Sourceability

Sourceability

Deputy General Counsel

Austin, TX

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
NegotiationM&ASupply ChainLogisticsProcurementCorporate LawLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • Sourceability ® is a global digital distributor of electronic components transforming how modern businesses bring products to market.
  • This role will have a significant focus on mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, finance, corporate governance, and general corporate legal work, while also supporting other legal matters as needs arise.
  • The successful candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global business environment and providing clear, actionable legal guidance on both strategic initiatives and routine legal matters.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support M&A, investment, divestiture, joint venture, financing, and other strategic transactions, including transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiation, documentation, closing, and post-closing integration.
  • Support corporate finance matters, including credit facilities, financing arrangements, intercompany arrangements, guarantees, security documentation, and related corporate approvals.
  • Manage corporate governance matters, including board and shareholder materials, resolutions, consents, minutes, entity management, corporate records, delegations of authority, and internal approval processes.
  • Provide legal support for domestic and international corporate structuring, subsidiary management, entity formations, reorganizations, and related corporate initiatives.
  • Partner with sales, procurement, finance, operations, compliance, tax, and executive teams to support business objectives while managing legal and commercial risk.
  • Support compliance matters, including trade compliance, sanctions, export controls, anti-corruption, data privacy, internal policies, and risk management initiatives.
  • Manage or assist with disputes, claims, pre-litigation matters, and coordination with outside counsel.
  • Oversee and manage outside counsel on transactional, corporate, financing, compliance, and other matters, including budgets, work product, and strategic direction.
  • Develop and improve legal department processes, contract templates, playbooks, governance practices, and internal training materials.
  • Mentor and support legal department team members, as applicable.

Requirements

  • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant legal experience.
  • Significant experience with mergers and acquisitions, corporate transactions, commercial transactions, and general corporate legal matters.
  • Experience with finance, lending, credit facilities, capital structure, or related corporate finance matters.
  • Experience advising executive leadership and cross-functional business teams.
  • Familiarity with trade compliance, export controls, sanctions, anti-corruption, data privacy, and other global compliance matters is helpful.
  • To be successful in the role, you must possess the following skills
  • Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and in good standing.
  • Strong background drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements.

Nice to have

  • Prior in-house counsel experience strongly preferred.
  • Experience supporting a company with international operations preferred.
  • Experience with distribution, supply chain, technology, electronics, manufacturing, or similar industries is a plus.
  • Experience managing outside counsel and coordinating multi-jurisdictional legal matters preferred.

Skills

  • Strong business judgment and ability to provide practical, solutions-oriented legal advice.
  • Excellent transactional, drafting, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills.
  • Strong understanding of corporate governance, commercial contracting, M&A processes, and finance-related legal issues.
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with executive leadership, business teams, outside counsel, and international stakeholders.
  • High degree of professionalism, discretion, integrity, and sound judgment.
  • Comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with legal and business colleagues.
  • Proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and commercially minded.

Compensation

  • Competitive salary

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

Equal opportunity

  • It is our policy to abide by all federal, state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on a person's race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status, veteran status (including protected veterans), marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, familial status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.
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Visa & Work Authorization

  • prohibiting employment discrimination based on a person's race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disabilit
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