SimWell is looking for a Senior Consultant, M&A Transaction Advisor for a 6-9 month contract engagement. You will lead on transaction expertise, working alongside a counterpart specializing in workforce law, to develop practical guidance for a large technology client on managing non-employee workforces through corporate transactions.
What You'll Do
- Audit prior transaction records to understand how workforce matters have been handled historically.
- Rebuild and sharpen existing guidance for standard corporate acquisitions, covering from due diligence through onboarding.
- Build dedicated guidance for acquisitions where the buyer and target have a pre-existing commercial relationship.
- Develop a workstream for transactions where workforce integration is intentionally deferred.
- Create a practical tool for evaluating how a target company has classified its workers.
- Synthesize relevant trends in technology sector deal structures as they affect non-employee workforce considerations.
- Contribute strategic thinking to extending internal compliance tools for external use.
What We're Looking For
- A career built around M&A in the technology sector with direct experience advising on workforce matters.
- Familiarity with the full range of deal structures common in tech.
- Ability to identify workforce-related risks in a transaction scenario, including non-obvious ones.
- Experience producing guidance documents that non-specialist teams can follow.
- Strong working knowledge of non-employee workforce arrangements in large tech organizations and their compliance obligations.
- Comfort operating across jurisdictions and recognizing where country-specific rules change the picture.
Nice to Have
- Prior work on engagements where the acquirer and target had a pre-existing vendor or supplier relationship.
- Experience working alongside in-house legal, HR, or procurement teams in a transaction context.
- Exposure to workforce classification tooling or automated compliance assessment processes.
- Views on how tech companies are adapting non-employee workforce practices in response to changing regulatory and deal-making environments.
Team & Environment
Two senior practitioners working together on the project. You will work closely with your counterpart consultant and the client's internal team.
