Senior Corporate Counsel, Global Deal Team

J oin  Microsoft’s Global Deal Team  in  Americas —a high-performing, distributed legal organization within Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA), a community of 2,000+ legal and compliance professionals. The team supports complex enterprise transactions with Microsoft’s largest and most strategic customers (excluding  public  sector)  around the world . The  Senior Corporate Counsel  role helps drive revenue and accelerate deal velocity through strategic legal leadership, direct engagement on high-impact negotiations, operational excellence, and innovative use of technology and AI—while navigating the regulatory, cultural, and contracting diversity of multiple  jurisdictions  and languages.      Your primary responsibility will be supporting business teams that  are responsible  for  pursuing and closing strategic and complex commercial transactions  with Microsoft’s most important customers .   You will  partner with sales, operations, finance, product and engineering, marketing, and security/trust stakeholders to align customer expectations with Microsoft’s  risk  posture, policies, and compliance obligations.  The role collaborates closely with regional Legal Affairs  teams  who are subject matter experts in  the  Americas  markets  and their  regulations and who lead public sector matters and non-deal workstreams.     Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As  employees  we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.     This role can be based in  Redmond, Silicon Valley, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C .    This  role involves some international travel.

Lead legal support for complex technology transactions by developing negotiation strategies, solving problems creatively, and coordinating across CELA and business team subject matter expertsProvide strategic advice on newly emerging information technology business models, including AI, while staying updated on rules, regulations, and other statutory requirements relating to Microsoft business.   Draft, negotiate, and structure integrated agreements encompassing sales, procurement, strategic partnerships, , investments, and other innovative business models, addressing legal issues such as commercial contracts, intellectual property, and data protection.  Guide escalations to appropriate senior leaders to take smart and well-informed risks to meet customer needs.  Support the business teams in ensuring legal compliance and providing solutions to mitigate risks.   Lead cross-team, cross-disciplinary strategic projects and initiatives and improving internal processes in the legal department.  You will communicate in ways that create clarity and advance negotiations and projects to achieve closure of open issues. You will provide practical and strategic advice to business clients and CELA colleagues.  You will collaborate with executive leadership to ensure a coordinated voice on high-visibility issues, simplifying and summarizing complex matters into actionable strategies and recommendations.

Required/minimum qualifications Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 6+ years experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm or in-house roles specializing in complex transactions, including technology transactions, M&A, business development, or related work managing complex transactions involving multiple stakeholders.  OR equivalent experience. Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction. Additional or preferred qualifications Highly developed negotiation, legal