Director || India Legal - Litigation, Regulatory, Labor And Employment

Capabilities, Experience & Qualification Requirements

• 18+ years post qualification experience with a reputed law firm in India or equivalent experience in a multinational corporate in the financial industry, with a legal background in employment and labour law.
• Delivering effective Legal support to the Head of Legal, India to assist business lines and business partners of Nab India on employment and labour issues, and on contentious legal, regulatory, civil and/or criminal matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts
• Providing legal advice and assistance in connection with strategic business decisions with implications for employees;
• Supporting the department in providing legal support/advice/review:
• For business lines and business partners on employment and labour law and compensation and benefits issues;
• Provide strategic aspects of employee relations issues, investigations involving employees and managing employment litigation;

• Provide employment agreements, employee policies and employee communications; restructuring and redundancy arrangements; agreed employee separation arrangements, including negotiation of settlement agreements;
• Provide implications connected with legal and regulatory developments;
• Provide responses to regulatory and law enforcement inquiries, summons, and/or investigations;
• Assistance with the development of formal training sessions for business colleagues on relevant topics, e.g. documentary standards/policies/market industry issues/legal issues; and also informal knowledge-sharing within the legal team;
• Reviewing presented business issues, conducting legal research and investigation and crafting legal solutions, balancing internal and external stakeholder interests, with the risks of adverse legal actions, revenue loss or reputational damage to the entity.

Qualification Requirements

• Possess an LL.B or an equivalent accredited degree in law or a related field.

Key Accountabilities

• Strong experience in advising on and coordinating employment litigation and complex employee matters;
• Experience in handling legal investigations, conducting interviews, fact finding and evidence gathering;
• Strong working knowledge of the management of restructuring and redundancies;
• Experience managing outside counsel on major deliverables;
• Ability to understand privacy & confidentiality obligations;
• Strong experience in researching statutory enactments and judicial case laws and applying the same as per requirement at work;
• Ability to provide clear and pragmatic advice to, and deal confidently with, individuals at all levels, including senior People team and business leaders.