Director, Global M&A Legal

<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 M&amp;A lawyer to join our expanding Legal team. You will lead a broad range of corporate and transactional matters and provide effective, business-focused legal advice to stakeholders throughout Lyft.</p> <p>Our legal work is cutting edge and always evolving. Reporting into the VP, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate &amp; Commercial, we are looking for an entrepreneurial, resourceful, and highly collaborative leader who can continuously assess and advise on legal issues using a creative and pragmatic approach.&nbsp;</p> <h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Lead 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, subsidiary management and other strategic corporate projects.</li> <li>Manage and mentor a high-performing in-house team of M&amp;A legal professionals, fostering a culture of growth and execution excellence.</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, opportunities and risks of corporate transactions.</li> <li>Draft and negotiate NDAs, LOIs/term sheets and definitive transaction agreements.</li> <li>Shape, scale and improve our legal processes/playbooks 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>10+ 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 and in-house experience at a public company are both required.</li> <li>Degree from top-tier law school. Member of the California bar (or Registered In-House Counsel) in good standing.&nbsp;</li> <li>Rock solid foundation working on corporate and securities matters; must have experience with the strategy, negotiation and process management 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; experience in cross-border M&amp;A and integration strategy and process are required.</li> <li>Demonstrated success in leading, managing, and developing an in-house M&am