Legal counsel (corporate M&A)

At Bending Spoons, we're striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers. A company where team members grow to their full potential. A company that functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency. A company that creates value for shareowners at an extraordinary rate. And a company that does so while adhering to high ethical standards.

To achieve this objective, we execute the following strategy: We acquire a digital business with untapped potential and make it as successful as we can by leveraging our platform-which comprises our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and company culture. Then, we invest the proceeds into making our platform more powerful, and into acquiring new businesses. Thus, our strategy sees us combine an investor's attention to capital allocation with the hands-on approach of an operator.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That's our promise to such a candidate.

Minimum Requirements

1. Reasoning ability: Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles, and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
2. Drive: You're extremely ambitious in everything you do-and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high-and rising-bar.
3. Team spirit: You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You're reliable, honest, and transparent.
4. Fluent English and Italian: You can read and write fluently both in English and in Italian.
5. Some experience: After obtaining a law degree, you practiced at a law firm or as in-house counsel in Italy for a period of time, in which you encountered some of the main challenges you'll face in the role.

Responsibilities

1. Support and advise our Accounting, Finance, & Legal team and our Business Acquisitions team on cross-border acquisitions, conducting due diligence, analyzing and drafting transaction documents, and following post-completion integrations.
2. Collaborate with our Finance team to manage debt and equity financing and investments, as well as equity plans and instruments.
3. Collaborate with outside counsel to assist with corporate reorganizations and governance matters in Italy and abroad.
4. Negotiate, draft, and review commercial contracts-including confidentiality, service, partnership, and technology agreements.
5. Seek out new opportunities to unlock value for the company and address business needs by staying up to date on all relevant legal and regulatory developments.