Contracting Counsel Associate Manager

8003 Accenture Inc Company; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Contracts Counsel to review, draft, and negotiate diverse agreements in a fast-paced corporate setting. You will work with senior contracting lawyers to structure and close client transactions, advise on legal and business risks, and develop expertise across digital, consulting, and outsourcing engagements.

The role requires a law degree and PH practice, with 4+ years in transactional work and strong English/Filipino communication.

Qualifications

• Must have a law degree and be admitted to practice in the Philippines.
• Minimum 4 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing.
• At least 2 years negotiating IP and data privacy issues.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to present alternatives with solutions.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Filipino.
• Ability to manage a high volume of transactions independently.
• Experience drafting technology-based agreements.

Responsibilities

• Structure, negotiate and close client transactions advantageous to the company.
• Strategize with senior Contracting lawyers and internal clients.
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company and industries.
• Educate and advise executives on legal and risk issues.
• Develop subject matter expertise in relevant areas for Legal and/or business.
• Develop internal guidelines and knowledge assets.
• Support and implement Accenture Legal initiatives.
• Evolve to be a pathfinder, architect and business-minded contracting lawyer.

Skills

Negotiation

IP & Privacy

Executive Presence

English & Filipino

Independent Transactions

Education

Law Degree

Practicing in PH

Job description

Job Description Review, draft, and negotiate several types of contractual agreements in a fast-paced corporate environment which may include: 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, applied intelligence, systems integration and agile development. Team with more senior Contracting lawyers in supporting more complex contracts and deal structures. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently, and help to, structure, negotiate and close client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective
• Strategize with senior Contracting lawyers and internal business clients prior to client negotiations
• Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices
• Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues
• Develop subject matter expertise 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 Accenture Legal initiatives
• Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, an architect, as well as a business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology-enabled contracting lawyer

Educational Requirement:

• Must have: Law Degree
• Practicing law in the Philippines

Skills and Work Experience Must Have:

• Minimum 4 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility, such experience should be in a law firm or in a fast-paced inhouse role in a relevant industry
• Minimum of 2 years of experience negotiating intellectual property and data privacy issues
• Proven negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions
• Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions independently
• Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements
• Understand basic principles of finance, accounting, marketing, and management
• Strong executive presence
• Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Filipino.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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