About AXA:
The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, with 153,000 employees serving 105 million clients in 54 countries. In 2020, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 96.7 billion and underlying earnings to Euro 4.3 billion.
About the Group Legal Team:
The Group Legal team is a small team made up of highly qualified lawyers many of whom have international backgrounds. The Group Legal team has won the Financial Times Sustainability and ESG 2021 Award, the Trophée du Droit Insurance and Bank In house team award 2020 and Transaction of the Year Award 2018 for its work on the XL acquisition (€12.4billion) and the IPO of AXA’s US life company, AXA Equitable, which was the largest US IPO in 2018.
Job description:
Member of the Group M&A legal team that is the Group’s centre of legal expertise for executing major international M&A, transversal and strategic projects in alignment with AXA’s current strategic plan for delivering growth and value. Working in close collaboration with the Group’s specialist corporate finance team and other group departments. Reporting to the Group Legal Head of M&A.
AXA’s M&A projects are multi-national covering: buying or selling companies/businesses, either as private negotiated deals or public takeovers; initial public offers for sales via listing on stock exchanges; establishing major long-term partnerships and joint ventures; and major distribution deals with upfront capital commitments. The role will also include working on other transversal strategic projects such as internal reorganisations, innovation, partnerships, corporate and regulatory matters.
Recent work includes the sale of AXA Singapore to HSBC for €487m and a partnership with Microsoft Corporation for the creation of a digital health platform.
Location: Paris, France
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