Counsel - M&A Integration & Separation* at 3M in Maplewood, Minnesota

Job Description:

Job Description:

Counsel - M&A Integration & Separation

Job Description:

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with 96,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.

“For more than 30 years at 3M, I’ve seen firsthand how it’s a place where curious, creative and collaborative people thrive and build a rewarding career. As a leader in this company, my goal is to ensure each 3Mer sees and feels the positive impact we’re making around the world”  – Mike Roman, chief executive officer and chairman, 3M

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military environments to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As M&A Integration & Separation Legal Counsel, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Acquisition Integration - providing legal integration support to 3M business lawyers and other 3M team members related to acquisitions, including working in collaboration with them and the acquiring 3M businesses they support to identify legal integration issues, develop and implement a legal integration and services plan, and address various legal and other issues that arise in the course of the due diligence, planning and execution of the integration of an acquisition. 


• Supporting and coordinating with the Legal M&A team to highlight implications of and suggest solutions to certain integration issues related to the proposed transaction, including deal structure, due diligence, timing, cross-functional or multi-disciplinary coordination, etc.


• Divestiture Support - providing 3M business clients, Corporate Development, IMO (Integration Management Office), corporate functional experts, 3M business lawyers, and Legal M&A team members legal support, including counseling, development, drafting, negotiation, and ongoing support following execution through conclusion of core transition agreements and related schedules and documents, related to the divestiture of 3M businesses.


• Refining and improving existing, and developing new, legal tools, applications, resources, templates, and forms in support of global acquisition integration and core transition arrangements in divestitures.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Juris Doctor degree (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited law school


• Member of a United States bar in good standing


• Five (5) years in general corporate, commercial law experience in a corporate in-house, private, or government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Experience with M&A projects or associated integration / separation legal work, particularly in a corporate or commercial lawyer role


• Experience working in or with industry, particularly manufacturing;


• Strong communication and interpersonal skills;


• Demonstrated capacity to operate in a fast-paced environment;


• Excellent writing ability, including experience in developing training materials, tools, and resources for legal and business audiences; and


• Familiarity with and developing tools and applications in SharePoint or MS Teams or similar collaboration tools.

Travel: May include up to 15% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Location: Maplewood, MN and may consider remote U.S. work location

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
 
U.S. Export Control laws and U.S. Government Department of Defense contracts and sub-contracts impose certain restrictions on companies and their ability to share export-controlled and other technology and services with certain "non-U.S. persons" (persons who are not U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., refugees, "Temporary Residents" (granted Amnesty or Special Agricultural Worker provisions), or persons granted asylum (but excluding persons in nonimmigrant status such as H-1B, L-1, F-1, etc.) or non-U.S. citizens.
 
To comply with these laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within 3M that may present access to export controlled technical data, 3M must assess employees' U.S. person status, as well as citizenship(s).
 
The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only.  Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.  The decision whether or not to file or pursue an export license application is at 3M Company's sole election.
 

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Resources for You 

For more details on what happens before, during and after the interview process, check out the Insights for Candidates page at 3M.com/careers. 

Learn more about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M.

Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

3M is an equal opportunity employer.  3M  will not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

Please note: your application may not be considered if you do not provide your education and work history, either by: 1) uploading a resume, or 2) entering the information into the application fields directly.

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