Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal EMEA Job ID: 2980233 | AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)
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, with a primary focus on supporting AWS public sector sales and procurement compliance in the UK and Ireland. 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 also develop and support internal policies and training programs relating to public procurement compliance, as well as providing legal support for regional and global services and initiatives.
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 on government contracting issues, resolving queries that arise in existing relationships, and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. International travel may be required.
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.
- 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.
Knowledge of procurement processes and contracting laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the UK and Ireland public sector.
- Ability to meet UK security clearance criteria.
- Previous work experience in a law firm, government, or in-house at a technology company.
- Experience engaging with government contracting officials, system integrators, prime contractors, subcontractors, and resellers.
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