Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented commercial real estate lawyer to fill the position of Legal Counsel supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS), a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Amazon.com. 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, and more. As part of the AWS legal team, you will be responsible for supporting AWS's worldwide data center expansion through land acquisitions, leases, zoning entitlement work and serviced licenses. You will have transactional drafting and negotiating responsibilities on deals, and will provide legal counsel and contract interpretation to business team members on a daily basis. Transactions range from standard contracts to complex, bespoke, high value agreements. You will structure, draft and negotiate agreements and leases, help support AWS's existing portfolio, manage outside counsel, and advise internal business clients. In addition, you will help develop, implement, and manage process improvements across the team, resolve legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. The successful candidate must be enthusiastic, enjoy working hard and being challenged, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of legal experience
• Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent
• Experience drafting and negotiating a variety of real estate transactional documents (i.e. leases, lease amendments, purchase and sale agreements, easements, development agreements, co-ownership agreements etc.)
• Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
• Experience with Zoning and Land Use work

Responsibilities

• Supporting AWS's worldwide data center expansion through land acquisitions, leases, zoning entitlement work and serviced licenses.
• Transactional drafting and negotiating responsibilities on deals
• Provide legal counsel and contract interpretation to business team members on a daily basis.
• Structure, draft and negotiate agreements and leases
• Help support AWS's existing portfolio
• Manage outside counsel
• Advise internal business clients
• Develop, implement, and manage process improvements across the team
• Resolve legal issues that arise in existing commercial relationships
• Handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree