M&A Financial Lawyer (F/W)

Natixis; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking in Paris seeks an M&A lawyer to join the Capital Markets department of Natixis' Legal Department. You will oversee structuring, due diligences, and transactional documentation for acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, and restructurings, in collaboration with finance, strategy and operations teams.

Based in Paris with the option to work from home, you will monitor regulatory and governance aspects, manage post-closing actions, and contribute to improving

Qualifications

• Master 2 in business, corporate or financial law (double degree preferred).
• At least 6 years of experience in legal functions or as M&A lawyer in a firm, investment bank, or fund.
• Proficient in drafting and negotiating complex transactional documents.
• Experience in M&A and private equity operations.
• Knowledge of corporate and financial law; English law experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Structure operations in M&A, disposals, joint ventures, and restructurings.
• Lead or contribute to legal due diligences; assess risks and advise management.
• Draft and negotiate transactional documents with internal and external counsel.
• Monitor regulatory and governance aspects; assist governance team.
• Ensure post-closing monitoring and handle disputes related to declarations and guarantees.
• Improve templates and internal procedures; raise awareness of legal issues.

Skills

Drafting docs

M&A

Private Equity

Corporate Law

Anglo-Saxon Law

Education

Master 2 in law

Double degree preferred

Job description

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking is a leading global financial institution that provides advisory, investment banking, financing, corporate banking and capital markets services to corporations, financial institutions, financial sponsors and sovereign and supranational organizations worldwide.

Our teams of experts in close to 30 countries advise clients on their strategic development, helping them to grow and transform their businesses, and maximize their positive impact. Natixis CIB is committed to aligning its financing portfolio with a carbon neutrality path by 2050 while helping its clients reduce the environmental impact of their business.

As part of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France through the Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne retail networks, Natixis CIB benefits from the Group’s financial strength and solid financial ratings (Standard & Poor's: A+, Moody's: A2, Fitch Ratings: A+,R&I: A+).

Job Description

As an M&A lawyer, you will join the Capital Markets department of Natixis' Legal Department, which is responsible for mergers, acquisitions, disposals, equity investments and joint ventures, in close contact with the finance, strategy and operational teams.

On a daily basis, your tasks are to:

• Participate in the structuring of operations (acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, intra-group restructurings), by proposing the most suitable legal arrangements based on business, financial, and tax issues, in conjunction with internal teams and external advice;

• Lead or contribute to legal due diligences on targets (company law, contracts, regulations, litigation, etc.), analyze identified risks and make recommendations for management and project teams;

• Draft, analyze, and negotiate, as needed, in conjunction with internal teams and external counsel, all transactional documentation (letters of intent, memoranda of understanding, transfer contracts, shareholders' agreements, asset and liability guarantee agreements, price adjustment clauses, confidentiality agreements, etc.), ensuring the protection of Natixis' interests;

• Monitor the regulatory and governance aspects related to operations (merger control, stock market law, sector-specific regulation, authorizations from supervisory authorities, internal validation processes), and contribute to the Governance team on the associated social and corporate documentation (convocations, resolutions, minutes, legal formalities);

• Ensure post-closing monitoring of operations (implementation of guarantees, post-closing conditions, commitments by the parties, handling any disputes related to declarations and guarantees);

• Ensure legal and practical monitoring of M&A (legislative developments, case law, market practices), contribute to the improvement of document templates and internal procedures, and participate in raising team awareness of the legal issues involved in transactions.

Reporting directly to the head of the Capital Markets department in Natixis' Legal Department, you work closely with its transaction teams. In a strong partnership dynamic, you actively collaborate on a daily basis with the M&A team of BPCE’s Legal Department, thus promoting an integrated and seamless approach within the Group.

You work in a demanding and international environment, within a community of experts who place excellence, impact of operations and collective action at the heart of everything they undertake.

This position is based in Paris with the possibility to work from home.

We place our employees at the center of our attention. Internal mobility, career development and training programs allow you to grow and flourish throughout your journey.

You work in a hybrid, inclusive and collaborative working environment.

You also have the opportunity to engage in favor of society and causes that are important to you through our corporate foundation.

Required Skills/Qualifications/Experience

About you: If this is your description, you are made to work with us!

Higher education in business, corporate or financial law (minimum Master 2), ideally complemented by a double degree, you have 6 years of experience in legal functions or lawyer specialized in mergers and acquisitions, private equity or corporate (in a firm, investment bank or fund).

You master:

• Drafting and negotiating complex transactional documents;
• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity operations;
• Corporate and financial law;
• The practice of English law or legal documentation under Anglo‑Saxon law (a plus).

You have excellent interpersonal skills, a very good ability to listen; you are:

• Rigorous and responsive;
• Proactive and endowed with a great sense of initiative;
• Curious and you like to discover new subjects.

You are proficient in English with a C1 level.