Work with business line management, business development executives, contract coordinators and other functions on commercial matters, especially customer arrangements.

Come join us

As a Senior Analyst, Legal Counsel, you will mainly partner with business line management, business development executives, and other functions on commercial matters in all stages of deals including review of proposals and responses to RFPs. This role reports to the Director, Senior Legal Counsel, and work in coordination with the Group Manager, Senior Legal Counsel and the Manager, Legal Counsel.

What you will do:

• Day-to-day, you will structure, review, draft and negotiate commercial arrangements, especially service agreements, NDAs and other related documents, including proposals, responses to RFPs, and quotes.

• Assist business lines management, business development executives, and finance and delivery teams in clarifying and balancing risk and reward in relation to the service offerings and individual client arrangements, and mitigating risk to protect the company's assets and profitability.

• Stay abreast of legal developments affecting Avanade, its clients and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company’s transactional practices.

• Resolve issues and disputes, minimize potential for litigation and foster protection of Avanade’s reputation.

• Counsel, advise and educate company employees regarding legal and risk management issues, representing Avanade and its interests.

• Develop/support internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various legal and business issues.

• Develop in-depth subject matter expertise in legal to benefit the business.

• Structure, review, draft and negotiate commercial arrangements, especially master service agreements and client engagement agreements as well as related documents.

• Handle other duties as may be assigned by the Director, Senior Legal Counsel.

Skills and experiences

• Well-refined business perspective.

• Ability to work collaboratively as a member of a team in an intense, fast-paced environment.

• Disciplined, focused and dedicated to meeting high standards of excellence.

• Positive experience working within a hierarchy and corporate multinational matrix both live and virtually across time zones.

• Proven ability to meet deadlines on short time frames and under pressure with the ability to set and adjust priorities quickly.

• Strong time management, prioritization and organizational skills.

• Highly responsive and follows through on commitments.

• Good problem-solving skills and resourceful.

• Superior communication skills, particularly with respect to active listening to and integrating information from various sources quickly and communicating legal advice in a practical form in a business context.

• Extensive experience in structuring, negotiating, drafting and reviewing commercial arrangements, including complicated technology consulting agreements.

• Advanced knowledge of contract law and general business law.

• Up-to-date working knowledge of Microsoft products.

• Fluent in Japanese and English (reading, writing and speaking).

About you

Characteristics that demostrate success for this role:

• Analytical, curious, agile

• Team player and good communicator

• Problem-solver, patient and quality-driven

• Self-motivating

• Innovative mindset

Enjoy your career

Some of the best things about working at Avanade:

• Opportunity to work for Microsoft’s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)

• Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally

• Dedicated career advisor to encourage your growth

• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you

Find out more about some of our benefits

[1] Employee Benefits at Avanade | Avanade

A great place to work

As you bring your skills and abilities to Avanade, you’ll get distinctive experiences, limitless learning, and ambitious growth in return. As we continue to build our diverse and inclusive culture, we become even more innovative and creative, helping us better serve our clients and communities. You’ll join a community of smart, supportive collaborators to lift, mentor, and guide you, and to lean on your expertise. You get a company purpose-built for business-critical, leading-edge technology solutions, committed to improving the way humans work, interact, and live. It’s all here, so take a closer look!

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Visit our [2] Inclusion & Diversity page.

Create a future for our people that focuses on:

• Expanding your thinking • Experimenting courageously • Learning and pivoting

Inspire greatness in our people by:

• Empowering every voice • Encouraging boldness • Celebrating progress

Accelerate the impact of our people by:

• Amazing the client • Prioritizing what matters • Acting as one

Learn more

To learn more about Avanade check out these links:

[3] LinkedIn

[4] Inside Avanade Blog

[5] Avanade Careers

References

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1. https://www.avanade.com/en/career/benefits

2. https://www.avanade.com/en-us/about-avanade/inclusion-and-diversity

3. https://www.linkedin.com/company/avanade

4. https://www.avanade.com/en/blogs/inside-avanade

5. https://www.avanade.com/en/career

We work hard to provide an inclusive, diverse culture with a deep sense of belonging for all our employees. Avanade believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities, and we do not discriminate against our employees, applicants, or job seekers because of their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protect group status as defined by law.