Manager - Legal

Job Title: Manager Legal (Non-Property)

Job Purpose:

• To be a part of the core legal department.
• Provide legal advice and assistance to all verticals of the business in India.
• Drafting and negotiating legal agreements and documents.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align to the project timelines.
• Highlight legal risks.
  
  

• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a broad range of agreements, vendor contracts, warehousing, IT, appointment contracts, services agreements, procurement, subcontracts, indemnity bonds, confidentiality agreements and consultancy agreements.
• General Legal Advice - Reviewing of marketing material, Terms of Use, policies including for online business, SOPs, terms of various promotions and contests.
• Handling litigation, liaising with outside counsels for the same and providing supporting documents from internal stakeholders.
• Regulatory Governance - Updating business of changes in applicable laws and ensuring implementation of required changes.
• Ensuring legal compliance under all applicable law including, companies Act, legal metrology, FDI, E-commerce, drugs and cosmetics, BIS and environmental laws.
• Supporting business on special projects.
• Preparing and maintaining various MIS/trackers.
• Supporting functional automation projects and contract lifecycle management of legal documents.
• Work closely with the business, and other corporate functions, on a daily basis, in understanding the business & commercial requirements when considering legal terms & conditions.
• Supporting business for providing options on agreements and statutory provisions.
• Tracking statutory changes and implementation of new laws.
• Responsible for Replying to notices and/or drafting of notices to vendors, developers, statutory authorities and customer.
  
  

• Possess a very good understanding of commercial and contract terms
• Possess a good understanding of the compliance issues facing international listed companies
• Maintain a creative and pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
• Be able to work as part of a team, but also able to work independently and take the lead when necessary
• Prioritise good client relations and flexibility.
• Be well-organized, hard-working and able to meet challenging deadlines
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
  

• Should be registered to practice law in India, with at least 8-10 years’ PQE.
• Experience as in-house counsel in retail/similar industry or law firm preferred.
• Be fluent in reading, writing and communicating in English.