Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Sales & Marketing

Amazon Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s Legal Department seeks an Associate Corporate Counsel to support AWS sales and marketing across the EMEA region, with a focus on the Middle East and Northern Africa. The role involves drafting and negotiating technology service agreements, providing regulatory guidance, and advising senior leaders on complex IT and data protection issues.

Based in Dubai, UAE, the candidate will contribute to regional initiatives, support public sector and enterprise customers, and travel as needed to

Qualifications

• J.D./LL.B or equivalent degree and admission to practice law.
• Minimum 3+ years of legal experience after bar admission.
• Transactional experience including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Fluent in English; professional fluency in Arabic or Turkish.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate and advise on strategic technology service agreements with enterprise, public sector customers and partners.
• Provide legal counsel on product development, operations, security, data protection and regulatory matters to executives and teams.
• Support regional initiatives and handle inquiries related to IT transactions and government contracting.

Skills

Legal drafting

Negotiation

English fluency

Arabic or Turkish fluency

Communication skills

Education

J.D./LL.B or equivalent

Job description

Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Sales & Marketing

DESCRIPTION

Amazon’s Legal Department is looking for a talented cloud services/IT lawyer to support Amazon Web Services (AWS) in selling to commercial and public sector customers throughout the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, with a primary focus on supporting AWS sales in the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Turkey. AWS is at the forefront of the cloud computing industry, providing IT infrastructure services, such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, and more to private and public sector customers.

Key job responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and advising on strategic technology service agreements with enterprise customers, public sector customers, and partners, as well as providing legal support for local and regional services and initiatives. The role will also involve ongoing legal counsel and regulatory interpretation and guidance for senior executives and other business and legal team members on a variety of product development, operational, security, compliance, data protection and public policy matters. The role includes participating in other legal team projects, including managing legal issues that arise in existing relationships and handling customer and business partner inquiries.

The successful candidate will be proactive, entrepreneurial, enjoy being challenged, have strong written and oral communication skills, and demonstrate sound, pragmatic judgement in ambiguous situations.

This position is based in our office in Dubai, UAE. Some regional and international travel will be required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• A J.D., LLB or equivalent degree and admission to practice law
• Minimum 3+ years of legal experience following bar admission.
• Previous work experience in a law firm, government, or in-house at a technology company.
• Transactional experience, including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Professional fluency in English, written and spoken. In addition, professional fluency in either Arabic or Turkish.
• Excellent communication, drafting and negotiation skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Familiarity with cloud computing, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure and telecommunications policies, laws, and regulations.
• Familiarity with data protection laws.
• Experience with IT transactions, including services agreements.
• Knowledge of government procurement processes and contracting laws, rules, and regulations.
• The successful candidate must be enthusiastic, fast learning, self-motivated, enjoy working hard and being challenged, able to work independently and at times with little supervision, and demonstrate sound judgment in challenging and ambiguous situations.