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Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal
myGwork - LGBTQ+ professionals & allies, Santa Monica, California, United States, 90403
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DescriptionAmazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented commercial attorney to support the Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) Sales, Marketing, and Global Services legal team. This Associate Corporate Counsel will serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership, support complex cloud technology transactions, and find and develop innovative solutions that enable us to scale legal support to our global client base. This role will have primary transactional drafting and negotiation responsibilities on deals (including highly-complex, high-value, strategic negotiations), and provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation guidance for business team members. This role will also participate in other AWS legal workstreams, including managing legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, advising on risk related to new business initiatives, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations. The successful candidate works well within a large legal team, but is also able to work independently on transactional and project work.Basic Qualifications2+ years of legal experienceJuris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalentExperience in private practice or in-house experience at a technology company or equivalentPreferred QualificationsExperience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house workExperience in web services/cloud computing, software licensing, telecommunications or equivalentExperience drafting and negotiating complex contracts.Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through, and meet deadlines.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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DescriptionAmazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented commercial attorney to support the Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) Sales, Marketing, and Global Services legal team. This Associate Corporate Counsel will serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership, support complex cloud technology transactions, and find and develop innovative solutions that enable us to scale legal support to our global client base. This role will have primary transactional drafting and negotiation responsibilities on deals (including highly-complex, high-value, strategic negotiations), and provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation guidance for business team members. This role will also participate in other AWS legal workstreams, including managing legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, advising on risk related to new business initiatives, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.The successful candidate must be inquisitive, enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations. The successful candidate works well within a large legal team, but is also able to work independently on transactional and project work.Basic Qualifications2+ years of legal experienceJuris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalentExperience in private practice or in-house experience at a technology company or equivalentPreferred QualificationsExperience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house workExperience in web services/cloud computing, software licensing, telecommunications or equivalentExperience drafting and negotiating complex contracts.Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through, and meet deadlines.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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