Senior Counsel M&A

Superhuman offers a dynamic hybrid working model for this role. This flexible approach gives team members the best of both worlds: plenty of focus time along with in-person collaboration that helps foster trust innovation and a strong team culture.

Superhuman team members in this role must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area or New York City and they must be able to collaborate in person 2 days a week.

Grammarly is now part of Superhuman the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work integrating with over 1 million applications and websites. The company’s products include Grammarly’s writing assistance Superhuman Docs's collaborative workspaces Mail’s inbox management and Go the proactive AI assistant that understands context and delivers help automatically. Founded in 2009 Superhuman empowers over 40 million people 50000 organizations and 3000 educational institutions worldwide to eliminate busywork and focus on what matters. Learn more at superhuman.com and about our values here.

To achieve our ambitious and exciting goals we’re looking for a Senior Counsel M&A to join the Superhuman Legal team to lead the structuring negotiation and execution of complex corporate M&A transactions including overseeing legal due diligence post-closing integration and also provide support on general corporate transactions governance and investor relations matters.

Reporting directly to Superhuman’s Head of Corporate Legal this role will take primary ownership of all M&A and strategic transaction work and will partner closely with our Executive Corporate Development Finance and People teams to develop strong extensible and repeatable practices to help move the business forward.

As a core member and contributor on the Legal team this person will also help develop and bolster the culture of the Legal team by exemplifying care for their craft care for others and a commitment to finding collaborative solutions to complex questions.

As Senior Counsel M&A you will leverage your deep transactional experience and expertise to support and accelerate Superhuman’s next era of growth. You will take on critical high-profile M&A projects with accuracy creativity and ownership. You will use your background skill and creativity to efficiently use outside counsel build repeatable cross-functional processes build trust across the legal team and the business all with an eye toward achieving our strategic acquisition goals.​

In this role you will:

• Collaborate cross-functionally across the company at every level on M&A strategic transactions and investor-related matters.

• Structure conduct and manage legal due diligence engaging internal and external partners when necessary to ensure alignment

• Draft negotiate socialize and review transaction documents

• Lead deal execution logistics including managing post-closing integration and compliance efforts

• Support as a secondary responsibility corporate governance matters including corporate entity management new entity development and implementation equity program strategic planning insurance and board-related matters

• Develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative ways and build processes for scaling flexible solutions that address risk

• Advise internal stakeholders providing clear concise and thorough guidance on legal risks obligations and mitigations

• Brings a proven background (10+ years) in leading mergers and acquisitions strategic investments due diligence and integration activities with training at a top-tier law firm and solid in-house experience; corporate governance and fundraising experience a plus

• Has experience supporting finance (including corporate development capital structures and fundraising) and investor relations at a high-growth and innovative technology company and a track record of driving alignment and delivering results on complex cross-functional projects involving various stakeholders.

• Demonstrates excellent time management skills to juggle multiple time-sensitive projects simultaneously in a fast-paced high-growth environment.

• Is comfortable independently owning end-to-end deal processes and working with cross-functional teams and advising senior leaders on risk tolerance and balancing to drive the business forward.

• Communicates clearly and empathetically both face-to-face and in writing.

• Holds a JD and has been admitted to the bar with a license to practice law in at least one US state.

Superhuman offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package encompassing the following and more:

• Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical dental vision mental health and fertility benefits)

• Disability and life insurance options

• 401(k) and RRSP matching

• Paid parental leave

• 20 days of paid time off per year 12 days of paid holidays per year two floating holidays per year and flexible sick time

• Generous stipends (including those for caregiving pet care wellness your home office and more)

• Annual professional development budget and opportunities

Superhuman takes a market-based approach to compensation so base pay may vary by location. Our US locations are categorized into two compensation zones based on proximity to our hub locations.

Base pay may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. The expected salary ranges for this position are outlined by compensation zone and may be modified in the future.

At Superhuman we value our differences and we encourage all to apply—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in tech organizations. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color gender expression or identity sexual orientation ancestry national origin citizenship age marital status veteran status disability status political belief or any other characteristic protected by law. Superhuman is an equal opportunity employer and a participant in the US federal E-Verify program (US). We also abide by the Employment Equity Act (Canada).

What We Do

Grammarly is now part of Superhuman the AI productivity platform on a mission to unlock the superhuman potential in everyone. The Superhuman suite of apps and agents brings AI wherever people work integrating with over 1 million applications and websites. The company’s products include Grammarly’s writing assistance Coda’s collaborative workspaces Mail’s inbox management and Go the proactive AI assistant that understands context and delivers help automatically. Founded in 2009 Superhuman empowers over 40 million people 50000 organizations and 3000 educational institutions worldwide to eliminate busywork and focus on what matters. Learn more at superhuman.com.

Why Work With Us

Our teams are dedicated to building technology to help people do and be their best. That takes bold optimism purpose and the drive to do hard things well. If you’re all in on shaping what’s next—and building it with care—come join us.

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