Associate Corporate Counsel

Description

An Indian subsidiary of Amazon.com, (a US based MNC) in the ecommerce business, has an exciting opening for a smart, young candidates for the role of “Associate Corporate Counsel”, with 3-5 years of post-qualification experience to provide legal advisory and contract management support to various businesses of Amazon in India. The position is based in Bangalore and is for a fixed term of 3 years. The ACC will report to a Corporate Counsel / Senior Corporate Counsel position based in Bangalore.

The Attorney will partner with the legal team and their business operations clients to achieve operational excellence, advise on a range of issues to ensure compliance with local regulations, including secretarial compliance. The attorney will also be responsible for end-to-end negotiation and documentation of a variety of third party contractual relationships, including procurement contracts, master service agreements, sales, advertising agreements, and NDAs. The Attorney must have excellent written and oral communication skills as this position involves direct contact with principal business owners.

Key job responsibilities

• Providing ongoing legal counseling and advise on a wide range of legal areas, such as intellectual property, digital media, e-commerce marketplace, company secretarial and regulatory compliance
• Resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries
• Experience and strong skills in drafting and end-to-end negotiation of contracts while ensuring that all contracts align with company policies, legal requirements, and business objectives.
• Ability to review various program constructs for new and existing business initiatives, develop/refine terms and conditions for different programs and services
• Ability to review and approve promotional artwork and advertisements across print and digital media and ensure that all marketing materials comply with Amazon standards
• Excellent ability to analyze and assess business processes, understand business requirements, draft scope of contract, etc. Ability to function autonomously yet communicates laterally and upwardly with ease.
• Strong legal and business judgment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset to effectively communicate and coordinate complex issues and projects with diverse levels of management and employees.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of legal experience
• LL.B. (undergraduate law degree) from a recognized university in India
• Associate Member (ACS) with Institute of Company Secretaries India (ICSI) with a valid membership with ICSI.
• Practicing lawyer or an in-house attorney within a reputable law firm or legal department in a reputable company, with primary and autonomous responsibility in client advisory, reviewing, drafting and negotiating the legal terms of a broad range of standard commercial contracts
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work
  
  

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Company - Consolidated Frontizo - G74

Job ID: A3118291

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