Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal, Infrastructure

Amazon Jobs; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading tech company in Madrid is seeking an Associate Corporate Counsel to support its energy and utilities legal needs within Amazon Web Services. The role involves drafting, negotiating, and managing contracts related to energy supply, contributing to AWS's sustainability goals. Candidates should have legal qualifications in Spain, with experience in commercial contracts and a focus on renewable energy. Fluency in Spanish is required, alongside strong project management skills.

Formación

• Experience with drafting and negotiating energy-related contracts.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience with utilities and renewable energy law.

Responsabilidades

• Draft and negotiate energy and water supply agreements.
• Assist in sustainability projects for AWS.
• Provide legal advice on contracts and strategic initiatives.

Conocimientos

Reviewing commercial contracts

Negotiating contracts

Project management

Fluent in Spanish

Understanding of renewable energy

Educación

Licensed to practice law in Spain

2-4 years post-qualification legal experience

Descripción del empleo

Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented energy and utilities lawyer in Madrid, Spain to fill the position of Associate Corporate Counsel to support Amazon Web Services (AWS), a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Amazon.com. AWS is at the forefront of the cloud computing and service industry, providing IT infrastructure services such as on-demand compute capacity, machine learning services, generative AI, storage, content delivery, database services, browsers, and more.

This position will support AWS’s global energy and water teams in working with utilities, constructing new infrastructure, and piloting innovative, carbon‑free energy projects in support of The Climate Pledge, which commits Amazon to achieve net zero carbon by 2040 – ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating energy and water supply agreements.
• Utility‑scale wind, solar, and battery storage power purchase agreements.
• Grid connection and energy infrastructure agreements.
• Utility interconnection agreements.
• Vendor agreements, including engineering, design, and construction agreements.
• Sustainable, carbon‑free energy initiatives.
• Energy regulation and compliance.
• Energy and water strategy that aids AWS’s growth plans.

Principal duties include:

• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including agreements related to utilities, energy, and water.
• Providing high‑level judgment and ongoing operational advice related to business strategy in achieving AWS’s ambitious goals, including sustainability‑related projects.
• Supporting and directly advising business partners on contracts, disputes, and strategic business initiatives.
• Collaborating cross‑functionally to resolve commercial, operational, compliance, security, and customer/vendor requests.

A Day in the Life

You will work directly with the various business teams to provide day‑to‑day advice and contract interpretation. You will also help develop, implement, and manage process improvements across the team, resolve legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handle pre‑litigation legal disputes and inquiries. In this role, you will also interact with our Sustainability, Public Policy, Public Relations, Accounting, Finance, Economic Development and Tax teams as well as the broader AWS Infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• 2–4 years of post‑qualification legal experience (PQE) with a focus on energy.
• Licensed to practice law in Spain and/or other relevant EMEA jurisdiction.
• Transactional and/or utility experience related to electric or water infrastructure.
• Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in‑house work.
• Speak, write, and read fluently in Spanish.
• Experience managing multiple projects, prioritizing, planning, and managing time.
• Experience with renewable energy projects, grid connection agreements and working with utilities.
• Common sense, enthusiastic, a good sense of humor and enjoy working hard, being challenged, and working in a fun, team‑oriented environment.
• Demonstrates sound judgment even in ambiguous situations.

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