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Contracting lawyers in Accenture’s Legal organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract and commercial counsel in support of Accenture's business. Our Contracting lawyers identify, manage and recommend mitigations for legal and business risks, in the course of negotiating market relevant positions.

Job Summary:

Lead, structure and negotiate complex client transactions including: master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, SaaS agreements, and agreements involving applied intelligence, creative services, cloud, security and systems integration. Advise senior company leadership and provide guidance to junior legal professionals on legal risks arising from client transactions. Act, and continuously evolve as, a trusted advisor on legal and commercial risks while supporting Legal, Business and Sales Leadership in shaping and executing Accenture’s market-facing strategies.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture’s complex client transactions balancing Accenture’s interest and a client-centric perspective

• Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues

• Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business

• Develop internal guidelines, toolkits, and knowledge capital on various legal and business issues

• Support, promote and implement Accenture Legal’s initiatives

• Guide, train and support junior legal professionals

Relationships:

Reports to: Contracting Lead

Supervises: No direct supervisory responsibility

External Relationships: Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel

Qualifications:

• LLB or JD (or equivalent)

• Authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one South East Asian jurisdiction

• > 12 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in roles with increasing responsibility: such experience should be in a law firm or in a fast-paced inhouse role in a relevant industry

• Preferably, 3 years of experience negotiating intellectual property and data privacy issues

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions

• Proven ability to efficiently manage a large volume of transactions independently

• Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements

• Possess commercial acumen and understand the basics of finance, accounting, marketing, and management

• Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions

• Strong executive presence with excellent spoken and written communication skills  

• Learning agility in order to become a technology-enabled legal professional

You will also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.
 
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About Accenture

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