VP Legal, Strategic Transactions
Leads legal strategy and execution for Cerebras’s M&A, investments, financing, asset, infrastructure, and real estate transactions. The role requires 12–18 years of complex corporate transactions experience, a J.D., bar admission, and both law firm and in-house experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end legal strategy and execution for corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, asset acquisitions, data center procurement and financing, and real estate transactions.
- Drive corporate organization and structuring, including foreign expansion, to support acquisition activity.
- Manage outside counsel relationships.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to manage interdependencies and risk across customer and vendor relationships.
Requirements
- 12–18 years of direct experience with M&A, strategic investments, equity and debt transactions, asset purchases, and other complex corporate transactions.
- Demonstrated experience quarterbacking sophisticated, high-complexity, cross-functional deals.
- Ability to learn and handle real estate and data center transactions.
- Ability to distill complex legal issues into plain English and translate technical concepts into legal agreements.
- Fluency with due diligence, regulatory issues, and dispute resolution.
- Strong ability to learn new practice areas and work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) and bar admission required.
- Experience spanning leading law firms and in-house legal teams required.
Compensation
- Compensation includes a bonus and significant equity. The compensation range depends on the candidate’s experience.
Skills
Mergers And Acquisitions, Strategic Investments, Equity Transactions, Debt Transactions, Asset Acquisitions, Real Estate Transactions, Due Diligence, Regulatory Compliance, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Structuring, Data Center Financing, Juris Doctor
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