Contracting Counsel Specialist

Accenture in the Philippines; Mandaluyong; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in the Philippines seeks a contracts attorney to review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of agreements including master services, outsourcing, SOWs, and SaaS arrangements. You will collaborate with senior contracting lawyers to structure transactions and mitigate legal risks in a fast-paced corporate setting.

Strong negotiation and drafting skills are essential, with fluency in English and Filipino.

Qualifications

• LLB or JD required; practicing law in the Philippines.
• Experience negotiating IP and data privacy matters is essential.
• Must have transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, or outsourcing.

Responsibilities

• Structure, negotiate and close client transactions to maximize legal and business value.
• Strategize with senior lawyers and internal clients before client negotiations.
• Stay updated on developments affecting the company and industry to inform practices.
• Educate and advise executives on legal and risk issues.
• Develop subject matter expertise beneficial to Legal and business units.
• Contribute to internal guidelines and knowledge capital on legal issues.

Skills

Transactional experience

Negotiation

IP & data privacy

English & Filipino communication

Executive presence

Contract drafting

Technology-based agreements

Financial principles

Risk management

Independent workload management

Education

LLB or JD

Practicing law in the Philippines

Job description

Job Description

Job Summary:

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:

• LLB or JD (or equivalent)
• Practicing law in the Philippines

Skills And Work Experience

Must have:

• Minimum 2 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 1 year 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.

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