Mergers & Acquisition Legal Counsel (m/f), Toulouse

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Tasks

• Taking a day-to-day lead in managing the legal aspects of the transaction
• Co-ordinating the input of outside counsel with the internal members of the project team e.g. M&A department, tax, finance HR, compliance, export control, insurance, real estate and relevant business stakeholders,
• Drafting preliminary agreements and draft or supervise the drafting of transaction documents by outside counsel,
• Co-ordinating with and support where necessary other members of the legal department, especially with the antitrust team
• Monitoring compliance with relevant laws and regulations
• Being prepared to assist and support in the provision of legal advice generally
• Handling special assignments, and Being an active member of the M&A Legal Practice Area.
• This role will involve frequent travel (at least 2/3 per months) for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.

Required skills

• Educated to a Master's degree level (or equivalent) in Common / Anglo-Saxon Law and Corporate Law,
• At least 5 years' international M&A experience as a practicing lawyer in international firms,
• Ability to interface and communicate well with the transaction team, including internal operational and management staff as well as outside counsel, bankers and consultants,
• Prior experience must evidence a hands-on, practical, business-oriented approach,
• Demonstrating appropriate level of initiative, credibility and self-confidence including in new jurisdictions and uncertain environments, whilst nevertheless maintaining an effective reporting channel within the department,
• Providing top-level guidance to senior Airbus executives in an understandable way, often in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment,
• Ability to quickly earn the respect of senior management in order to be credible and effective in this complex and constantly-developing business,
• Reactivity, creativity, result and team oriented and able to work in an international, multi-cultural, fast-moving and complex/technical environment,
• A negotiation level in English is mandatory,
• Any other Airbus languages such as French, German or Spanish would be an asset.