Senior Corporate Counsel

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Date posted

Oct 09, 2025

Job number

1889243

Work site

4 days / week in-office

Travel

0-25 %

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Legal & Corporate Affairs

Discipline

Legal Counsel

Employment type

Full-Time

Required/minimum qualifications

• Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 6+ years experience as a practicing attorney
  • OR equivalent experience.
    
    
• Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction.
  
  
• 3+ years' experience as an attorney advising on technology-related legal issues.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Counseling engineering teams building products and services for sale to corporations or enterprises.
• Negotiation of complex technology licensing and collaboration agreements.
• Advising and collaborating with legal and business executives.
• Simplifying complex technical issues into easily understood concepts and recommendations.
• Managing multiple complex mission-critical projects.

Legal Counsel IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $147,000 - $258,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $185,900 - $278,900 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 20th, 2025.

By applying for this position, you are being considered for multiple-like positions. Position specifics, including hiring team, location and position details, will be determined during the interview process. The job description should make clear the job responsibilities and required qualifications.

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• Foster deep and high trust engagement as the key legal advisor with engineering clients to understand technical engineering concepts and strategy.
• Provide high-quality, pragmatic legal and business advice regarding a wide range of issues, including product development, security, privacy/data protection, trade, compliance, and intellectual property, often in collaboration with legal department colleagues and policy specialists.
• Draft and negotiate complex technology collaboration and licensing agreements.
• Provide thought leadership and counseling on emerging issues, help create and execute plans to achieve both short-term and long-term results, and communicate with key legal and business stakeholders.
• Analyze and work to solve complex and innovative issues.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues across CELA and business clients on projects and initiatives.

• Develop and implement processes, template, track projects and share knowledge across the wider Microsoft legal community.
• Provide input and continuous feedback to improve process efficiencies within role.
• Identify opportunities and tools to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Manage project work expenses according to budget and propose efficiencies.

• Collaborate effectively within CELA and stakeholders across engineering, business development, finance, and sales functions.
• Embody our culture and values