Job Details

Job Title: Senior M&A Counsel

Location: Houston, TX (5 days on-site)

Compensation: $200,000-$250,000 + 30% STI (annual bonus)+ LTI (equity)

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead all legal aspects of M&A and strategic transactions (acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and investments), from diligence through signing and closing.
• Plan and manage legal due diligence, including issue-spotting, risk quantification, and escalation of material findings to business leaders.
• Advise senior leadership and cross-functional teams (Finance, Tax, HR, Operations, HSE, IT) on deal structure, risk allocation, and execution strategy.
• Manage and oversee outside counsel and other advisors as needed, including scoping workstreams, controlling budgets, and ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables.
• Support corporate financing and capital markets activities in connection with transactions, including drafting/reviewing and negotiating financing documents (commitment papers, credit agreements, notes/indentures, guarantees, and security documents) and coordinating with capital markets counsel, lenders, underwriters, and internal treasury/finance teams.
• Drive legal and regulatory workstreams (including antitrust/HSR, sanctions, anti-corruption, and other applicable requirements) and develop practical risk-mitigation plans to support deal timelines.
• Draft, negotiate, and coordinate transaction documentation (LOIs, purchase/sale agreements, disclosure schedules, ancillary agreements, and closing deliverables).
• Monitor legal developments, industry trends, and regulatory changes impacting M&A and corporate transactions and translate them into actionable guidance.
• Support post-closing integration, including governance setup, contract transition, policy alignment, and remediation of identified legal/compliance gaps.

Minimum Requirements

• 3-5 years of relevant legal experience in M&A, corporate transactions, finance/banking, or a related practice area.
• Combination of large law firm and some in-house experience strongly preferred.
• Active license in good standing to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction; ability to obtain admission in Texas (or a Texas in-house counsel/limited license, as applicable).
• Demonstrated expertise drafting and negotiating complex transaction agreements and managing risk allocation.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating financing and capital markets documentation and working effectively with capital markets counsel and financial counterparties.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with executive presence and strong stakeholder management.
• Sound judgment and a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach; ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives.
• Proven ability to manage multiple deals and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, with strong project-management discipline.
• High integrity, strong sense of ownership, and commitment to continuous improvement and teamwork.

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.

To find out more please apply to this role or email me at aselvakkumar@hpexec.com if you think you could be a great fit!