Senior Legal Counsel - M&A

This is a position that is held by a lawyer with strong Corporate/Merger & Acquisition skills and the ability to deliver business-oriented, effective and efficient legal services, project management, and strategic counseling on significant business or corporate matters or in a particular specialty practice area.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strong corporate/M&A attorney with the ability to provide practical, business-oriented, efficient legal advice and strategic counseling on significant transactions across Cencora’s global organization.
• Ability to independently manage domestic and international M&A and other strategic transactions from inception through closing and post-closing integration, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and minority investments.
• Hands-on experience drafting and negotiating confidentiality agreements, letters of intent/term sheets, definitive transaction agreements and ancillary documents.
• Significant experience leading and coordinating legal due diligence, identifying material legal risks and translating diligence findings into appropriately tailored transaction protections.
• Ability to partner effectively with Corporate Development and Strategy throughout the full deal lifecycle and work seamlessly with Finance, Tax, Treasury, Compliance, HR, IT and other Legal teams.
• Strong project-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple complex transactions and workstreams simultaneously, prioritize effectively and drive matters to completion on demanding timelines.
• Ability to manage and appropriately leverage outside counsel, including major law firms and local counsel in international transactions, while maintaining ownership of the transaction and controlling legal spend.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to make pragmatic, risk-calibrated recommendations that reflect both Cencora’s legal requirements and its business objectives.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills, with the credibility to interact effectively with senior business leaders and sophisticated counterparties.
• Ability to lead legal and business negotiations and operate effectively in situations involving complexity, ambiguity and changing priorities.
• Working knowledge of corporate law and relevant regulatory considerations, including antitrust/competition issues and regulatory approval processes.
• Experience developing and using M&A templates, playbooks and repeatable processes to improve consistency and efficiency across transactions.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, coupled with the ability to maintain a strategic, enterprise-level perspective.
• J.D. from an accredited law school and admission to a state bar.
• Significant corporate/M&A experience (7 years+) sufficient to handle sophisticated transactions with a high degree of independence.
• Healthcare industry experience is helpful, but not required.

Experience and Educational Requirements:

Must have a minimum of 4 to 8 years of experience as a lawyer combined with expertise in one or more specialty areas of legal practice (e.g., litigation, antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, contracts and commercial law, securities law, privacy law, health law, technology law, or employment and labor law). The lawyer in this role should have sufficient expertise in those areas of legal practice that are necessary to provide legal counsel effectively to his or her clients. Law Degree - must be a graduate of an accredited law school and admitted into the state bar.

The lawyer in this role is comparable to a senior associate or counsel in a law firm and is a lawyer who can do sophisticated work as an individual contributor (with minimal guidance and oversight from his or her manager in most instances) and/or supervise and project manage other individual legal professionals to do the work.

Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Ability Requirements:

• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and legal procedures
• Working knowledge of corporate law including SEC regulations and document preparation, litigation, anti-trust laws, nuisance law, court and regulatory agency (FTC and FDA) procedures, and contract negotiation and preparation
• The lawyer in this role has the expertise and background to be comfortable supervising outside lawyers engaged to work on matters for Cencora, including outside lawyers from law firms used by Cencora for assignments in the lawyer’s area of practice for Cencora.
• In this role, the lawyer is expected to build knowledge of ABC’s businesses and industry policies and practices.
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent judgment and ability to resolve complex issues effectively
• Strong negotiating skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
• Ability to follow and interpret legal trends
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

*This Salary Range reflects a National Average for this job. The actual range may vary based on your locale. Ranges in Colorado/California/Washington/New York/Hawaii/Vermont/Minnesota/Massachusetts/Illinois State-specific locations may be up to 10% lower than the minimum salary range, and 12% higher than the maximum salary range.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

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About Us

Cencora is a leading global pharmaceutical solutions company that is committed to improving the lives of people and animals everywhere. We connect manufacturers, providers, and patients to ensure that anyone can get the therapies they need, where and when they need them.

We’re a purpose-driven organization, where all of our team members around the world are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures. We work together every day to help our partners bring their innovations to patients worldwide, creating unparalleled access and impact at the center of health.

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