Accenture is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to support both Accenture Netherlands and Avanade Netherlands & Belgium. You will be part of the Accenture Nordics legal team and will join the collaborative and efficient Avanade Belgium & Netherlands Legal Team. This is a unique opportunity to work across two leading organizations, shaping and negotiating client arrangements, guiding business stakeholders on legal and commercial risks, and supporting the management of existing contracts.

You will work on a wide range of local and global matters, including but not limited to: contracting, administrative law, employment, compliance, entity management, intellectual property, privacy, disputes/litigation, marketing, and M&A. You will collaborate closely with legal teams across the Americas and APAC, making this a truly international role.

You will have the ability to work remotely and from our office in Amsterdam to meet the local legal team and your contacts in person.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, structure, draft, and negotiate complex client transactions, including master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, and agreements involving cloud, security, automation, systems integration, and agile development.

• Advise senior leadership on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions, and suggest mitigating actions.

• Guide, train, and support junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters.

• Manage and advise on existing contracts, ensuring compliance with legal obligations and company policies.

• Develop subject matter expertise in areas relevant to Accenture and Avanade’s business.

• Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and knowledge capital.

• Support, promote, and implement Legal Group initiatives.

• Stay abreast of legal and industry developments and incorporate insights into transactional practices.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders at all levels.

About you:

• Positive, committed, and passionate about law and technology.
• Able to take ownership, inspire others, and make a positive impact.
• Strong relationship-building skills and a people-oriented approach.
• Able to manage competing priorities and adapt quickly to change.
• Curious mindset with a strong interest in understanding business drivers.

Qualifications:

• Native-level fluency in Dutch and strong English skills; other European languages and/or a second legal, business, or technical degree are a plus.
• Strong academic credentials and admitted to practice law in the Netherlands.
• 8+ years of experience as an attorney/legal counsel, with at least 4 years in a corporate legal department (IT industry experience required).
• Minimum 6/8 years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing, with increasing responsibility.
• At least 3 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues.
• Excellent judgment, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work independently, present alternatives and solutions and escalate issues as needed.
• Superior communication skills, with the ability to provide practical legal advice in a business context.
• Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting

Knowledge and Skills

• Accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics.
• Proven ability to manage a large volume of transactions independently.
• Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements.
• Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to technology, data, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions.
• Strong executive presence and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to apply judgment to broaden influence
• Understanding basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management.

Additional Desirable Criteria

• Experience working with state and local government agencies or clients in the Public Sector.

Work Requirements

• Travel might be required within the Netherlands and Belgium.
• Ability to work remotely and from the Amsterdam office.
• Candidates must meet all internal transfer and eligibility requirements as per Accenture’s policies.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 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.

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