Associate

Job Description

This is full-time role for a lawyer in Telecom, IT / Technology, Media, Corporate Laws.

We advise leading companies and financial institutions on a wide spectrum of Telecom and IT / technology regulatory and data protection and privacy issues.

If you take pride in going the extra mile - playing the role of a trusted advisor, delivering excellence and creating value for our clients, read on.

Minimum Qualifications

• Qualified LLB or LLM from premier law school in India / abroad (qualified to work in India).
• 2-3 years of demonstrated success across Telecom, IT / Technology, Media, Corporate Laws.
• Stickler for timelines of assignments and a multi-tasker able to handle multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Solution-oriented approach with proven ability to close transactions independently with minimal supervision.
• Outstanding communication skills - both written and verbal - with a proven ability to communicate to all "clients" (internal and external).
• Solid understanding on a wide range of legal subjects, ability to build on this knowledge, spot issues and bring in specialists as needed.
• Drive for technical superiority by staying abreast of developments in Law and be the go-to subject matter expert.

Preferable background

Law firms or in-house counsels. Candidates with appropriate commercial acumen, quick learning ability and corporate-commercial transactional experience will be preferred.

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the person will include but not limited to :

About the Practice

Our TMT practice and provides a wide range of regulatory, dispute resolution and corporate advisory services to a variety of Indian and foreign technology, media, entertainment, and telecom companies. The team consists of professionals who have a substantial and proven track record of working on complex TMT assignments. We are offering a practice range across, telecom, media, technology contracting, entertainment, intermediary regulation, e-commerce regulation, dispute resolution, anpolicy-relateded assistance.

Our TMT practice has been recognised as a 'Tier I' practice by Legal 500 in their Asia-Pacific 2022 rankings and by Chambers Asia Pacific 2022. Several members of this practice have been recognized in the categories of “Leading Individual” and “Recommended Lawyer” in Legal500 2022 Asia Pacific rankings.

Why us?

Khaitan & Co’s reputation is owed to the exceptionally talented and dedicated professionals whose ideas drive the Firm forward. Our associates work as colleagues with experienced partners and other senior industry professionals. We support and mentor exceptional graduates from law schools across the world.

In order to invest in the growth of our people, we partner with international human capital organisations that provide us continued support on the people front. Our people policies are progressive, and we are the proud pioneers in rolling out strategic talent initiatives. We consistently strive to create and maintain an environment that is conducive to open and constructive communication.

With the economic landscape, both global and domestic, undergoing a period of rapid change, there has never been a more exciting time to be a part of the Khaitan & Co team.

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