Description

Amazon is a leader in global e-commerce. We’re working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. 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. We are offering a unique opportunity for a talented and ambitious business lawyer to work at the forefront of the most interesting and challenging German and EU legal matters.

We are looking for a talented Corporate Legal Counsel (m/f) in Munich or Berlin to support our German and EU competition team.

Key job responsibilities

· Drive regulatory competition matters in Germany and at EU level, including integrated partnership with the local legal team.

· Advise the business and legal colleagues on commercial legal matters across all Amazon businesses. · Help shape the company’s long-term strategy on high impact and often novel issues.

· Think Big and look around corners to spot issues and identify developments of relevance for the Amazon business.

· Partner with our public policy team and engage with regulators and policy makers on a broad range of issues.

· Contribute as a member of the EU Legal team to develop mechanisms for training, compliance, and cross-functional coordination.

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

Berlin, BE, DEU | Munich, BY, DEU

Basic Qualifications

• Fully qualified lawyer with outstanding academic and legal qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in civil, commercial and/or regulatory law, gained inhouse or in an international law firm

• Experience independently managing a large number and variety of mission-critical projects and meeting deadlines.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in German and English, as well as demonstrated proficiency in working closely with and advising senior executives of an organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in regulatory and competition matters preferred.

• Open mindset, curiosity and ability to quickly adapt to new situations as well as an ambition to learn

Sound and practical business judgment as well as common sense

• Ability to work independently in ambiguous situations while being able to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams

• A team player and consensus builder with great people skills and a good sense of humor who can effectively and efficiently collaborate and build relationships with lawyers and business clients at all levels throughout the organization

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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