Corporate M&A Legal Counsel (H/F)

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

To meet our challenges, we are looking for our next Corporate M&A Legal Counsel (H/F) within the The Corporate-M&A Legal team! This position will be located in La Madeleine (near Lille).

The Corporate-M&A Legal function is at the crossroads of multiple disciplines in every project or transaction, constantly interacting and coordinating with Business, Strategy, Finance, Tax and HR in all jurisdictions across the Group.

Mission:

• Provide internal legal advice and support on M&A projects (including venture capital) and various corporate matters such as reorganizations, carve-out, domestic and cross-border corporate transactions, governance.
• Provide legal support to the business teams across the Group and the various jurisdictions in Corporate and M&A matters.

You will be responsible for:

• Key Accountabilities:
• Deliver effective and business-oriented legal advice.
• Improve internal legal corporate organization and Group standards.
• "Grease the wheels" in complex multi-jurisdictional and cross-practice projects to ensure efficiency, progress and remove legal obstacles.

• The Functional Competencies:
• Comfortable with working in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional and multi-cultural teams.
• Contributor to continuous improvement in providing legal support to the Global Business.
• Proactive engagement and relationship building with colleagues in the Legal Group.
• Fine balance between shielding the Group from legal risks and supporting business endeavors.

What will we love about you?

First of all, you are open-minded, to understand and adapt to different cultures in the Group, and have an engaging character who is interested in understanding the Group strategy.

You are also organized and diligent. You are creative and innovative.

You are self-motivated to reach out across, and collaborate with, the business functions and support colleagues.

Additionally, you have the ability to embrace technology and digital tools to improve efficiency.

But also:

• You hold a Master's degree in Business Law; Bar exam is a plus.
• You have M&A technical skills: management and coordination of international M&A process, drafting, review and negotiation of M&A transactional documents (e.g. SPA, SHA, TSA), good insights in other legal matters involved in M&A transactions (e.g. Tax, Employment).
• You have corporate technical skills: company law, governance, internal reorganization and carve-out.
• You have expertise in both Corporate and M&A matters with a strong multi-jurisdictional component.
• And as we are an international company, you are fluent in English.

What will you love about us?

• Opportunities to learn and develop in an entrepreneurial environment that encourages innovation.
• Our internal mobility policy.
• Benefits such as: RTT, Time Savings Account, Incentives.
• The possibility of combining professional and personal life through telecommuting and organizational flexibility.

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together!

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

To find out more about our products, values and sustainable development ambitions visit us at www.roquette.com and at www.sustainability.roquette.com.