About the role
AI summarisedThis is a Contracting Counsel Manager role at Accenture, a global consulting and technology company. The role involves leading legal negotiations and providing contract and commercial advice for complex deals in Southeast Asia across various industries and emerging technologies.
BusinessFull-timeInternal Functions
Key Responsibilities
- Advise deal teams on shaping of the business opportunity within the transaction
- Work with finance, solution and commercial teams to identify and manage issues across the transaction and architect workable solutions
- Work with deal teams to develop effective negotiating strategies
- Form part of the negotiation team and lead the legal negotiations to conclude the contractual documents
- Manage the escalation process for key legal and commercial risks
- Prepare and provide briefings to legal and business approvers, and other stakeholders
Requirements
- Minimum 8-12 years post-qualifying experience
- Admitted to the Singapore Bar
- Deep experience in technology and/or relevant complex commercial transactions that demonstrates a high degree of transactional responsibility
- Previous experience in a law firm or in a fast-paced corporate legal group for an IT services vendor would be advantageous in performing this role
- Understanding of and experience in Singapore Government procurement desirable
- Intellectual curiosity to continuously learn about new technologies and market trends and an ability to adapt to rapidly changing services and offerings including identifying and managing new risks as they arise
- Resilient under high pressure; able to balance between moving a deal forward and maintaining objectivity about the soundness of the deal and compliance with Accenture principles and standards
- Demonstrated ability to lead the legal support for complex systems integration, outsourcing and technology transactions. Experience in Gen/Agentic AI, SaaS or cloud transactions would be a bonus.
- Demonstrated business/commercial acumen
- Solutions orientated mindset with the ability to structure client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective ('thinking outside the square')
- Strong negotiation skills with a proven ability to lead contract negotiations and to deal directly with senior client counsel and negotiating teams
- Confidence in working and communicating with all levels of management
- Innovative mindset and not constrained by how things are typically done
- Ability to oversee, counsel, guide, train and support other members of the legal team, and manage external legal support
- Ability to independently manage drafting, reviewing and negotiating transactional documents and correspondence on a range of transactions
- Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate as part of a broader and diverse team