Legal Counsel

Job Description : Legal Counsel – Dentsu South Asia

Role Title : Legal Counsel

Department : Legal & Compliance

Location : Mumbai

Reports To : Legal Director

Experience Required : 6 to 8 years

Key Purpose & Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive legal support to various agencies under the Dentsu Network across South Asia, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and safeguarding Dentsu’s commercial interests.
• Advise stakeholders at all levels on a broad range of legal matters, including but not limited to commercial, employment, intellectual property, data privacy, ethics, compliance, and generative artificial intelligence (GAI).
• Manage and oversee litigation and arbitration matters, including civil, criminal, labour, property, and commercial disputes. This includes qualitative review of pleadings, preparation of litigation strategy, timely filing, and monitoring of cases.
• Draft, negotiate, and advise on medium to high complexity commercial agreements, ensuring the most advantageous legal and commercial terms for Dentsu.
• Provide legal support and guidance on employment law matters, including internal investigations and related processes.
• Collate and maintain meticulous records and correspondence relating to litigation and compliance matters, ensuring regular updates to litigation and compliance trackers.
• Assist in briefing Senior Advocates / external counsel for urgent reliefs and in the preparation of pleadings, applications, and replies for ongoing and new matters.
• Conduct legal research to develop arguments and prepare case law analysis for opinion writing and to guide the direction of proceedings.
• Deliver training and legal risk management initiatives to senior management, including business training, legal updates, and best practices in compliance, contracts management, intellectual property, data protection, IT, litigation, M&A, and GAI.
• Implement and monitor best practices in ethics, compliance, contracts management, intellectual property, data privacy, IT, litigation, M&A, and GAI, ensuring alignment with Dentsu’s internal policies and external legal requirements.
• Advise on and ensure compliance with data privacy laws and regulations, including the management of data protection risks and the implementation of appropriate safeguards.
• Provide guidance on the ethical use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), ensuring compliance with applicable laws, industry standards, and Dentsu’s internal policies.
• Coordinate with internal departments on commercial, contractual, compliance, and risk management matters, ensuring all relevant legal issues are identified and addressed.
• Prepare regular reports and updates for line management and internal stakeholders as appropriate.

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