Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal EMEA

ENGINEERINGUK; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate Corporate Counsel to support AWS in the EMEA region. This dynamic role involves negotiating and drafting technology service contracts, ensuring compliance for public sector sales, and providing legal guidance to various teams. The ideal candidate will be a qualified lawyer with strong communication and negotiation skills, ready to tackle challenges in a fast-paced environment. Join a forward-thinking company that values diversity and innovation, and contribute to the growth of cloud computing solutions for public sector clients.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with transactional legal experience and professional fluency in English.
• Strong communication, drafting, and negotiation skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Review, negotiate, and draft technology service contracts with public sector customers.
• Provide legal support for sales, public policy, and security teams.

Skills

Legal Practice

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Drafting Skills

Judgment in Ambiguous Situations

Education

Qualified Lawyer in the UK

2+ PQE

Tools

Legal Software

Job description

Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal EMEA

DESCRIPTION

Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented lawyer to support Amazon Web Services (AWS) in selling to customers throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, with a primary focus on supporting AWS public sector sales and procurement compliance in the UK and Ireland. 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.

You will be responsible for reviewing, negotiating, and drafting a wide range of technology service contracts and subcontracts with public sector customers, including licensing, teaming, reseller and framework agreements and responses to requests for proposals and tenders. You will also develop and support internal policies and training programs relating to public procurement compliance, as well as providing legal support for regional and global services and initiatives.

In this role, you will work directly with Sales, Public Policy, and Security teams, providing day-to-day advice for senior executives and other business members on government contracting issues, resolving queries that arise in existing relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. The successful candidate will be proactive, entrepreneurial, enjoy being challenged, have strong written and oral communication skills, and demonstrate sound, pragmatic judgment in ambiguous situations.

The role is based in Amazon's offices in London. International travel may be required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Qualified and admitted to practice law in the UK with a minimum of 2+ PQE
2. Transactional legal experience with a minimum of 2 years experience.
3. Professional fluency in English, written and spoken.
4. Excellent communication, drafting and negotiation skills.
5. 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Familiarity with cloud computing, IT infrastructure and telecommunications.
2. Knowledge of procurement processes and contracting laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the UK and Ireland public sector.
3. Ability to meet UK security clearance criteria.
4. Previous work experience in a law firm, government, or in-house at a technology company.
5. Experience engaging with government contracting officials, system integrators, prime contractors, subcontractors, and resellers.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.