Assistant General Counsel – M&A and Strategic Transactions

Assistant General Counsel – M&A and Strategic Transactions

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role.

Neither are we.

Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU. 

In this role, you will:

Kimberly-Clark Corporation ("K-C") seeks to hire an experienced and highly motivated attorney for the position of Assistant General Counsel – M&A and Strategic Transactions.

The position will report to and work closely with K-C’s Associate General Counsel for M&A and Corporate Affairs.

The primary responsibility for the Assistant General Counsel – M&A and Strategic Transactions will be to support K-C in executing its M&A growth playbook and moving forward with its new strategy of powering care.  The role will be responsible for providing legal support on M&A and corporate transactions globally, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, equity investments and strategic partnerships, being involved in the legal portion of the transaction process from the pipeline and planning stages all the way through negotiation, documentation, closing, implementation and separation / integration.  This position will also be called upon to advise on commercial negotiations as well as provide counsel and support on corporate finance matters and corporate governance matters on an as-needed basis.

The ideal candidate will be strategic, hands-on and collaborative with a strong desire to grow and build an in-house career with K-C.

The position will play a high-impact leadership role in executing K-C’s active and growth-minded strategy.

This role will have a full view of K-C’s Global Legal team, including attorneys specializing in intellectual property employment, compensation and benefits, data privacy, competition and litigation, and extensive exposure to leaders outside of legal, including business clients and leaders from Corporate Development, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Treasury, Tax, Investor Relations and Communications.

The individual hired for this position will be responsible for:



* Supporting mergers and acquisitions and strategic transactions, including contributing to internal investment presentations, negotiating non-disclosure agreements, advising on transaction structuring, coordinating due diligence efforts, negotiating transaction agreements and ancillary documents, overseeing and managing outside counsel and assisting with separation and integration matters.


* Working closely as a trusted strategic partner with the Corporate Development team through the lifetime of a transaction.


* Advising critical business clients on ke...