. capital increases, dividend distributions, issuance of various debt instruments, intra-group loan arrangements.
• Regular briefings to members of the Executive Committee on significant legal topics arising from various M&A transactions across the Group, including the preparation of succinct, high quality, and actionable legal advice to top-level management.
• Management of relevant external legal support, including:

• assisting with the identification and selection of external counsel and ensuring the most appropriate support is provided in the relevant jurisdictions;
• interacting daily with, and being the primary provider of instructions to, external law firms. This involves prioritizing Ageas’ needs by ensuring we receive legal advice and support in a timely, cost-efficient and targeted manner.
• Assessment of legal and compliance risks, irregularities, and/or gaps on M&A files, and guidance to internal Group functions and senior management in achieving viable solutions to such relevant legal issues.

Your profile

• You have obtained a Master of Laws degree with excellent academic results.
• You have a minimum of 6 years of transactional experience in a corporate M&A team in a reputable and internationally oriented law firm or equivalent in-house counsel experience. Capital markets experience is a plus.
• You are able to coordinate and combine a broad range of M&A and capital markets files where you steer our external advisors and keep a good oversight to protect Ageas’ interests.
• On top of outstanding transactional skills and legal expertise, you are interested in and enthusiastic to learn about insurance M&A, including in the exciting and challenging environment of emerging markets in Asia.
• You are interested in and capable of working within different cultural environments.
• You have strong analytical legal skills, you are capable of identifying legal issues relevant to the matter at hand and translating your legal analysis of such issues into clear and crisp business relevant advice.
• You are a team player who enjoys sharing knowledge and working together with peers and outside parties, while being able to function autonomously and to take on responsibilities.
• You are dynamic and creative, proactive, solution driven and pragmatic.
• You are a good communicator and coordinator.
• You have full professional proficiency in English.

We offer

• A fast-paced and challenging corporate environment where you can develop to your full potential in close collaboration with the team;
• A competitive salary extended with a broad range of benefits (including meal vouchers, eco vouchers, hospitalization, disability & group insurance, additional child benefit, mobile allowance and intervention in the internet reimbursement, …);
• The possibility to optimize part of your salary package through a flexible income plan;
• The opportunity to work from the headquarters of a BEL20 company in a dynamic function with a truly international scope and occasional business travel in the broad Ageas network
• A flat organizational structure with close collaboration and communication with management and across departments;
• You join over 200 enthusiastic colleagues at Corporate Centre from a diverse international background that you will get to know better during exciting Ageas events (such as our annual New Year party, the Ageas quarter triathlon, etc.)
• An extensive range of learning & development opportunities through our online learning platform as well as in-person learning opportunities;
• The possibility of (maximum 50%) home working;
• The opportunity to further develop yourself and to be part of a great team at a Top employer in Belgium. Find out more about it

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Expected salary

Location

België

Job date

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:44:41 GMT

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