Associate General Counsel - Corporate Development

Description

About Bally's Corporation

Bally's Corporation (NYSE : BALY) is a global casino-entertainment company with a growing omni-channel presence. Bally's owns and operates 19 casinos across 11 states, along with a golf course in New York and a horse racetrack in Colorado, and holds OSB licenses in 13 jurisdictions in North America. The acquisition of Aspers Casino in Newcastle, UK, expands its international reach. It also owns Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports betting platform, Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform, Bally's Interactive International division (formerly Gamesys Group), a leading global interactive gaming operator, and a significant economic stake in Intralot S.A. (ATSE : INLOT), a global lottery management and services business.

With 11,500 employees, its casino operations include approximately 17,700 slot machines, 630 table games, and 3,950 hotel rooms. Bally's also has rights to developable land in Las Vegas at the site of the former Tropicana Las Vegas.

The Role :

Position provides legal guidance and support throughout the merger or acquisition process. This role involves structuring and negotiating transactions, conducting due diligence, drafting and reviewing legal documents, ensuring regulatory compliance, and advising senior management on c orporate development and M&A strategy. Position collaborates with various teams, both internal and external, to ensure smooth and efficient execution of deals.

Responsibilities :

• Lead and coordinate the structuring, negotiation, and execution of complex corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures, including real estate development and construction projects
• Partner with the corporate development team on all aspects of M&A, development and venture capital transactions, including due diligence, negotiations, and integration and divestiture planning.
• Oversee all aspects of legal due diligence including coordination of all business and functional experts; analyze and assess due diligence findings.
• Draft, review, and negotiate all relevant transaction documentation, including CDAs, purchase agreements, merger agreements, disclosure schedules, and other ancillary documents.
• Partner with business and functional experts in developing, implementing, and monitoring integration / divestiture plans.
• Provide practical, solution-oriented legal and strategic counsel to executives and colleagues on strategy, risk assessment, negotiations, and transaction execution.
• Identify, evaluate, and address complex and strategic issues of legal and commercial risk.
• Select and manage outside counsel.

Competencies :

Qualifications :

Target Compensation :

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Functional Expert - Considered a thought leader on a subject

Team Player - Works well as a member of a group

Detail Oriented - Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Ability to Make an Impact - Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Self-Starter - Inspired to perform without outside help

Experience

Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school (required)

5 years : Corporate transactional legal experience (M&A, venture capital, real estate development) in a corporate in-house, law firm, government, or military environment (required)

8 years : Related work experience including significant direct M&A experience (required)

Licenses & Certifications

RI Lottery License KEY (required)

Skills

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