Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal

Amazon Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services Singapore Private Limited is seeking an Associate Corporate Counsel to support AWS across ASEAN. The role is based in Singapore and involves negotiating enterprise contracts, handling pre-litigation inquiries, advising on regulatory issues, and coordinating with global legal teams.

The successful candidate will have 2–6 years post-admission experience, strong contract drafting and negotiation skills, and the ability to communicate complex issues clearly while managing

Qualifications

• Experience in transactional work, including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts or equivalent.
• Law degree from a reputable university or college.
• Admitted to practice law with 2 - 6 years of post-admission legal experience.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to summarize complex issues and ideas clearly and concisely.
• Efficient organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through, and meet deadlines using pragmatic judgment.
• Ability to work independently and proactively, while also collaborating effectively with other legal team members and global business teams.
• Creative analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Base in Singapore and support AWS Sales and Marketing activities across ASEAN and Asia-Pacific.
• Negotiate strategic enterprise agreements with a focus on ASEAN customers and resellers.
• Provide compliance training and awareness.
• Handle pre-litigation disputes and inquiries.
• Assist with responses to bid proposals/tenders.
• Work proactively on regulatory and policy matters.
• Travel internationally as required.

Skills

Transactional work

Law degree

Admitted to practice

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Independence

Analytical skills

Education

Law degree from a reputable university

Job description

Job ID: 10566375 | Amazon Web Services Singapore Private Limited

Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented attorney to support Amazon Web Services (AWS). 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. AWS also offers a comprehensive suite of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) services, infrastructure, and tools to help users build, train, and deploy AI models.

Key job responsibilities

This Associate Corporate Counsel will be based in Singapore and will primarily support AWS’s Sales and Marketing activities across ASEAN and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

A day in the life

You will negotiate strategic enterprise agreements with a focus on ASEAN customers and resellers, provide compliance training and awareness, handle pre-litigation disputes and inquiries, assist with responses to bid proposals/tenders, and work proactively on regulatory and policy matters. Typical transactions will range from enterprise contracts to complex, high-dollar-value strategic procurement vehicles. International travel may be required.

About the team

We don’t expect you to have experience in data centers or cloud computing, and we are looking for candidates who are eager to learn and develop as part of our team. Members of our team are enthusiastic, curious, proactive, humble, and collaborative, enjoy being challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in transactional work, including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts or equivalent
• Law degree from a reputable university or college.
• Admitted to practice law with 2 - 6 years of post-admission legal experience.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to summarize complex issues and ideas clearly and concisely.
• Efficient organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once, follow through, and meet deadlines using pragmatic judgment.
• Ability to work independently and proactively, while also collaborating effectively with other legal team members and global business teams.
• Creative analytical skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house experience at a technology company or in a private practice technology group.
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure, outsourcing, telecommunications, cloud computing, AI/ML, or consulting contracts
• Knowledge of ASEAN laws and regulations and experience working with public policy stakeholders.
• Experience working across multiple APJ jurisdictions
• Working knowledge and capability in other ASEAN country languages (e.g. Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Thai or Tagalog) preferred but not required.

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