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Jacobs Senior Corporate Counsel – Corporate & Securities in Tempe, Arizona
Jacobs is a publicly traded U.S. company committed to operational excellence, strategic growth, and responsible governance. At Jacobs, we challenge today and reinvent tomorrow by delivering technology-enabled solutions that move our clients and communities forward. We are seeking an attorney with strong securities law and corporate governance experience and meaningful exposure to M&A and/or real estate matters to join our collaborative and high-performing in-house legal team.
The Senior Corporate Counsel - Corporate & Securities will provide legal support across a wide range of corporate law matters. This attorney will be responsible for managing securities law compliance, including SEC reporting obligations, while also supporting M&A, corporate governance, treasury and real estate matters.
Ideally this role will be based at the Jacobs office in Dallas, Texas but hybrid/remote candidates will be considered.
Core Responsibilities
Prepare, review, and manage the company’s SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, registration statements and Section 16 filings, and advise on general securities law matters, including compliance with SEC rules and regulations and NYSE requirements.
Advise on investor relations communications, including earnings releases, call scripts, investor presentations, and other market-facing materials.
Manage processes related to the annual stockholder meeting, including proxy distribution, virtual meeting logistics and investor/proxy advisor outreach.
Assist with Corporate Secretary duties, including preparing board and committee materials, minutes and resolutions, and advising on corporate governance policies and practices.
Work closely with internal stakeholders on corporate matters to support the Company’s strategy and growth initiatives.
Support M&A transactions, including due diligence, negotiation, structuring, and post-closing integration, and advise on any Securities Act matters related thereto.
Assist with real estate matters, including reviewing, drafting, and negotiating real estate agreements and assisting with ongoing real estate asset management activities.
Assist with treasury related tasks, including monitoring debt compliance, managing bank accounts, negotiating and monitoring supply chain financing and drafting inter-company agreements.
Support other legal department projects as needed.
Core Competencies for the Role
Legal Skills
Accuracy and Precision: Capacity to produce work product devoid of errors, direct, unambiguous, and not open to interpretation; attention to and focus on discrete portions of an idea or work product.
Risk Awareness: Skill in spotting legal and business risks, evaluating their potential impact on the organization, and escalating and/or managing the risks appropriately.
Strategic Skills
Critical Thinking: The analysis of information and ideas for the purpose of deciding what to believe or what course of action to take.
Strategic Focus: Ability to remain aware of the long-term interests and objectives of both the legal department and the company alongside execution of tactical and day-to-day initiatives.
Workload Management: Managing one’s individual tasks by prioritizing work by its value and/or urgency to the legal department or the company.
Collaboration Skills
Communication Skills: the expression of ideas, including legal and business concepts, using written, spoken and nonverbal language.
Team Player: An effective and successful member of a team, including motivating and supporting team members and elevating the overall level of the team’s work product and performance.
Client Management Skills
Client Advisory: The ability to act as an effective and trusted advisor to internal and external clients by providing clear, pertinent, and timely legal advice.
Responsiveness: The process of checking back with colleagues or clients after an interaction to ensure no issues remain unresolved and responding promptly to requests.
Additional Skills
Knowledge of the Business: An intimacy and familiarity with the business that allows an attorney to fully meet the company’s needs and serve its best interests.
Global Perspective: Comfort with respect to various aspects of international business from traveling, communicating and working with clients and colleagues abroad to engaging with foreign legal systems.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited U.S. law school; admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
At least 6 years of relevant legal experience, preferably at a nationally or regionally recognized law firm (in-house experience with a public company a plus).
Extensive background in corporate and securities law, including advising on compliance with SEC rules and regulations, NYSE listing requirements, and corporate governance best practices. Must have strong working knowledge of SEC disclosure requirements relating to financial reporting matters, including non-GAAP measures.
Meaningful exposure to M&A transactions and/or real estate matters.
Why Join Us?
Opportunity to work on a broad mix of securities, transactional, real estate, and corporate governance matters.
Collaborative culture and a legal team that values growth, initiative, and strong business partnership.
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
Meaningful involvement in strategic corporate initiatives.
Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.