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Senior Associate General Counsel – International Subsidiary Governance

Posted Sep 27
Full Time
On Site
Minnetonka, Minnesota

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UnitedHealth Group, a Fortune 6 company and leading health care organization, is currently looking for an experienced transactional and corporate governance attorney to join its Subsidiary Governance legal team, with a primary focus on international entities. The successful candidate will have 7+ years of relevant experience, preferably with some in-house experience. The position will be based at UnitedHealth Group's headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Provide corporate governance and general transactional legal support to internal finance, tax and treasury teams to execute complicated international business financing and restructuring projects
  • Collaborate with in-country outside counsel, local and international business leaders and their attorneys to plan and execute on the financing and restructuring projects
  • Determine multi-step process plans with numerous interdependencies to define legal steps and documents needed for financing, restructuring and planning projects
  • Provide general corporate governance legal support related to overall management of international entities, including Board and Shareholder meetings, Director and officer issues, and the like
  • Provide advice regarding the application of and compliance with numerous applicable domestic and international statutory structures on a wide range of international legal activities, including capital infusions, share increases, transfers of ownership, entity name changes, mergers, entity dissolutions and formations
  • Draft and review documents related to all applicable transactional and governance responsibilities, such as Board of Director and shareholder actions, Share Transfer and Contribution Agreements, financing documents and Attestations
  • Manage the related work and deliverables of both senior and more junior paralegal support staff
  • Reports to the Deputy General Counsel, Subsidiary Governance in the Corporate Legal Department

 

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

  • Juris Doctorate
  • License to practice law in MN or willingness to gain the same
  • 7+ years of combined general corporate, tax and/or transactional experience with a law firm, accounting firm and/or corporate law department
  • Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior corporate governance experience for non-US entities
  • Prior international transactional experience
  • Prior in-house corporate legal experience
  • Initiative, resilience, leadership, professionalism and ability to adapt to change
  • Solid logical reasoning skills
  • Ability to thrive in a matrixed environment
  • Resourceful problem solver with a positive, can-do attitude
  • Solid ability to collaborate and build relationships across the enterprise and to gain and maintain credibility with internal and external partners
  • Ability to model corporate values of integrity, compassion, relationships, innovation and performance

 

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.

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Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.      

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. 

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