Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) Legal team is looking for a talented lawyer to support our UK and EU grocery businesses. You will be the primary legal point of contact for the UK and EU grocery teams supporting other internal stakeholders, working on a broad range of grocery, marketing, and regulatory issues. As part of Amazon's WWGS Legal team based in London, you will work on exciting projects across business lines and across the EU, dealing with a variety of legal topics and providing strategic counsel.
The ideal candidate is motivated, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and can independently manage multiple work streams while delivering sound legal advice. You will work closely with business, regulatory, and cross-functional teams to draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, help develop scalable legal processes, and advise the business in ways that enable them to move quickly and strategically.
Key job responsibilities
- Supporting grocery teams and other internal stakeholders on a broad range of commercial and regulatory issues
- Advising the business on strategic matters, including product launches and new country expansions
- Negotiating and drafting vendor, supplier, and other contracts in partnership with the UK and EU grocery teams
- Dealing with regulatory matters, including GSCOP, DMCCA, FIC, and PPWR
- Training the UK and EU teams and developing and improving internal processes
Basic qualifications
- License to practice law in Europe, US or other common law jurisdiction
- Experience in transactional work, including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts or equivalent
- Minimum of 2+ years post-qualification legal experience.Preferred qualifications
- Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work
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