Counsel

Akamai Career Site; India; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FlexBase program

Job summary

Akamai Legal is a global team of professionals protecting Akamai's assets while supporting growth. The Counsel role focuses on drafting and negotiating English commercial contracts with global customers and partners, advising cross-functional teams on legal risks, and ensuring consistent application of corporate policies.

Candidates should hold a law degree, be licensed in a relevant jurisdiction, have 3+ years of experience with technology or telecom clients, and communicate fluently in

Qualifications

• Hold a law degree from an accredited institution and be licensed as an attorney.
• 3+ years of legal experience supporting Sales teams or in-house with technology/telecom clients.
• Fluent English; ability to draft contracts clearly and conduct negotiations by phone or video.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating English commercial contracts and documents with Akamai's global customers and partners.
• Advising cross-functional teams on legal risks in commercial sales contracts.
• Ensuring compliance with Akamai's policies and enhancing the legal department's performance.

Skills

English communication

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Law degree

Job description

Are you looking to work with an international team to solve problems on a global scale?

Do you want an opportunity to effect change at a leading technology organization?

Join our Global Legal team!

Akamai Legal is a global team of experienced professionals advancing business interests and supporting the company's next phase of growth. The team protects Akamai's assets and reputation while navigating rapid innovation and evolving legal landscapes. Comprising approximately 70 professionals worldwide, the team's role reports to the regional Legal Commercial Lead based in Singapore.

Partner with the best

You will work with our Legal and Sales teams and become a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders across the business.

As a Counsel, you will be responsible for:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating English commercial contracts and documents with Akamai's global customers and partners, supporting commercial teams worldwide.
• Advising cross-functional teams across Sales, Finance, Tax, Compliance, Information Security, and Product Management on legal risks in commercial sales contracts.
• Ensuring compliance with and consistent application of Akamai's legal and business policies and practices.
• Participating in efforts to enhance the legal department's overall performance

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold a law degree from an accredited institution, be licensed in a relevant jurisdiction, and maintain good standing as an attorney.
• Bring 3+ years of legal experience supporting Sales teams in private practice or in-house, ideally with technology or telecommunications clients.
• Demonstrate excellent project and time management, sound business judgment, effective prioritization, and reliable follow-through in dynamic, multi-project environments.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of commercial law, intellectual property rights, and privacy and data protection;
• Communicate fluently in English, draft contracts clearly and concisely, and conduct legal negotiations by phone or video.
• Possess excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.
Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.
Our focus is simple:
Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.
Security: Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.
Content Delivery: Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.
AI: Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.
At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai:

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We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.