Microsoft Looking For Senior Corporate Counsel at Goa, Full Time

This Attorney will work as part of a team supporting the Microsoft India subsidiary and will report to the Head of Legal Affairs, India. This individual will be responsible for providing comprehensive legal guidance to the business across our intelligent cloud, operating system and business processes (including Azure, Azure Open AI, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Windows, Surface, and AI). Our customers are in the midst of game-changing digital transformations and this attorney will have frequent contact with all levels of Microsoft account teams, industry teams, technical experts, outside partners, customers and vendors as well as our regional and global CELA teams. Experience supporting a range of commercial matters and the operational elements of legal services profession desired.

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Responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities

Legal Advice and Counsel

• Acts as the primary legal contact (generalist or subject matter expert) for a major product, business group, or corporate function; executes and/or manages high-impact or complex legal matters.
• Serves as a key business partner and valued legal advisor to senior level clients and colleagues by providing actionable advice on a wide range of issues (e.g., IP licensing and business model development); collaborates and advises on strategy to drive meaningful conversations that are grounded in in-depth understanding of product group.
• Manages relationships and develops partnerships with outside counsel; engages clients and collaborates with outside counsel or other service providers to develop strategies and innovative solutions to address business issues and achieve business objectives.
• Drafts new and novel policies and agreements; negotiates a variety of transactional documents.
• Reviews, interprets, and analyzes legal information and is recognized as a proven internal thought leader by maintaining a strong understanding of primary legal area and of legal principles outside of primary area.
• Monitors business activity to ensure legal compliance policies/standards are followed and mitigates associated risks; advises and helps clients understand complex compliance issues; facilitates development of creative solutions to complex issues.
• Identifies and engages appropriate stakeholders in CELA and business to escalate issues and drive decisions; provides guidance to attorneys and paralegals on escalations.

Regulatory Affairs and Litigation

• End to end support, actionable insights and strategic inputs for our litigation matters and co-ordinate with outside counsel for dispute resolution.
• Manage requests, notices, communications and escalations from government authorities and pro-actively respond to the same, ensuring cordial and co-operative relationship.
• Supervision and engagement with outside counsel and across teams for compliance with laws; filing of statutory documents for our entities in India.
• Lead a complex deal compliance advisory practice across a portfolio of business segments, controls, and corporate functions.
• Brief executives and senior leadership on deal advisory outcomes, proactive consulting engagements, and compliance programs.
• Contribute to the advancement of a culture of diversity and inclusion at Microsoft.

Representing Microsoft

• Proactively engages industry, business, or legal groups to drive Microsoft’s policy objectives and external outreach initiatives (e.g., conferences, hearings, consultations, conducting workshops, volunteering for committees, leading recruiting activities).
• Develops and strategizes positive relationships with external and internal legal professionals, academics, government officials, customers, and/or partners in an effort to protect and advocate Microsoft’s interests and to drive results; coordinates with government affairs professionals to obtain alignment in policy strategy for public entities.

Operational Excellence

• Partners with business teams to develop policies and best practices related to legal and regulatory issues.
• Provides continuous feedback and evaluates processes for improvement; contributes to significant operational improvements (including timeliness, quality improvement, and cost reduction); develops and implements recommendations that increase efficiencies within work group and for the delivery of legal services to clients.
• Develops financial arrangements for outside counsel and vendor expenses; manages and prioritizes expenses to allocated budget; contributes to budget development for practice group; works within and manages budgets for projects.
• Models compliance and maintains confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, privacy, and the security of data.

Communication

• Collaborates within CELA, across internal groups, senior management, senior-level business leaders, and clients to ensure a coordinated Legal and Corporate Affairs voice; provides guidance to frame issues in a clear and concise manner.
• Organizes and simplifies complex/multi-dimensional issues and recommends a clear course of action among alternatives.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate Degree OR
• Equivalent International Degree OR
• Completion of a Legal Apprenticeship.
• Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.
• 12+ years’ experience as a practicing attorney OR
• Equivalent practice of law.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• In-house counsel experience(8+ years) preferably with multi-national companies or other large complex organizations, experience as an attorney with specialized practice in BFSI sector would be preferred
• Ability to perform in a highly matrixed organization and deal with ambiguity in a fast-changing technology innovation and digitally transforming world.
• The ability to manage a portfolio of projects and activities across multiple business areas, functions, and geographies to deliver impactful results.
• Strategic thinker in issues management and creating opportunities for engagement.
• Has an entrepreneurial mindset, ability to work independently in driving the various projects, working closely with various cross functional committee members to drive change with an open, curious, and growth-oriented mindset.
• Able to generate ideas and think creatively, yet work with detailed information
• Good project management skill – able to multiple tasks simultaneously, and organize and prioritize work under pressure, and take decisions.
• Possesses high level of energy and strong skills on teamwork, cross-group collaborations, networking and leveraging virtual engagements.
• Must possess and have the passion to always act with the highest standards of ethics and integrity and be an advocate for a diversity and inclusive work environment.
• A keen business sense, with the ability to find creative business-oriented solutions to legal issues, balancing legal risks against business interests.
• Passion for technology, the potential of digital transformation and Microsoft’s diverse range of products and services.
• Strong communication and writing, oral, including public speaking skills and demonstrated experience presenting to executive or senior level audiences.
• Domestic and International travel may be required from time to time.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.