Corporate Counsel

BeOne continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

BeOne is seeking an experienced corporate securities and transactional lawyer to complement our global Legal and Compliance team who thrives in fast-paced settings and has a proactive and pragmatic approach. This lawyer will be instrumental in supporting our general corporate, transactional, public company reporting, and corporate governance matters

Essential Functions:

• Provide legal support on various types of transactions, including credit facilities, equity investments, joint ventures, corporate financing, corporate restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions; transaction responsibilities may include due diligence, negotiation of terms, drafting of documentation and regulatory filings.
• Support the Treasury and Finance teams to negotiate credit facilities and maintain debt covenant compliance.
• Advise on requirements under Swiss law.
• Support the Corporate Affairs teams, attending to matters such as press release, website and communications review.
• Attend to general corporate concerns including company policy review and preparation of board/committee materials.
• Draft and review securities filings, including completing form checks against relevant rules, and SEC comment letter responses.
• Provide counsel in support of the Company’s equity plans and award grant agreements.
• Support the Responsible Business & Sustainability team in publishing sustainability data and reports and complying with global environmental standards.
• Engage and manage the work of outside counsel.

Develop a solid network of relationships inside and outside of the organization to support the objectives of the Legal and Compliance team and the business as a whole

Minimum Requirements – Education and Experience:

• Juris Doctor or Master of Laws from an accredited law school in the U.S.
• At least four years of relevant experience, including handling securities and corporate transactional matters at a large law firm and preferably as in-house counsel at a publicly listed company.

Other Experience:

• Prior experience handling debt and equity financings, equity investments and mergers and acquisitions.
• Preferred experience with Swiss corporate governance.
• Prior experience with SEC filings including annual and quarterly reports, proxy statements and current reports.
• Excellent drafting and negotiating skills and a solid understanding of transaction life cycles.
• Highly effective communication skills.
• Solid project management skills.
• Ability to evaluate legal exposure, manage risk, and interpret and apply laws, regulations, case law, statues, and policies to provide expert advice.
• Proactive approach to recognizing business needs, anticipating issues, and determining next steps and actions.
• Strong business acumen; ability to contribute strategically to the Company’s business.
• Team player with ability to collaborate proactively with cross-functional teams across multiple time zones and interact effectively with all levels within the Company.
• A demonstrated ability to work independently, balancing competing priorities in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment with a high level of professionalism.
• Highly detail-oriented.
• Ability to handle confidential and proprietary information using excellent discretion and judgment.
• Self-motivated, reliable and responsive.
• Ability to be flexible and willing to accept new responsibilities as needed.
• Qualified to practice law in the U.S.
• Build on/improve current legal processes, including the creation of playbooks, handbooks and cheat sheets.
• Chinese language skill (verbal and written) is a plus.

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

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