Lead – Contracts & Legal

Job Description

Role : Lead – Contracts & Legal (Legal Counsel)– Secondment role on contract for 6 months

Client : Multinational global organization

Location : Preferred location is Pune (2

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Option – Bangalore)

Start Date : Immediate

About the role :

The role, reports to the General Counsel for region. She or he will serve as legal advisor to the respective businesses in India partnering with the business and functional teams to support growth, implement business plans and facilitate key strategic projects. Further responsibilities include the following :

• Serve as the first point of Legal contact in the Client. Organization and work with the other members of the leadership and functional teams and deliver legal services for respective businesses in a timely and effective manner across the region.
• Analyze and advise on all legal and regulatory issues relating to commercial and contract law, intellectual property, leasing, licensing, corporate compliance, foreign investment, labor & employment, M&A, product liability, competition law, and risk / opportunity analysis of potential transactions.
• Manage litigation for and against business in the region and direct dispute resolution efforts and strategies.
• Manage the contract review and management function in the region in alignment with the contracts processes, baseline terms and practices. Identifies and mitigates risks connected with non-standard conditions and customer direct changes in proposed contractual documents; communicates concerns and issues clearly to the organization; Advises internal clients (sales / business managers) concerning legal and contractual requirements.
• Draft, negotiate and manage legal documentation for a broad range of commercial transactions (including customer sale agreements, supply agreements, distribution agreements, sales representation agreements, software or IP licensing agreements, joint development agreements, pricing agreements, consignment agreements, non-disclosure agreements, etc.).
• Conduct extensive preventive law training on a wide variety of topics, including competition law compliance, contracting excellence, protection of intellectual property, US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Prevention of Corruption Act and workplace issues and policies.
• Support in developing standardized processes and templates for the efficient delivery of legal services in the region.

Requirements

relevant experience with major law firm and / or corporation as an attorney.

Interested candidates to please share immediately their resumes along with their current location, current CTC, expected CTC and Notice period to  info@triangulas.com .