Senior Corporate M&a Lawyer

Référence de l’offre
240009AU

Type de contrat
CDI

Niveau d'expérience
Expérimentés

Société du groupeGIE AXA

Famille métierJuridique, audit et conformité

Localisation
PUTEAUX, Hauts-de-Seine

**Votre rôle et vos missions**:
**ABOUT AXA**

Whatever their stage of life, we provide over 108 million customers with the products and services they need to progress. From insurance to personal protection, and savings to wealth management, no matter the need we’re always there for them. And we’re always there for our employees. In 50 countries, we work hard to inspire pride and a sense of belonging in our people. To provide opportunities that challenge them, inspire them, and reward them. And to create a culture that’s open, supportive, and empowering. Because we know that’s the real secret to success - and the best way for us to keep building a better world for both our customers and the talented people who put them first.

**Your work environment**:
**Within the Group, you will join the Group Legal department.** The Group Legal team is a small team made up of highly qualified lawyers many of whom have international backgrounds. The Group General Counsel heads the team and is a member of the AXA Executive Committee and the AXA SA Board. The Group Legal team won the Financial Times Sustainability and ESG 2021 Award, the Trophée du Droit Insurance and Bank In house team award 2020 and Transaction of the Year Award 2018 for its work on the XL public takeover (€12.4billion) and the IPO of AXA’s US life company, AXA Equitable, which was the largest US IPO in 2018. Within this Department, **you will be part of the Group M&A legal team.**

**Your job and daily missions**:
**JOB PURPOSE**

This role will involve working on major international and transversal projects, partnerships and reorganisations, including M&A, corporate, regulatory matters and new technologies, as part of the AXA Group’s Unlock the Future Strategy. The role involves working in close collaboration with the Group’s specialist corporate finance team and other group departments such as tax, HR, risk and investor relations.

**DIMENSION**

AXA’s M&A projects are international covering: buying or selling companies/businesses, either as private negotiated deals or public takeovers; initial public offers for sales via listing on stock exchanges; establishing major long-term partnerships and joint ventures; and major distribution deals with upfront capital commitments. The Group M&A team executes any deals over €20 million value, with oversight of delegated deals to local teams below that value. Recent work includes the proposed c. €5 billion sale of AXA Investment Management to BNP Paribas and the acquisition of the Italian insurer, Gruppo Nobis. The team also works on strategic internal reorganisations such as the transformation of AXA SA into an internal reinsurer.

**CONTEXT AND MAJOR CHALLENGES**

The role involves advising AXA Group senior management and ultimately the AXA SA Board on evolving strategic and sensitive issues in a high-pressure, time-critical environment. Trustworthiness is key due to dealing with confidential and price sensitive information on a regular basis. No deal has a “tick-a-box” approach for legal risks, terms or documentation and deals are multijurisdictional involving deal partners and law firms across the world. The role requires agility to become expert and advise on new topics quickly on a regular basis in a fast-evolving highly complex, highly regulated international context.

The role can involve international travel, often with short notice.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES***

The role reports directly to the Group Legal Head of M&A who in turn reports into the Group General Counsel.

Key advisor on M&A transactions, internal reorganisations, integrations, and other strategic projects.
- Requires considerable judgement on significant and sensitive issues, such as execution risk and potential post-deal liability, with escalation on key legal and reputational risks up to the Head of M&A Legal, Group General Counsel, the Group CFO, the Deputy CEOs, the Group Management Committee and ultimately up to the AXA Board.
- Preparing and participating in internal governance, including being the legal representative on deal Steering Committees composed of the Deputy CEO(s) and the Group CFO and preparing presentations and memos for these committees, the Board and Board Committees (as well as those for operating subsidiaries).

Transaction Management.
- Ensuring smooth co-ordination with the internal AXA teams (corporate development, DCFG, PBRC, communications, investor relations, HR, tax) and local operating entity CEO/CFO/GC, plus external advisors (external counsel, bankers, accountants, actuaries) and their respective teams.
- External Counsel Selection: choosing external legal counsel, negotiating fee structure, and monitoring fees, ensuring timely delivery of services.
- Ensuring that the st