Legal Manager

The Value you Deliver

The role requires the candidate to provide legal advice and counsel on various aspects of business operations in India including:

Procurement: advisory on the lifecycle of procurement from due diligence, drafting and review of contracts, execution of contracts and guidance on contractual obligations. Statutory Compliances: advisory on statutory compliances for business operations.

How your Work Impacts the Organization

Real Estate Projects: legal due diligence, drafting and review of agreements, compliance with regulations governing contracts and operations. HR: advisory on laws regulating employment and HR actions in India. General legal research and advisory on business operations.

The Skills that are essential for this role

• Ability to navigate and advise on legal and regulatory issues and provide straightforward, practical analysis and advice.

• A consummate team player with the ability to partner and collaborate both within the Legal Team as well as with cross functional teams and business stakeholders.

• The ability to develop and influence relationships across the organization, including with key stakeholders and management.

• Strong communication skills (including advocacy, negotiation and presentation skills) and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to effectively advise and influence senior executives and professionals from diverse businesses on a wide range of issues.

• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written and interpersonal skills.

• Analytical thinking and attention to detail.

• Being self-motivated and self-directed. You need to be able to work efficiently, under pressure, with varying degrees of supervision, and manage projects with competing deadlines in a dynamic environment.

• Mindset of innovation and a positive focus on identification of opportunities for improvement in processes and policies and increase value for the organization.

• Ability and experience in practical and holistic risk assessment, including identification of risks and development of risk assessment measures.

• Leadership skills with a view to ensuring that Legal has a place at the table and its perspectives are valued in the business decision making process.

The Expertise we’re looking For

• 10+ years of work experience in a legal role.

• Professional Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws/Master of Laws degree

• Experience of litigation and working in a comparable MNC would be an additional value add.