Amazons Legal Department is looking for a talented lawyer to fill the position of Corporate Counsel to support Amazon Web Services a dynamic and rapidly growing business. This Corporate Counsel will support the Amazon Web Services Sales Marketing and Global Services team. Amazon Web Services is at the forefront of the cloud computing and service industry providing IT infrastructure services such as ondemand compute capacity storage content delivery database services and more.
This position will primarily support AWSs Industries sales teams negotiating strategic technology agreements with enterprise customers and assisting with business development and other initiatives. The candidate will have primary drafting and negotiation responsibilities on deals and provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation for business team members. The candidate also will be expected to participate in other Amazon legal projects as directed including leading simplification and scaling initiatives managing legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling prelitigation legal disputes and inquiries.
5 years of legal experience
Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
Experience in transactional and technology licensing or equivalent
Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and inhouse work
Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
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