Assistant General Counsel - APAC M&A

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Overview

Micron’s Legal Department is seeking an Assistant General Counsel – APAC M&A based in Singapore to support our Corporate Legal Team. This candidate is expected to provide high quality and timely transactional legal support to Micron’s Corporate Development Team and other business units in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, joint ventures, and major capital investments. This candidate will work closely with subject matter experts across the APAC region. The Assistant General Counsel – APAC M&A will also support entity management matters.  

Work Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate agreements related to mergers and acquisitions, asset and share purchases/sales and ancillary documentation, including transition services agreements, consulting and employment agreements, tax matters agreements, IP license agreements, etc.
• Provide legal guidance related to the entire life cycle of deals, starting from planning, negotiation, execution, and post execution regulatory and integration support across the APAC region.
• Direct and manage outside counsel, and control legal spend. 
• Collaborate with subject matter experts on data privacy, intellectual property, regulatory matters, tax, public policy, security, finance, sales, procurement, and other internal and external stakeholders to ensure transactions are consistent with corporate strategy and policies.
• Assist and support other internal departments such as HR, finance, accounting, tax, operations, and investor relations on legal matters, as needed.
• Identify and implement AI-enabled tools and workflows to streamline deal diligence, contract review and drafting, and transaction management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Law degree (L.L.B., J.D. or equivalent) from a top-tier, internationally recognized law school.
• Six or more years of related experience at a law firm or in a corporate law department.
• “First-chair”-level experience leading M&A and other significant transactions.
• Well-versed in explaining legal issues to business partners and other non-lawyers and offering practical legal and commercial advice.
• Outstanding legal drafting and negotiation skills.
• Confidence to share and propose ideas on legal issues to both internal stakeholders and external counsel/consultants.
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written.
• Cross-border M&A experience.
• Experience working for a multinational corporation is a plus.

Required Personal Attributes

• Ability to forge strong and effective working relationships across a variety of stakeholder groups.
• Ability to work well autonomously, under pressure, balanced with willingness to contribute effectively to a team environment and to deal with multiple tasks at the same time with a highly analytical and curious mind.
• Flexibility to work in the locations and at times needed to support Micron’s worldwide operations, which will likely involve work in the evenings or on the weekends.
• Possess a keen problem-solving approach that benefits Micron’s business needs.

If you meet these criteria and are ready to take on new challenges with us, we encourage you to apply and become an integral part of our dynamic legal department supporting Micron’s worldwide organization.

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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