Legal Counsel, Competition in München bei Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH

Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH

• 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.

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

• 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

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