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Our EY GDS Legal Team is seeking an experienced lawyer with specialization in corporate transactions while also being a generalist with ability to advise on matters of employment law, commercial contracts, data privacy, disputes and an array of general queries surrounding the operation of GDS entities across GDS locations.

The GDS GCO (Legal Team) is part of the EY Global GCO team and is responsible for all legal support to the EY GDS business.

Job Title: Global GDS Counsel

Function: General Counsel’s Office

As the GDS Global Counsel, you will work on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and establishing new businesses. The role requires logical, practical thinking and experience in contract drafting, negotiation, and workload management.

While based in Bangalore, Wroclaw, or Warsaw, you will collaborate with GDS centers in Poland, India, China, Argentina, Philippines, UK, Spain, Mexico, Sri Lanka, and other upcoming locations, working closely with the GDS Legal Team, Global GCO Team, and business stakeholders worldwide.

Your key responsibilities

Collaborate with business teams and GDS support functions to provide legal advice on transactions such as:

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Disposals
• Corporate reorganizations
• Establishment of new businesses
• Corporate governance and legal developments
• Strategic advice

Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and documentation, instruct external counsel, and contribute to internal guidance and templates. Work collaboratively with the GDS Legal Team and other GCO teams.

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience with multiple jurisdictions and corporate transactions
• Strong negotiation and communication skills
• Proactive, resilient, adaptable, and emotionally intelligent
• Effective cross-cultural collaboration skills
• Ability to understand and articulate complex legal principles

Knowledge, competency, and skill requirements

• High ethics, integrity, and professionalism
• Stakeholder management skills
• Calm and professional under pressure
• Strong problem-solving and innovative thinking
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills
• Ability to simplify complex concepts
• Comfortable in a global environment with cultural sensitivity
• Ability to translate guidelines into clear instructions
• Innovative mindset and quick learner
• Negotiation experience in cross-border transactions
• Risk assessment and contract tailoring skills
• Solution-oriented with high energy and initiative

To qualify for the role, you must have

• At least 10 years of corporate law and governance experience, preferably in a large international law firm or MNC
• Experience providing legal advice across portfolios including contracts, employment, data privacy, disputes, litigation
• Ability to deliver practical legal support professionally in a fast-paced environment

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Cultural awareness
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders

What we look for

• Unquestioned ethics and integrity
• High intellectual agility, initiative, resourcefulness, and patience
• Strong business acumen and judgment
• Analytical and organizational skills
• Leadership potential and strong communication skills

What we offer

EY GDS offers a dynamic, global work environment across multiple locations, with opportunities for learning, leadership, and career growth. We promote diversity and inclusion, and empower our employees to make an impact in their own way.

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