Director, Assistant General Counsel – Corporate & Securities

Job Description:

Director, Assistant General Counsel – Corporate & Securities

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 wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

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

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As Assistant General Counsel – Corporate & Securities, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Securities law expertise – counseling in the area of SEC rules and regulations applicable to: the 1934 Act periodic and current reporting (including disclosure committee; CEO/CFO certification processes); Section 16 and other insider trading compliance; Investor Relations (including Reg FD; earnings; investor meetings); proxy solicitation (including proxy statement; shareholder proposals; proxy advisors); annual shareholder meeting; the 1933 Act registration statements (WKSI S-3 shelf; S-4; S-8); and emerging areas such as ESG regulatory disclosures. 
• Corporate governance experience – working closely with the Corporate Secretary in corporate governance, including supporting the Board of Directors and its committees in discharging their oversight responsibilities; conducting key shareholder outreach; meeting the NYSE continued listing and governance requirements; and assisting with global legal entity management.
• Finance and Treasury support – advising the Treasury function in all corporate finance and capital market activities, including corporate bond offerings; credit facilities; global banking arrangements; and ISDA swap transactions.
• Corporate and securities law SME – as a subject matter expert in general corporate and federal securities laws and regulations, acting as an internal resource for our Legal Affairs colleagues in their service to enterprise-wide business and functional groups.

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 and member of a United States bar in good standing;
• Ten (10) years of securities law practice in a corporate in-house or law firm environment, with a thorough understanding of federal securities laws as applied to a complex multi-industry setting in a private, public, government or military environment
• Five (5) years of corporate secretary or assistant corporate secretary responsibilities at a sophisticated public company.

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

• Proven ability to work collaboratively across multiple corporate functions (e.g., Treasury, Finance, External Reporting, Tax, IR, Audit, Environmental Stewardship, Communications) while building strong personal relationships with a variety of stakeholders and inspiring trust in them;
• Excellent judgment with capacity to give solid advice while demonstrating an understanding of business considerations and relevant risks;
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex legal issues to non-lawyers;
• Demonstrated capacity to operate and thrive in a fast-paced environment;
• Solid project management skills and 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: Corporate headquarters at Maplewood, MN

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