Corporate Counsel EMEA

Amazon ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Amazon Web Services is at the forefront of the cloud computing and service industry providing IT infrastructure services such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, browsers and more. We are looking for a Corporate Counsel - Data Center Leasing & Networking to support Amazon Web Services, a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Amazon. This Corporate Counsel will primarily support AWS Telecommunications and Colocation Team (TACT), and you will work on a legal team of 8+ attorneys responsible for supporting AWS's worldwide data center expansion and operations, including data center leasing, operations, compliance, and networking. Responsibilities The successful candidate will be responsible for transactional drafting and negotiation responsibilities on deals in EMEA, and provide ongoing legal counsel and contract interpretation to business team members, with an emphasis on AWS's activities in Europe. These transactions range from standard contracts to complex, high value agreements. You will also help acquire telecommunications and transit services, including fiber access and IP data transit, as well as advise on various other related commercial matters. In addition, you will help develop, implement, and mange process improvements across the team; resolve legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships; and handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries The role is based in London, UK. Some travel may be required. We are looking for candidates who are innovative, progressive, extremely hands-on, and highly customer-obsessed professionals. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business.