Description:

Basic Qualifications

2+ years of legal experience
Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent

Description:
An American Multinational Technology Company Legal Department is looking for a talented utility lawyer in Arlington, VA or Seattle, WA to fill the position of Associate Corporate Counsel to support An American Multinational Technology Company Web Services (AWS), a dynamic and rapidly growing business within An American Multinational Technology Company. AWS is at the forefront of the "cloud" computing and service industry, providing IT infrastructure services such as on-demand compute capacity, storage, content delivery, database services, browsers and more. This position will support AWS's energy and water teams in working with utilities, constructing new infrastructure, and piloting innovative projects in support of The Climate Pledge, which commits An American Multinational Technology Company to being powered by 100% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% net zero carbon by 2040 – ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement.

Key Job Responsibilities:
As Associate Corporate Counsel, you will partner with AWS's business teams to support energy and water supply, infrastructure, and services agreements and provide guidance on working with private and governmental utilities. You will have responsibility for structuring, drafting, and negotiating agreements, and counseling internal business partners on:

Utility interconnection agreements
Unique water supply and/or reuse arrangements
Vendor agreements, including engineering, design, and construction agreements
Sustainable initiatives
Energy and water strategy more broadly

You will work directly with the various business teams to provide day-to-day advice, resolve issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries, and manage outside counsel for our current and new regions around the globe. You will also be responsible for identifying opportunities for, and implementation of, process improvements. You will also interact with our Public Policy, Public Relations, Accounting, Finance, Economic Development, and Tax teams.

Preferred Qualifications: