Geographic Legal Counsel Specialist

Geographic Legal Counsel Specialist

Accenture is an equal opportunity employer. We have an unwavering commitment to equality for all. Together, we are acting, we are leading, and we will drive change across the globe.

At Accenture, we believe that greatness comes from the collective effort of exceptional individuals. Our company culture fosters creativity, encourages collaboration, and rewards excellence. We are committed to providing our employees with an inspiring work environment where they can thrive and make a meaningful impact.

We put innovation at the heart of everything we do, coupled with our core values of client value creation, one global network, respect for the individual, best people, integrity and stewardship.





We offer careers that provide unparalleled opportunities for career growth and job satisfaction.

Accenture Legal is in the business of experience and we are transforming ourselves to be our best credential and are focused on developing power skills across our entire organization for the future intelligent enterprise.

Global Legal Network (GLN) 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 centres 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.

Acquisitions and Corporate Advisory (ACA) is a group of legal professionals working and supporting different legal areas such as V&A;, Corporate Matters (Treasury and Equity),





Government Relations, Litigations and Dispute Management (Litigations, Legal Cyber Security, Corporate Investigations, Forensic Accounting), Contract Documentation Alignment.

CORE and Global Services (CGS) is a group of legal professionals working and supporting different legal areas such as Compliance, Regulatory Offerings, Ethics, Corporate Matters and the Services Areas aligned with the new offerings and technologies such as Strategy & Consulting, Song, Technology, Security and Operations.

Legal Buyside Contracting (LBC) is a focused legal function for third party contracting. The team is involved with drafting,





reviewing and negotiating third party supplier contracts for Accenture and acts as a legal advisory function leveraging technology to deliver support.

Accenture Legal TalentForce You will be part of Accenture Legal TalentForce as a talented legal professional with valued subject matter expertise across several disciplines who is seeking a new challenge and a unique career development proposition. We believe Accenture Legal TalentForce offers the opportunity to thrive in an agile and pioneering global environment and innovate our approach to legal support for our business.

Through participation in this programme, you will be given opportunity to hone your capabilities in high-impact and complex legal areas based on your skills and experience.





You will work closely and collaboratively with other legal colleagues and business teams in providing strategic advice and guidance that support the growth of our business.

Knowledge Skills and Experience Minimum 5 - 7 years of relevant experience in a dynamic in-house/corporate legal or law firm environment, with familiarity of working across different jurisdictions and with multi-national clients.
Additional certifications and experience, including compliance related global professional certification(s) (e.g. data privacy, data governance, Information Security) and/or corporate law and/or company experience, considered a plus.
Education: JD /bachelor's degree in law (LLB) (or equivalent) or higher from a recognized institution and admission in good standing with applicable bar association(s) (or local equivalents).
Advanced English Level (mandatory) & CV in English is required.






Behaviours and Attributes Enthusiasm for continuous learning and exemplifying a growth mindset.
Able to present innovative, original solutions which understand our business, and to act as a strategic thinker.
Strong ability to identify, understand and assess trends and developments in functional areas of expertise and to explain issues in a practical, results-focused manner.
Proven leadership, people development and/or management experience, managing team and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role).
Strong inter-personal skills and ability to build a sense of belonging in a team and establish a sense of common purpose across Accenture Legal.
Established ability to work in a multi-jurisdictional environment,





promote understanding of different cultures and able to navigate within a global organization.
Key Responsibilities for all Functional alignments in the TalentForce programme Possess a thorough understanding of the relevant functional area and of relevant company policies and procedures.
Be a credible business advisor through familiarity with Accenture's strategic priorities, target areas for growth and its business and operations and adopting a proactive learning approach, effective stakeholder engagement and cross-functional networking.
Collaborate with colleagues across Legal, relevant Corporate Functions stakeholders, Accenture Leadership and business teams to identify and manage legal, regulatory, compliance risks and develop mitigation strategies.






Review and manage (where applicable) internal and client facing projects and initiatives to ensure compliance with law, regulations and voluntary commitments and standards, and provide required guidance to other teams.
Direct and manage local and global teams on legal projects, including strategic initiatives and support implementation of new initiatives within functional scope area.
Provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team, lead people programmes (as appropriate) and support development feedback activities for team members.
Key Responsibilities for Corporate Investigations Work with senior company leadership to assess and address significant legal risks associated with such investigations.






Oversight and conduct of legally privileged investigations of allegations of misconduct related to financial and regulatory matters received through Accenture's various reporting channels.
Working with and providing legal advice concerning risk and appropriate remedial measures to senior business and HR leadership.
Key Responsibilities for Ethics & Compliance Strategize with Accenture executives regarding legal issues that affect the company.
Resolve issues and disputes and minimize potential for litigation.
Develop internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge on various legal and business issues to promulgate legal and ethical behaviour and drive compliance.
Develop action plans and strategies to remediate compliance issues associated with ventures and acquisitions and post-merger integration.
Key Responsibilities for Geographic Legal Counsel - Geographic Corporate & Compliance Deliver and coordinate legal advice in support of Accenture's business, managing and mitigating risk, and drive ethical behaviour and compliance with laws and company policies. The GCC team protects the company, enables the operation of the business, and helps the business grow.
Key Responsibilities for Geographic Legal Counsel - Regulatory Compliance Regulatory support to key industry areas including financial services (banking and capital markets, insurance, debt-collection, private equity, intelligent finance & accounting), blockchain, health, life sciences, medical devices, talent, HR and payroll, telecommunications, aerospace, Defense, security, engineering services (infrastructure, manufacturing), strategy & consulting, Industry X, M&A; advisory, gambling, supply chain and other business areas.
Key Responsibilities for Litigation & Disputes Litigation professionals support Accenture's business, minimize risk and engage in dispute resolution related to compliance with laws and company policies. Key responsibilities include:

Management of Legal professionals that provide support to the Litigation and Disputes Management teams in the Markets.
Deliver value in supporting capacity for the complex dispute resolution matters.
Key Responsibilities for Global Services Legal The mission statement of Global Services Legal is to "drive sustainable business growth for Accenture by providing deep legal expertise at the intersection of business strategy, industry and technology in a highly dynamic environment". The Global Services Legal team functions as an integrator between various other parts of the Legal team, coordinating between the multidisciplinary areas of deep expertise across the wider Legal team, to deliver one holistic Legal perspective to the business. Key responsibilities include:

Support to business teams in shaping offerings and solutions by conducting assessments of new service and product offerings, providing recommendations and tools that mitigate risks and preparing those offerings for market.
Supporting business leadership, in collaboration with Accenture's Ventures & Acquisitions Legal team, in the evaluation of prospective acquisition targets and development and implementation of post-merger integration strategy.
Key Responsibilities for Merger & Acquisitions Accenture's M&A; Legal Team supports Accenture's Mergers & Acquisitions programme, which includes the deployment of $10billion in capital in connection with the acquisition of more than 130 targets over the last 3 years. Accenture is recognized as one of the most active strategic acquirors and the program is known for its C-suite support and strong governance.

The M&A; Legal team supports complex M&A; and strategic investment transactions within a fast paced-corporate environment, advising senior company leadership on legal issues, including risk management and mitigation.

Key Responsibilities for Ecosystems Legal – Agency Resale Global Support the purchase and sale of third-party technology and related services to Accenture clients in countries.
Review, draft and negotiate various resale- and agency-related agreements, taking the initiative to resolve issues raised by the business, our clients, or suppliers.
Support the firm's compliance with all applicable policies, laws and regulations.
Key Responsibilities for Geographic Legal Counsel – Entity Matters Support the management of more than 700 Accenture entities in more than 70 countries by tracking entity information such as shareholders, directors, officers, subsidiaries and changes thereto.
Draft and implement corporate documentation for entities within region (Articles of Associations and By-Laws; Minutes of Board and Shareholders Meetings; Powers of Attorney and Proxies; Recapitalization documentation) and ensure signature coordination and authentication coordination of same.
Key Responsibilities for Legal Buyside Comprehensive support to Procurement and Business teams which includes: Drafting, reviewing, negotiation and execution of high-value and complex supplier/buyside agreements and related documentation with Accenture suppliers relevant to procurement support, to procure various goods and services, including but not limited to Contractors, Human Resources Support, IT& Telecom, Marketing & Communications, Workplace Support (Facilities & Services), Software as a Service, in accordance with Accenture's supplier contracting standards, applicable laws and business requirements.

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▶️ Geographic Legal Counsel Specialist
🖊️ Accenture
📍 Buenos Aires