Senior Manager Legal

Department Icon Legal & Regulatory
88+ Applicants
Posted: 2 months ago
5-10 years
Noida
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Key Responsibilities: -
1. Legal Advisory & Business Support
  • Provide proactive legal advice to senior management on corporate, commercial, regulatory, and operational matters.
  • Contract Lifecycle Management : draft, review, negotiate and finalize complex commercial agreements:
    • NDAs (mutual/unilateral; employee/vendor/customer)
    • Master Services Agreements (MSAs)
    • Vendor Contracts
    • Procurement Contracts
    • Statements of Work (SOWs) , Change Orders , Work Orders
    • Request for Proposals (RFPs)/ Government Bids/Tenders
    • Release Letters/ Duty of Care Letters
    • Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) ; BCRs (where relevant), and privacy addenda
    • Standardize templates and playbooks; maintain clause libraries and fallback positions.
  • Cross Border Contracting:
    • Advise on governing law , jurisdiction , dispute resolution (incl. arbitration under Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 ), and enforceability.
    • Address structure contracts to enable compliant cross border payments.
    • Evaluate data transfer and privacy impacts (e.g., India s DPDP Act, 2023 , and foreign regimes like GDPR / CCPA depending on counterparties).
    • Coordinate, negotiate and finalise with foreign counsels for localisation of Global Service Agreements.
  • Support cross-functional teams (HR, Finance, IT, Operations, Sales) with legal interpretation and guidance.
2. Regulatory & Compliance
  • Ensure the organization complies with local, regional, and international laws relevant to the business.
  • Implement and oversee compliance programs including anti-bribery, regulatory (SEBI) compliance, anti-corruption, competition law, data privacy (GDPR) and FCPA compliance.
  • Monitor changes in legislation and assess their impact on business operations.
3. Risk Management
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks across business units: indemnities, limitations of liability, IP ownership/licensing, confidentiality, non compete/non solicit, termination, service levels, remedies.
  • Develop risk management strategies and provide recommendations to leadership.
  • Review internal processes to strengthen governance and minimize liability exposures.
  • Align contracts with corporate policies: anti bribery/anti corruption , sanctions , AML / PMLA ,

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    ethics , information sec urity.
4. Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Manage litigation matters, including selecting and coordinating with external counsel.
  • Handle dispute resolution, arbitration, and pre-litigation claims.
  • Represent the company in legal proceedings where appropriate.
  • Oversee evidence collection: emails, system logs, delivery/acceptance records, meeting minutes, and chain of custody; ensure litigation hold protocols.
  • Maintain playbooks updated with case law learnings and business friendly negotiation positions.
5. Corporate Governance
  • Support corporate secretarial functions including board meetings, resolutions, compliance filings, and corporate records management.
  • Ensure adherence to global corporate governance standards.
6. Policy Development
  • Develop, update, and implement internal legal policies, SOPs, and guidelines.
  • Conduct training sessions for employees on legal compliance, risk mitigation
  • Design and deliver PoSH (Prevention of Sexual Harassment) trainings (new hires, annual refreshers, managers and senior managers), tailored to local languages and business contexts.
  • Implement communication plans: posters, intranet pages, FAQs, anonymous reporting channels, and leadership messages.
  • Train business teams on contract hygiene, contracts do s/don ts, and red flag spotting.
7. External Stakeholder Management
  • Manage relationships with external law firms, regulatory bodies, government agencies, and industry associations.
  • Oversee legal budgets, negotiate fee structures, and ensure cost-effective legal support.
Required Qualifications & Experience
  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from a recognized university; LL.M. preferred.
  • 5 10 years of relevant post-qualification experience, preferably within an MNC or leading law firm.
  • Strong knowledge of corporate, commercial, contract, and regulatory laws.

Skills

ClaimsDispute ResolutionLegal ComplianceCorporate GovernanceLitigationCompetition LawData PrivacyLicensingAgreementsArbitrationLegal ComplianceLitigationContractingContractsAdvisoryLegalLawLegal AdviceLegal AdvisoryLitigation MattersReporting

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29 Apr 26, 03:12 PM IST

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