DESCRIPTION
Amazon’s Legal Department is looking for a talented lawyer to support Amazon Web Services (AWS) in selling to customers throughout the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. 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 to private and public sector customers.
You will be responsible for drafting a range of IT service agreements and other high-value agreements with AWS’s enterprise customers and partners. You will also lead key regional and global initiatives to address emerging regulatory and policy issues, and to support the growth of AWS’s business.
In this role, you will work directly with Sales, Public Policy, and Security teams, providing day-to-day advice for senior executives and other business members, resolving queries that arise in existing relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. The successful candidate will be proactive, entrepreneurial, enjoy being challenged, have strong written and oral communication skills, and demonstrate sound, pragmatic judgment in ambiguous situations.
The role is based in Amazon’s offices in London. International travel may be required.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Qualified and admitted to practice law in the UK with a minimum of 2+ PQE
- Transactional legal experience with a minimum of 2 years experience.
- Professional fluency in English, written and spoken.
- Excellent communication, drafting and negotiation skills.
- The successful candidate must be enthusiastic, fast learning, self-motivated, enjoy working hard and being challenged, able to work independently and at times with little supervision, and demonstrate sound judgment in challenging and ambiguous situations.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience at a leading law firm or technology company.
- Familiarity with IT infrastructure, outsourcing, telecommunications, cloud computing, AI/ML, or consulting contracts.
- Transactional experience
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