Senior Associate (General Counsel)

Role & responsibilities

Review and Draft RFP/RFQ/RFE documents.

Review, draft and negotiate MOUs, agreements and other legal

documentation.

Review, draft and negotiate legal contracts including but not limited to:

Consulting engagement agreements

Confidentiality agreements

Vendor contracts

Various other types of agreements

Work Orders

Review and prepare RFP responses.

Continually developing and improving legal team processes,

compliance-related processes, contract templates, best-negotiating

practices, etc.

Assisting with the development of policies, procedures, and controls.

Participate in legal and other compliance-related projects.

Research and analyze laws, regulations, and rules to assess applicability

and impact on the client.

Provide written summaries of legal and regulatory developments to

programme stakeholders, including the Legal Department, the business,

and other corporate functions, and advise on such developments as

needed.

Develop subject matter expertise on products and services offered by

Invest India as required.

To provide professional legal advice, legal leadership, strategy, and risk

management through knowledge experience and help develop

compliance systems and processes for clients.

To provide and set strategic direction, sound balanced legal advice on a wide range of matters.

To advise on employment-related issues such as termination, severance,

mutual separation, outsourcing arrangements, employment templates.

To ensure that all material legal and compliance-related issues are

approved in accordance with policies and guidelines.

Review and participate in the negotiation review and approval of

contracts. To pro-actively ensure compliance in all areas of laws and

contractual agreements and have preventive measures in place. To

ensure the legality of all significant contracts entered in particular with

respect to third-party contractors, distributors, purchasing, employment,

compensation, etc.

Identifying work to be outsourced, selection and management of

external lawyers, their fee arrangements, and service levels. When the

event requires the appointment of external lawyers, to instruct external

lawyers, manage and liaise with them.

To develop and conduct extensive training programs for non-legal

functions on contractual, intellectual property, different law issues,

wherever necessary.

To assist in any other actions deemed necessary by management in dayto-

day functioning

Preferred candidate profile

Excellent command of both spoken and written Hindi and English.

Experience providing legal counsel on a wide variety of

corporate/commercial matters.

Experience drafting and negotiating agreements.

Initiative and creativity in seeking solutions to problems.

Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team.

Strong drive and commitment to deliver results.

Strong compliance/commercial experience.

Highest ethical standards promote ethical behaviour and high

professional integrity.

Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills.

Ability to think strategically and take tough decisions.

Ability to work effectively as part of a diverse team.