Executive - Legal

Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Contracts: Drafting, vetting and negotiation on Agreements, MOU, LOIs including service contracts, vendor contracts, procurement contracts / after understanding the business needs. Ability to identify exposure areas in the contracts and suitably advice to cover risk areas. Litigation: Knowledge & understanding of Indian judicial system / litigation framework, and exposure to appearance before courts, quasi-judicial authorities, forums, and tribunals etc. Knowledge & understanding of case preparation, understanding of pleadings - drafting plaints, petition, applications, written statements, reply, affidavits etc. in respect of litigation Ability to brief Advocates and prepare and maintain MIS of all the ongoing matters To attend hearings in the matter all over India as per the requirement of company and provide a briefing to the reporting head on the updates in cases Compliance/Environment/Registration/Licenses/Permissions: Compliances related to Logistic Company, Environmental, Health and Safety HR and Labor Compliances, Data Privacy and Compliances related to IT Ability to connect with appropriate authorities, understanding the process, collation/preparation of requisite documents, and take steps for submission (offline/ online) of applications, and ensuring timely registration / obtaining licenses/ permissions in coordinate with the authorities. Legal Research: Ability to conduct research on legal and business-related subjects using online platforms and various other sources, knowledge of consumer law, commercial law, arbitration, company law Ability conduct research on the applicable legislations to the business. Target and Deliverables: Handling external lawyers/law firm engaging, assessing and assigning the tasks that require outsourcing; continuous tracking of ongoing litigation; anticipating possible litigation that may arise out of the pending issues and taking proactively steps for safeguarding organization’s interests. Remain updated with the emerging laws & trends and keep Senior Manager updated on the developments and suggest the actions to be initiated for remaining compliant with the regulatory and legal framework Conducting research on the applicable legislations to the business/business unit(s) and use the same for providing business-oriented solutions to complex business requirements that are in conflict with legal, regulatory and compliance requirements