Corporate Counsel, Global Trade Legal

DescriptionAre you an international trade attorney looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative company? Come have fun and make history with Amazon's Global Trade Legal team. We are looking for a talented attorney to manage international trade legal work in support of our non-Retail and Operations businesses. Key job responsibilities

• Counseling Amazon businesses on a broad range of regulatory and commercial matters, with a focus on global regulations governing imports and exports.
• Provide day-to-day advice on trade regulations, and advise on emerging regulatory and enforcement trends to help shape Amazon's trade compliance policies and programs.
• Work on complex and high-stakes global trade issue affecting current and future business models and technologies at Amazon.
• Provide counsel and strategic advice to your business client to grow and move selection to our global stores and customers.
• Work with engineers and program managers to support the development and deployment of Amazon-branded offerings and technological innovations, and partner with business, compliance, and logistics professionals to build and improve compliance policies, procedures and processes.
• Support export and import matters, including classification, export eligibility reviews, country of origin determinations, and customs valuation.
• Provide advice to internal stakeholders, as well as develop submissions to regulators and other external stakeholders.
• Perform legal research, risk analysis, drafting guidance documents, decision memos, regulatory submissions, and correspondence
• Managing internal data collection/review projects
• Develop and implement processes to simplify or automate recurring tasks, coordinating with compliance professionals, government relations specialists and other legal partners.

Basic Qualifications

• License to practice law in Europe, US or other common law jurisdiction
• 5+ years of legal experience
• Experience with export controls, customs law, and import operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience of a mix of corporate law firm and in-house work
• Can work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasks
• Experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
• Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, NY, New York

• 169,300.00
• 229,000.00 USD annually USA, VA, Arlington
• 153,900.00
• 208,200.

00 USD annually

USA, WA, SEATTLE

• 153,900.00
• 208,200.

00 USD annually