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About Accenture: Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries,we offer Strategy and Consulting,Technology and Operations Services, and Accenture Song - all powered by the worlds largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 699,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com About Entity: Corporate Functions including Human Resources, Finance, Legal, Marketing Communications, and Workplace Solutions-- powers Accenture s people across industries and functions to keep our business leading in the New. Join the heart and soul of Accenture, partnering with our extraordinary people to bring innovation into every organization. Job description: Global Legal Network is a group of professionals operating globally from 10 countries. It provides a broad spectrum of differentiated services - focused on delivering value and innovation. We partner with Legal teams across Accenture to build efficiencies and centers of excellence related to Legal services; and through our size, geographic spread and language diversity, the Global Legal Network is able to drive quality, agility and speed in our services, aligned to Accenture s relentless focus on maximum efficiency and operational effectiveness. Contracting Legal Professionals (CLP) in Accenture s Corporate Functions organization coordinate and deliver legal, contract and commercial counsel in support of Accentures business. CLPs identify and help manage and mitigate risk and ensure ethical behavior and compliance with laws and company policies, while providing guidance and negotiating contracts leveraging commercial and market relevant positions. Job Summary: Lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment including: master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration and agile development. Advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and understanding of the larger market. Manage and advise junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions while supporting Legal, Business and Sales Leadership in shaping and executing Accenture s market-facing strategies. Key Responsibilities: Lead, structure, negotiate and close Accenture s complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective Counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company s transactional practices Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues Develop subject matter experience in one of more areas that benefit Legal and/or our business Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives Embrace and evolve to gain experience in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional,

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sellingpeople managementbillingcustomer service