M&A and Corporate Counsel

The Opportunity:

Are you passionate about leveraging your mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate legal expertise and business acumen to achieve critical business objectives, support innovation, and drive growth? At Booz Allen you will join a global team of experts driven to excel and realize values-driven change for our clients, colleagues, and communities. We bring bold thinking to complex challenges stretching across analytics and AI, cyber, digital solutions, engineering, and consulting and with industries ranging from defense to health, energy to international development.

As a member of Booz Allen’s Legal, Ethics and Compliance team, you will be responsible for advising on complex M&A, strategic transactions, and other corporate legal matters. You will support senior attorneys on M&A due diligence and execution, lead the integration of acquired companies from a legal perspective, and handle a variety of other important corporate legal matters. You'll collaborate with senior leaders, Corporate Development, and other teams across Booz Allen, including Accounting, Tax, Treasury, People Services, Contracts, and Information Security to successfully complete transactions and navigate corporate legal issues. You will provide thought leadership and educate and advise internal stakeholders at all levels with respect to relevant legal issues to help achieve optimal business results while mitigating risk. Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 2+ years of experience with practicing law in a top-tier law firm or corporate environment and advising on corporate legal matters, including sophisticated M&A and strategic transactions

• Experience in leading and collaborating with cross-functional teams and business leaders to develop comprehensive, business-oriented solutions to achieve objectives

• Experience with leading and managing projects to build consensus on complex M&A, corporate legal matters, and business issues

• Ability to provide practical advice to legal and business colleagues

• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities

• J.D. degree and active admission to a state bar 

Nice If You Have:

• Experience as in-house counsel in a corporate environment, including a public or large private company

• Experience with designing and implementing smart and efficient plans to integrate companies acquired in M&A transactions

• Experience with advising on M&A, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions involving government contractors 

• Experience with government contracts law, including FAR, DFARS, federal procurement statutes, and regulations 

• Experience with leading teams in multiple geographies and in remote environments

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

We’re an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change – no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.