Senior Corporate Counsel at Microsoft: Apply Now!

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a leading provider of software, cloud computing services, gaming, and various other technologies. It’s known for its Windows operating system, Microsoft Office suite, Xbox gaming consoles, and the Azure cloud platform.

About the Job

Microsoft has an immediate opening for a highly motivated and experienced attorney to join the Microsoft India subsidiary’s Corporate, External and Legal Affairs team (CELA) to provide general counselling and legal services on commercial legal matters across a range of industries.

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).

Name of the Post: Senior Corporate Counsel

Eligibility

• 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.
• Candidate should have 12+ years’ experience as a practicing attorney; OR equivalent practice of law.

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.

Location

This position can be based in Bengaluru, Gurgaon, or Mumbai, based on the candidate’s preference.

Application Procedure

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