Associate Counsel, Corporate

<p>At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.</p> <p>Lyft is hiring an experienced, talented and energetic Corporate attorney to join our expanding Legal team. You will work on a broad range of corporate, transactional and securities matters and provide effective, business-focused legal advice to stakeholders throughout Lyft on a daily basis.</p> <p>Our legal work is cutting edge and always evolving so it will be up to you to continuously assess and advise on legal issues using a creative and pragmatic approach. The successful candidate will be an entrepreneurial and resourceful self-starter, comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and excellent at building strong relationships.&nbsp;</p> <h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Serve as a key driver of a wide range of corporate initiatives, including complex M&amp;A and integrations, divestitures, strategic investments, joint ventures, domestic and international corporate structuring, capital markets transactions, financing matters, equity matters, subsidiary management and other strategic corporate projects.</li> <li>Partner closely with Lyft’s Corporate Development team and Treasury team as well as advise company leadership and cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. people, accounting, tax, treasury, operations, etc.) on novel corporate legal issues and risks of corporate transactions.</li> <li>Responsible for drafting and negotiating NDAs, LOIs/term sheets and definitive transaction agreements as well as driving diligence processes.</li> <li>Shape and improve our legal processes that enable both legal and business functions to scale effectively.</li> <li>Assist other teams with projects on an as-needed basis.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Experience:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>4+ years of experience practicing corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on M&amp;A and strategic transactions; experience at a top-tier law firm required; in-house experience at a public company is a strong plus.</li> <li>Degree from top-tier law school.</li> <li>Active and in good standing with a State Bar (California preferred) and, if not a member of the California State Bar, eligible to practice as Registered In-House Counsel in California.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Rock solid foundation working on corporate and securities matters; must have experience with the negotiation, process management and strategy underpinning complex buy and sell side M&amp;A and related transactions (mergers, asset purchases, spinouts, JVs, partnerships and acqui-hires) as well as financing transactions; cross-border M&amp;A experience a plus.</li> <li>Ex