Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal

Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented commercial lawyer to fill the position of Associate Corporate Counsel in Tokyo. The role will support Amazon Web Services (AWS), a dynamic and rapidly growing business within AWS 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.

Key job responsibilities
This Associate Corporate Counsel will be based in Japan and will primarily support AWS's Sales and Marketing teams in Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region.
The successful candidate will be responsible for drafting a range of IT service agreements, technology licensing agreements and other high-value agreements with AWS's enterprise customers and partners. They will also lead key regional and global initiatives to address emerging regulatory and policy issues, and to support the growth of AWS Japan's business.
In this role, you will provide strategic and day-to-day legal advice, work on key business development initiatives, regulatory issues, and handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.

Compensation is based on experience and includes equity compensation.

- Law degree from a reputable university or college
- Licensed to practice law in Japan and/or the United States or other common law jurisdiction
- Approximately between 2 - 5 years legal experience (PQE) with several years of experience at a leading global law firm and/or in-house at a major multinational corporation
- Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to summarize complex issues and ideas clearly and concisely
- Ability to work independently and proactively, while also collaborating effectively with other legal team members and global business teams
- Must have strong ability to communicate orally and in writing, draft agreements and negotiate in Japanese and English

- Familiarity with IT infrastructure, outsourcing, telecommunications, cloud computing, AI/ML, or consulting contracts.
- Familiarity with privacy and data protection laws
- Transactional experience

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