Microsoft Senior Corporate Counsel

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Posted date: Sep 17, 2024

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Category: Legal & Corporate Affairs

Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations

Estimated salary: $205,350
Range: $141,800 - $268,900

Employment type: Full-Time

Travel amount: 25.0%

Work location type: Up to 50% work from home

Role: Individual Contributor


Description

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission. 

The Microsoft Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) department has an immediate opening for a dynamic, motivated, and experienced transactional attorney to support Microsoft’s Software and Digital Platforms (SDP) business in the role of Senior Corporate Counsel. The SDP business envisions Microsoft as the premier AI platform and strategic partner, empowering companies to innovate and launch cutting-edge products.

Support sales, business development, engineering and related teams responsible for pursuing and closing strategic and complex technology transactions across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 6+ years experience as a practicing attorneyOR equivalent experience.Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.4+ years of experience as an attorney specializing in complex transactions, including technology transactions, M&A, business development, or related work managing complex transactions involving multiple stakeholders.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in advising on data protection issues, intellectual property, and commercial matters.Experience with cloud computing, AI, and other cutting-edge technologies and related legal issues.Sound judgment that incorporates legal analysis, a pragmatic approach, and consideration of business goals, risk tolerance, and stakeholder priorities.Enthusiastic team player who enjoys partnering with cross-functional teams to solve complex issues, invest in others, and work collaboratively to generate consensus across diverse points of view.Comfort with ambiguity and with a bias for action in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment.Project management skills and the ability to work efficiently and meet deadlines in the face of competing priorities.Understands business issues and has a pragmatic, commercial orientation.Service-oriented and customer obsessed.In-house counsel experience.Business level fluency to read, write and speak Spanish, Portuguese or French.Legal Counsel IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $141,800 - $248,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $179,300 - $268,900 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 1, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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