Legal Counsel, Corporate Development and Finance

With Aptiv's newly opened Schaffhausen, Switzerland office, you'll be one of 200,000 sharpest minds generating over $17 billion in revenue each year across 48 countries. Through our deep domain expertise, we enable customers to transition to software-defined vehicles with electrified and intelligently connected architectures. Join us as one of our founding members in Switzerland and provide the strategy, service & support our colleagues need as we strive to make our planet safer, greener, and more connected.

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Position Summary

As Legal Counsel Corporate Development & Finance, you will report directly to the Vice President, Chief Corporate Development & Finance Counsel. You will support proactively the company's Treasury Group & integrate newly acquired companies into the group.

Your Role :

Corporate Development

• Provide advice and counsel to corporate development, technology, and business teams globally on a broad range of corporate development matters, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, and licensing transactions.
• Review, draft, and negotiate LOIs, NDAs, and other standard corporate development documents.
• Partner with the corporate development team and key stakeholders to structure, negotiate, and execute strategic transactions.
• Provide legal support and analysis on M&A transactions.
• Manage outside counsel.
• Track post-closing legal obligations and requirements in connection with completed strategic transactions.
• Provide integration support on acquisitions from an enterprise risk and compliance standpoint and ongoing support for key joint venture relationships.

Finance and Treasury

• Partner with the treasury team and key stakeholders to structure and execute financings and other debt and equity capital markets or liability management transactions.
• Assist with banking engagements and relationship management, including account documentation requirements and the establishment of credit or working capital facilities, guarantees, and loans.
• Provide support on risk mitigation strategies, including foreign exchange and commodity hedging programs and insurance claims and renewals.

Qualifications

• Experience in a law firm or multinational company.
• Qualified to practice as an attorney in Switzerland.
• Experience advising multinational organizations on complex global matters and transactions.
• Sophisticated law firm experience.
• Experience working in a corporate legal environment with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Ability to handle complex legal matters, identify solutions, and mitigate risks while achieving business objectives.
• Ability to work independently and lead projects within a global team managing international transactions in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with “cutting edge” technology matters.
• Strong communication skills in German and English.

Our Offer

You can grow at Aptiv. We provide an inclusive work environment where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or beliefs.

You can have an impact. Safety is a core Aptiv value; we aim for Zero fatalities, Zero injuries, Zero accidents.

You have support. We ensure you have the resources and support needed for your family and your physical and mental health.