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Senior Counsel- Legal & Compliance

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Job Description

Job Description

Provide effective legal support to the business, procurement and other support functions of subsidiary companies in contract structuring, drafting, vetting and negotiation.
Assist in evaluations and conducting due diligence for all deals and transactions and effectively develop and implement appropriate risk-mitigation strategies in relation to Company’s business operations with specific focus on contracts and compliance management
Provide appropriate legal advice and training to all functions relating to recovery and contracts;
Advising and ensuring compliance with applicable laws, consents, regulations, policies and rules;
Filing and handling of litigations before various Courts of India.

Competencies/Skills Required

Strong ability to draft and close documentation efficiently with minimal or no exposure to the Organization;
People management with ability to work effectively with the business team and with senior management team;
Should have Leadership skills to lead the team and motivate them and help them in achieving their objectives.
Should have excellent negotiation skills.
Should have research and analytical skills so as to exercise judgment and discretion to opine on legal issues;
Should abreast with all the applicable statutes and laws.
Maintaining high EQ while contracting or litigating.

Organizational Relationship

Within the Organization

Outside the Organization

Key Responsibilities

S.No.	Area	Activities
1.	Strategic	Ensure that there are strategies in place to strengthen the contract and compliance frameworks and systems in the organization Automation of internal systems to ensure least person specific dependency. Assist in evaluations and conducting due diligence for all deals and transactions and effectively develop and implement appropriate risk-mitigation strategies in relation to Company’s business operations
2.	Functional	Handling of documentation and providing advise within TAT, ensuring Company’s interest is protected. Responsible for Contract closure (customer & vendor) Responsible for documentation requirement for different functions from legal perspective. Responsible for pre-litigation requirement. Responsible for taking care of proceedings of litigation Taking necessary actions to provide any litigations cropping up. Ensuring all the compliances are adhered to. Advising about compliances to departments & help in obtaining licenses
3.	People	Assisting and advising all internal stakeholders and team for effectively addressing their issues. Providing trainings to team members for the processes, legal development, approach towards other functions etc. Providing trainings to different departments in organisation for apprising them about documentation, important clauses in contracts which must be adhered to, how the systems & procedure has to move on.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Financial: (a) Effectively handle pre-litigation issues and litigations, ensuring least financial exposure to the Company (b) Structuring of critical contract clauses to minimize risk to the Company and providing customized risk related clauses within TAT; and also, review / creation of standard contract templates and circulate periodically to internal stakeholders.

Customer: (a) Contract drafting, review and closure within TAT, with emphasis to limit exposure of the Company (b) Attending to/draft notices and other correspondences along with providing advice/assistance to internal stakeholders.
Processes: (a) Implementation of automation process for contracts, litigations and compliance (b) Guidance and oversight of the Compliance Management of the Company
Learnings: (a) Mcares score, team building, team engagement (b) Capability building to drive strategy (c) Team development and Team building

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Role holder needs to travel in case of any critical matter or for litigation purpose or for making any contract.