In-house Lawyer -Contracting Associate Manager German & English language

About the role:

Avanade, majority owned by Accenture, was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation.
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Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital, cloud, and advisory services, industry solutions, and design-led experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem.
Every day, our 65,000 professionals in 28 countries make a genuine human impact for our clients, their employees, and their customers.
Avanade has been recognized as Microsoft's Global SI Partner of the Year more than any other company.
With the most Microsoft certifications (60,000+) and 18 (out of 18) Gold-level Microsoft competencies, Avanade is uniquely positioned to help businesses grow and solve their toughest challenges.
Avanade is a people-first company, committed to providing an inclusive workplace where employees feel comfortable being their authentic selves.
As a responsible business, we are building a sustainable world and helping young people from underrepresented communities fulfill their potential.
The Global Legal Network is a group of professionals operating globally from 10 countries.
It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services focused on delivering value and innovation at Accenture and Avanade.
We partner with Legal teams across both companies to build efficiencies and centers of excellence related to Legal services; and through our size, geographic spread, and language diversity, the Global Legal Network is able to drive quality, agility, and speed in our services, aligned to our relentless focus on maximum efficiency and operational effectiveness.
Contracting Legal Professionals (CLP) in Avanade's Corporate Functions organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract, and commercial counsel in support of Avanade's business.
CLPs identify and help manage and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and company policies while providing guidance and negotiating contracts leveraging commercial and market-relevant positions.
In your role, you will be dedicated to Avanade and the Avanade Legal Group.
The global Avanade Legal Group comprises more than 20 nationalities and practices in 14 languages.
The team supports complex commercial transactions, ethics and compliance, corporate governance, litigations, M&A activities, the corporate citizenship program, and internal HR, finance, and marketing matters.

Job Summary:

As a Legal Counsel at Avanade, you will join a welcoming and efficient Legal Team for Austria, Switzerland, and Germany.
Review, draft, and negotiate several types of contractual agreements in a fast-paced corporate environment which may include:
master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals, and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration, and agile development.
Team with more senior CLPs in supporting more complex contracts and deal structures.
Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions.

You will be responsible for:


Independently structure, negotiate, and close client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective.
Strategize with senior CLPs and internal business clients prior to client negotiations.
Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into the company's transactional practices.
Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues.
Develop subject matter expertise in one or more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business and advise other CLPs in such areas.
Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues.
Support, promote, and implement Legal Group initiatives.
Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant, and technology-enabled contracting professional.

Reports to:
Contracting Lead for the MU.
Supervises:
No direct supervisory responsibility.
External Relationships:
Avanade and Accenture client executives and negotiating teams; Outside Counsel.

We expect from you:


Law Degree.
A minimum of 4 years of 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 corporate legal/transaction group in a relevant industry.
Minimum of 2 years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues preferred.
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.
Understand basic principles of Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Management.
Strong executive presence.
Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and German.

What can we provide for you?

Stable employment conditions based on an employment contract.
Private medical care, life insurance, and employee share program.
Access to the MyBenefit platform (possibility of using a wide range of products and services, including the Multisport card).
Individual support of a Career counselor and a specific path of professional development, as well as the possibility of a session with a Coach.
A wide training package (soft and technical training offer, access to the e-learning platform, possibility of co-financing courses and certification).
Employee Assistance Program - free support in one-time legal, financial, and psychological consultations.
Paid employee referral program.
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