Legal Counsel (India Region)

Responsibilities:-

Legal:-

• Provide legal advice and support to the Group operations in India including legal and risk analysis in complex and strategic matters.
• Provide guidance to management on business strategies and develop creative and workable solutions to business needs while mitigating risk in a constantly evolving industry; raise business’ awareness of legal issues and ensure early legal involvement.
• Draft, review and negotiate variety of contracts and legal documents.
• Manage all litigation, dispute resolution, and any investigation and enquiries related to the business operations
• Interact with External law firms for any legal matters.
• Ensure implementation of Group Legal policies and procedures that comply with all relevant and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with internal legal teams in other jurisdictions to ensure standardization and alignment on legal matters at Group level and support continuous improvement in that respect.
• Advising the management on the M&A activities if any in India.
• Driving the Ethics & Compliance for the region.

Education and Experience:-

• University degree in Law (LLB), plus, Company Secretary (ACS/FCS) – Qualified in India.
• Minimum 10-12 years of experience in legal profession and Company Secretarial matters, including a working knowledge or experience in a corporate legal function.
• Experience in dealing with and resolving litigation.

Technical & Behavioural Competencies:-

• Strong customer orientation and ability to partner with business teams and senior management teams with entrepreneurial spirit.
• High degree of independence, initiative, decisiveness and result orientation.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Acumen to face critical & complex situations and crisis management with global mindset.
• Ability to work successfully in cross-functional project teams in a collaborative and team driven working environment.

Location:-

• Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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