Contracting Counsel Manager

Accenture in India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in India seeks a Senior Legal Counsel to lead the drafting, structuring and negotiation of complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment. You will advise senior leadership on legal risks and help shape market-facing strategies while guiding junior professionals in transactions and related matters.

You will handle master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, SLAs, licensing, SaaS, data transfer, RFPs and cloud/automation projects, ensuring alignment with legal

Responsibilities

• Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture’s complex client transactions to secure favorable legal and business outcomes
• Counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, clients, and industries and synthesize into transactional practices
• Develop subject matter expertise in one or more areas benefiting Legal and/or business
• Contribute to internal guidelines, toolkits, and knowledge capital on legal and business issues
• Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
• Evolve as a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant, technology-enabled contracting professional

Job description

Job Summary

Lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment including: master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration and agile development. Advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and understanding of the larger market. Manage and advise junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions while supporting Legal, Business and Sales Leadership in shaping and executing Accenture’s market-facing strategies.

Job Summary

Lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment including: master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration and agile development. Advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and understanding of the larger market. Manage and advise junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions while supporting Legal, Business and Sales Leadership in shaping and executing Accenture’s market-facing strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture’s complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective and educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues
• Counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices
• Develop subject matter experience in one of more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business
• Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues
• Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives
• Embrace and evolve to gain experience in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional

Relationships

Reports to: Contracting Lead for the MU

Supervises: As per designated role

External Relationships: Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel