WHO WE ARE:

People in the Corporate Function career track contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.

Join Accenture’s global M&A Legal Team that has supported Accenture’s deployment of over $8 billion in strategic acquisitions over the last several years

Serve as the EMEA legal lead for a senior team of experienced M&A attorneys supporting complex M&A and strategic investment transactions within a fast-paced corporate environment. Advise senior company leadership directly on legal issues, including risk management and mitigation.

 THE WORK:

• Lead a team of M&A attorneys supporting Accenture’s M&A and strategic investment transactions across EMEA, motivated to embrace new opportunities

• Serve as lead attorney in complex M&A transactions, collaborating with senior executives and thriving on continuous advancement in strategic negotiations

• Strategize with executives and lead negotiations alongside Accenture’s corporate development team, managing both in-house and external legal resources

• Oversee drafting, review, and coordination of transaction documents, legal due diligence, and post-closing matters such as claims and disputes

• Commitment to constant progress by staying updated on business and legal developments impacting Accenture and the consulting, technology, and outsourcing sectors.

With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders, and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree and JD (or equivalent) from top law school

• Active bar membership/local equivalent

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience practicing as an attorney with a national or international law firm and/or in-house legal department

• Substantial experience advising on multi-jurisdictional M&A, including acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures and equity investments

• Strong preference for experience advising strategic buyers

• Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and collaboration skills

• Strong executive presence

• Excellent English language oral and written communication skills

• Sound judgment and business acumen

• Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills

WHAT WE OFFER?

• Permanent employment contract

• Individual support of a People Lead and a specific path of professional development, as well as the possibility of a session with a Coach

• A wide training package (soft, technical, and language training offer, access to the e-learning platforms, Gallup test, GenAI training, possibility of co-financing courses, and certification)

• Employee Assistance Program - legal, financial, and psychological consultations.

• Accenture employees eligible for the Employee share purchase plan automatically become eligible for quarterly dividends if they own company shares.

• Paid employee referral program

• Private medical care, life insurance

• Access to the MyBenefit platform (possibility of using a wide range of products and services, including the Multisport card).

WHAT WE BELIEVE:

• Accenture does not discriminate employment candidates on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, national origin, political beliefs, trade union membership, ethnicity, denomination, sexual orientation or any other basis impermissible under Polish law.

• All our leaders are committed to building a better, stronger and more durable company for future generations to create positive, long-lasting change. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

• Our position as partner to many of the world’s leading businesses, organizations and governments affords us both an extraordinary opportunity and a tremendous responsibility to make a difference. Sustainability is one of our greatest responsibilities, which we embed it into everything we do and for everyone we work with.

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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