Principal M&A and Corporate Legal Counsel

Cloud Software Group combines the capabilities of both Citrix and TIBCO, creating one of the world's largest cloud software providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud solutions to get work done - from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value diverse lived experiences, varied perspectives, and having the courage to take risks. Our teams are encouraged to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap - a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.

About This Team

The growing M&A and Corporate Legal team at Cloud Software Group is responsible for the company's M&A, deal-related financing, divestitures, post-acquisition integration and transition services. In addition, this group is responsible for general corporate matters, including corporate governance, legal support for bank debt and capital markets financing, as well as global subsidiary management.

Job Description

This role is for a seasoned attorney with a broad array of experience across all areas of corporate law and M&A. This role will have broad exposure to a variety of legal matters and will be a trusted strategic advisor working closely across our corporate functions, from corporate strategy, corporate development, finance, tax and other legal stakeholders.

There will be significant opportunity to impact and guide our legal processes and strategic objectives, and in addition to executing on our significant transactional work, will have a key role in building out and improving our existing legal processes across the entire scope of the group's areas of responsibility.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leading strategic transactions, advising on transaction structuring, coordinating due diligence efforts, negotiating transaction agreements and ancillary documents, overseeing and managing outside counsel and assisting with financing and integration matters;

• Working closely as a trusted strategic partner with key stakeholders through the entirety of a transaction, managing deal related risks, refining deal strategy, post-acquisition integration progress and other high priority tasks;

• Driving continuous improvements and scalability in deal processes and execution, including developing internal M&A and divestment playbooks;

• Assist in overseeing the management of Cloud Software Group's subsidiaries, including the corporate secretarial function for those subsidiaries, legal entity rationalization and maintaining effective delegations of authority and authorized signatories documentation

• Assist with general corporate matters, including corporate governance, Board of Directors support and bank debt and capital markets financing; and

• Manage legal budgets, including outside counsel fees and expenses related to all corporate matters.

Required Experience/Skills

• Significant corporate law and M&A experience (i.e., 6+ years) at a well regarded law firm (in-house experience a plus).

• Significant experience working with technology companies.

• Breadth of corporate law experience across governance, financing matters and everything in between.

Additional skills

• Unquestioned integrity, credibility and excellent (and practical) judgment.

• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

• Comfortable challenging and being challenged.

• Ability to forge close working relationships throughout the company and with external stakeholders, including sponsor representatives, outside counsel and other professional advisors.

• High level of intellectual, professional and interpersonal agility and flexibility combined with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Attention to detail and strong project management skills.

• Strong business acumen, entrepreneurial work ethic as well as a strategic and innovative mindset and good judgment.

Education

• JD or equivalent from a top tier law school

• Currently qualified and admitted to practice law in CA, FL or other jurisdictions in the United States

About Us:

Cloud Software Group is one of the world's largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done - from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.

Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.

If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any part of the application process, please email us at AskHR@cloud.com for assistance.