Deputy General Manager - Legal, 10 to 20 years in Mumbai

Job Description

• Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal topics (civil and criminal laws including labour law, contracts, environment laws etc)
• Collaborate with management to devise efficient defence strategies
• Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advice on possible legal issues
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.),
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the companys interest.
• Handle various notices, intimations and other communication and to draft response thereof in collaboration with business functions
• Preparations of case for opinions, briefing external advocates on variety of matters.
• Coordination and briefing / discussion with the lawyers for litigation matters.
• Coordinate and make arrangements required for legal proceedings and provide the required documents/information/input to external advocate engaged for proceedings in litigation matters.
• Preparing and updating Legal MIS for litigation matters through regular follow ups with external advocates.
• Collaborating with business team, gathering relevant documents/information, providing solution for amicable resolution of disputes and in the absence proactively engaging with internal and external stakeholders for initiating appropriate legal proceedings to safeguard companys interest.
• Draft, review and solidify pleadings, petitions, affidavits and other litigation documents,
• Attend litigation matters at varying levels of complexities with a high degree of collaboration with all the stakeholders involved
• Develop and implement internal process guidelines, templates, and workflows decision-making, including matter and work product analysis
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams as well as various business units

• 12-15 years of work experience in a large organization preferably with pharmaceutical industry

• Prior experience managing in-house litigation role and labour legislations
• Demonstrated ability to independently move projects forward by gaining the support needed from others while working in a cross-functional role
• Proven track record of collaborating with groups (e.g., HR, EHS, finance, operations, sales, IT) to set objectives and produce meaningful results