Senior Legal Counsel, France Store

We are looking for a highly motivated lawyer to join the adventure of our rapidly expanding online stores in France. You will be the front-line lawyer responsible for advising the business on a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters and structuring, drafting and negotiating commercial transactions. You will work directly with the business, serving as lead counsel on strategic deals, providing day-to-day advice, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.

Amazon is a leader in global e-commerce. We strive to be the most customer-centric company on earth. Our innovative technologies change the way people find, discover and buy products and services. Lawyers at Amazon are trusted members of the business. Our work is intellectually challenging, exciting and fast-paced. Developing innovative solutions to novel legal questions is part of our daily business. Like everyone at Amazon, we’re passionate about our customers and we firmly believe that customer trust holds paramount importance in everything we do.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Clichy, FRA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– Fully qualified lawyer in France with outstanding academic qualification
– Minimum of 11+ years of experience (with a significant amount of time spent at a law firm) as a transactional, regulatory or litigation attorney, preferably with some portion of that experience in distribution law and commercial transactions
– Excellent English language skills that include the ability to draft and negotiate contracts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– Sound and practical business judgment as well as common sense, especially in ambiguous situations
– Ability to work independently while contributing successfully to cross-functional teams
– Hands-on project management experience, including excellent organizational skills,
– Ability to manage a large number and variety of mission-critical projects and to prioritize in a fast-moving environment
– A team player and consensus builder with great people skills who can effectively and efficiently collaborate and build relationships with attorneys and business clients at all levels throughout the organization
– Highest standards of ethics and professional integrity
– Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, as well as demonstrated proficiency in partnering closely with and advising senior executives of an organization

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