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M&A Counsel

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Meaningful in-house legal experience with a mining company
  • Hands-on experience with mining transactions and commercial arrangements
  • Experience supporting corporate, commercial, M&A, joint venture, royalty, or offtake matters
  • Familiarity with public-company and securities matters

Responsibilities

  • Draft, review, and negotiate mining-related commercial agreements
  • Support small-scale M&A transactions, including due diligence and negotiation
  • Provide legal support on corporate and securities matters
  • Independently manage matters and transactions with minimal supervision

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Negotiation
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork

About the company

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Axiom Talent Platform

  • Legal Services
  • Large
  • 1,001–5,000
Axiom is where legal teams go to find the right talent for everything from routine in-house tasks to complex outside counsel work. Too many legal departments are stuck having to choose between paying the high fees of their law firm, hiring full-time employees they don’t need, or turning to a low-cost agency that can’t meet their quality standards. At the same time, top lawyers want to work on challenging legal matters, but they want more control over how, when, and where they practice. Both are forced compromises that no one should have to make. Axiom shares and meets the higher standards of its clients and lawyers, with our “work smarter, adapt faster, go further” approach – connecting growing mid-market and Fortune 500 companies with the world’s deepest bench of experienced, specialized legal talent. With a net promoter score of 58, 99% of clients recommend us, and four out of five rate our lawyers as equal to or better than lawyers from a law firm. Axiom. Higher standards welcome.

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Job description

Join Our Team as a M&A Counsel at Axiom

Location: Remote

We are seeking an experienced M&A Counsel to join our team, supporting a leading mining client. In this role, you will provide practical, hands-on legal support across mining transactions, commercial agreements, M&A, and securities matters. You will work closely with legal and business stakeholders in a lean environment, independently managing matters and helping keep transactions and strategic initiatives moving forward.

Responsibilities:

  • Draft, review, and negotiate mining-related commercial agreements, including joint ventures, royalty agreements such as net smelter return (NSR) arrangements, and offtake agreements for concentrate and doré products.
  • Support small-scale M&A transactions, including due diligence, drafting, negotiation, and other North American M&A activity.
  • Provide legal support on corporate and securities matters.
  • Work closely with legal and business stakeholders to understand business priorities and provide practical legal guidance.
  • Independently manage matters and transactions with minimal supervision in a lean legal environment.

Qualifications:

  • Meaningful in-house legal experience with a mining company.
  • Hands-on experience with mining transactions and commercial arrangements.
  • Experience supporting corporate, commercial, M&A, joint venture, royalty, or offtake matters.
  • Familiarity with public-company and securities matters.
  • Licensed to practice law in an applicable jurisdiction.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with U.S. securities matters.
  • Experience working within a lean in-house legal team.

Compensation:

The estimated total compensation for full-time Axiom attorney roles is $104,500-325,000 per year and for non-attorney roles is $71,250-309,750 per year.Compensation decisions are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, certifications, location, and business needs.  Employees may be eligible for additional benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays and PTO; flexible work arrangements; and professional development opportunities and tools.

About Axiom:

For over 25 years, Axiom has pioneered the alternative legal services industry, now serving more than 1,500 legal departments globally with our unique blend of world-class legal talent and advanced AI tools, delivering innovative solutions ranging from that combine top-tier talent with cutting-edge technology. We tackle complex legal matters across 12 practice areas for clients ranging from Fortune 100 to SMBs, empowering our legal professionals to engage in meaningful work that advances their careers. Our Talent NPS score of +71% and our Client NPS score of +64% highlight our commitment to excellence (Reported scores were Axiom’s average for 2025 – the legal industry average NPS score is +35%). Join our forward-thinking community where you’ll keep your career dynamic and multi-faceted, be part of a company that values agility, collaboration, and excellence, and love both the law and your life.

Learn more about life at Axiom.

Axiom is the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in class alterative legal services.  

Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Axiom ensures equal employment opportunity in recruitment and employment, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religious creed or belief, political opinion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender identity status, pregnancy or maternity, age, disability, alienage or citizenship status, marital (or civil or other partnership recognized by law) status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, sexual orientation, military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Axiom prohibits and will not tolerate any such discrimination or harassment.

Upon request and consistent with applicable laws, Axiom will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities who require accommodations to participate in each stage of the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact benefits@axiomlaw.com.

Axiom respects your privacy. For an explanation of the kind of information we collect about you and how it is used, our full data privacy notice is available here.   

Employment with Axiom may be contingent upon successful completion of a background check, providing proof of identity, and possessing the necessary legal authorization to work. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, NY Fair Chance Act, and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  

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