Director, Global M&A Legal

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About the role

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. Lyft is hiring an experienced, talented and energetic M&A lawyer to join our expanding Legal team. You will lead a broad range of corporate and transactional matters and provide effective, business-focused legal advice to stakeholders throughout Lyft. Our legal work is cutting edge and always evolving. Reporting into the VP, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate & Commercial, we are looking for an entrepreneurial, resourceful, and highly collaborative leader who can continuously assess and advise on legal issues using a creative and pragmatic approach. Responsibilities: • Lead a wide range of corporate initiatives, including complex M&A and integrations, divestitures, strategic investments, joint ventures, domestic and international corporate structuring, capital markets transactions, financing matters, subsidiary management and other strategic corporate projects. • Manage and mentor a high-performing in-house team of M&A legal professionals, fostering a culture of growth and execution excellence. • Partner closely with Lyft’s Corporate Development team and Treasury team as well as advise company leadership and cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. people, accounting, tax, treasury, operations, etc.) on novel corporate legal issues, opportunities and risks of corporate transactions. • Draft and negotiate NDAs, LOIs/term sheets and definitive transaction agreements. • Shape, scale and improve our legal processes/playbooks that enable both legal and business functions to scale effectively. • Assist other teams with projects on an as-needed basis. Experience: • 10+ years of experience practicing corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on M&A and strategic transactions; experience at a top-tier law firm and in-house experience at a public company are both required. • Degree from top-tier law school. Member of the California bar (or Registered In-House Counsel) in good standing. • Rock solid foundation working on corporate and securities matters; must have experience with the strategy, negotiation and process management underpinning complex buy and sell side M&A and related transactions (mergers, asset purchases, spinouts, JVs, partnerships and acqui-hires) as well as financing transactions; experience in cross-border M&A and integration strategy and process are required. • Demonstrated success in leading, managing, and developing an in-house M&A legal team. • Resourceful self-starter with excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. • Adept at thinking creatively (and strategically!) on your feet; proven ability to manage complex workloads, multiple stakeholder demands and ever-shifting priorities all while instilling confidence. • Executive presence given the regular interactions with senior management and Boards of Directors. • Sense of humor, positive attitude, low ego, and a willingness to dive into new areas. Benefits: • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled • Mental health benefits • Family building benefits • Child care and pet benefits • 401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future • In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible • Subsidized commuter benefits • Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters b

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