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Associate Counsel - Corporate Transactions

Avient Corporation
United States, Ohio, Avon Lake
33587 Walker Road (Show on map)
Apr 08, 2025
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient. Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough! Job Summary The Associate Counsel, under the guidance of the Assistant General Counsel, provides a full range of legal support as a member of the Corporate Transactions team. The Associate Counsel will be responsible for coordinating and leading various cross-functional corporate transactions involving the finance, accounting, tax, treasury, human resources, commercial, and operations teams, as well as providing support for M&A and debt/financing transactions, as necessary. The Associate Counsel may also provide commercial contract support for Avient's two business segments. Essential Functions Support internal corporation transactions for all global subsidiaries of Avient Corporation, including supporting dividends and cash repatriations, capital contributions, intercompany loans, internal operational and entity restructuring and rationalization, and other complex corporate transactions. Support corporate subsidiary governance for all global subsidiaries of Avient Corporation, including supporting changes to directors and officers, shareholder and board actions, preparing minutes of meetings of subsidiary boards, and participating in or leading subsidiary board meetings. Effectively interface with key business partners, including stakeholders from accounting, tax, finance, treasury, human resources, and external legal advisors. Analyze and summarize legal documents, including contracts and corporate governance documents, and make suggestions for alterations of those documents. Provide input and assistance during M&A activities and debt/financing transactions, including reviewing and drafting agreements and coordinating with internal stakeholders and external counsel, as necessary Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts, including sales agreements, rebate agreements, and other business agreements for Avient's two business segments: Color, Additives, and Inks and Specialty Engineered Materials. Identify potential legal risks and ensure contracts comply with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies. Provide legal advice and guidance to internal stakeholders on contract terms, obligations, and risk mitigation strategies. Support dispute resolution and contract enforcement as needed. Research and analyze the law on complex issues and write memoranda as necessary/requested. Participates in the selection, retention, and monitoring of outside counsel for Avient. Other duties as assigned Education and Experience Juris Doctor degree from accredited ABA School 4+ years of relevant experience at a law firm or in-house at a corporation Qualifications Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business. By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals. At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com #LI-MM1 #LI-HYBRID