Assistant Manager - Legal

HM.CLAUSE is a business unit of Limagrain (https://www.limagrain.com/), an international co-operative agricultural group, specializing in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products.

With a team of 2,800 professionals in over 30 countries, we are dedicated to the sustainable solutions for the land, successful products for our customers, and intensive research and innovations for the future. HM Clause is a leading vegetable seeds company with successful product development for more than 200 years. Headquartered in France we have operations across countries like Mexico, USA, France, Spain, Italy, India, Vietnam and Thailand. We have a diverse set of customers, across regions, who engage with us at various touchpoints, to gain more information about our products and benefits. Considering our products are launched after years of R&D and the impact on the customer’s life is significant, our communication has been largely product benefits-led. In India, we have been operating for last 10 years and are known for our commercial brand – Clause seeds.

Function

Legal

Main Goal

To provide support in Business Law and contribute to the smooth functioning of the legal department in India

Job Description

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements
• Manage the end‑to‑end contract lifecycle, including maintaining physical and digital archives, updating and standardizing templates, and ensuring timely updates in internal contract management systems/tools.
• Prepare and maintain legal correspondence.
• Administer the legal process for claims, including issuing legal notices, demand notices, and coordinating follow‑up actions until closure.
• Develop, maintain, and circulate Management Information System (MIS) reports for all ongoing and concluded legal matters, ensuring periodic updates to relevant internal stakeholders.
• Liaise with external counsel for litigation.
• Represent the company as an Authorized Representative before courts, tribunals, quasi‑judicial bodies, and government authorities.
• Support property‑related legal processes, including drafting, verification, and registration of leases and related property documentation.
• Provide any additional support required by the team to facilitate smooth business operations.
• Provide day‑to‑day legal advisory to stakeholders: Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, QA, R&D, HR and Regulatory teams.
• Conduct legal awareness training
• Draft, review, and update internal policies/SOPs.
• Identify legal/compliance risks proactively, propose mitigation strategies, and escalate matters appropriately.
• Support in Domestic Enquiries/Internal investigations/POSH if made part of the committee.
• Perform Legal watch
  
  

Insurance

• Monitoring and managing all types of insurance policies (liability, property damage, transport, environmental, etc.), ensuring alignment of coverage with insured risks at both global and local levels, and optimizing costs.
• Managing claims and serving as the primary point of contact for insurers and brokers in collaboration with the Group.
• Providing regular reporting, analyzing legal risks, and recommending preventive actions.
  
  

SECRETARIAL: (OPTIONAL IF SEMI QUALIFIED CS)

• Support in Secretarial Compliances under Companies Act and other applicable Acts with MCA & ROC.
  
  

BUSINESS SUPPORT

• Raising awareness, training, informing, guiding, and ensuring proper adoption of legal standards by operational teams; supporting teams (Sales, Supply Chain, Quality Assurance, Finance, HR, etc.) with a pragmatic, business‑oriented approach; securing operations in an international environment and acting as a true Business Partner.
• Collaborating with the Vegetable Seeds Division and the Group; actively participating in the implementation of Group legal standards.
• Creating legal content for the divisions (procedures, best practices, case studies, simplified tools, etc.).
• Analyzing risks and developing corrective action plans; innovating; applying key performance indicators; conducting audits with dedicated departments.
• Contributing to a continuous improvement approach, using digital tools, and helping enhance tools and processes.
• Maintaining ongoing legal monitoring is relevant to the role.
• Strong business mindset and ability to prioritize.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical capacity, responsiveness, autonomy, and precision.
• Respect for procedures.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, versatility, prioritization, synthesis capacity, pedagogical approach, strong interpersonal relations, and ability to influence and propose solutions.
• Team spirit and service orientation.
• Strong adaptability and ability to work in a matrix and multicultural environment
  
  

Skills

Accountability

Collaboration

Entrepreneurship

Respect

Integrity/Ethics

Job Knowledge

Interpersonal Skills

Managing Conflict

Negotiation Skills

Planning

Problem Solving/Analysis

Proficiency in the role

Sense of Urgency

Teamwork

Technical Skills

Your Benefits And Working Environment

• Career Growth
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Gender Equality
• Employee Wellness
• Training and Development
• Safer Workplace
• Rewards and Recognition
  
  

Recruitment process

HM.CLAUSE committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive

• Profile Screening
• Phone screening
• Interviews - 3 rounds
• Offer Discussion
• Offer Letter Issue
• Background Verification
• Pre Employment Medical Checkup
• Onboarding

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