Aarti Industries - Manager - Legal

Job Description

Job title Legal Manager Span HO

Function Finance Job Family Manager

Reporting to (position) Legal Group Head Direct Reportees

Purpose Statement

This role will be an integral member of the Aarti Industries Limited- Group Legal, who will work both autonomously and in close collaboration with internal/external stakeholders/attorneys & counsels, management and legal team members, to provide overall legal assistance and support for the company's needs. The incumbent should be a keen learner, flexible and adaptable and be confident and proactive in his/her approach. The incumbent at Aarti Group legal would be offered ample opportunities to learn new skills and grow professionally.

Key Role & Responsibilities

1. Negotiating, drafting vetting and reviewing high volumes of various domestic and cross-border Agreements/Contracts/Transaction around IPR, Technology, Confidentiality, Supply & Procurement, Charter Party etc. with quality inputs and quick turn-around time. primary focus on commercial matters, commercial risk identification, and internal process improvement.

2. Be experienced in quickly and independently drafting in-house legal documents and Contribute to developing and maintaining Legal Team know-how and templates.

3. Litigation management (criminal, civil, commercial, PR and arbitration matters.) end to end from inception to final orders, drafting and vetiing, pleadings, conducting independent research to support the case, advising business on settlements/disputes and coordinating with internal/external stakeholders, attorneys and counsels and ensuring cost savings to the company.

4. Advising and giving in-house legal opinions on a wide variety of issues raised by business, backed by thorough research and judgments on the concerned subject specially IP laws.

5. Support Group Legal in initiatives for creating legal awareness in business via newsletters/updates/alerts etc.

6. Proactively analyse/identify legal risks and implications of various issues and advising various internal stakeholders and management on it with mitigation plan.

7. Branding protection by drafting and reviewing cease and desist notices and other communications in respect of IP Infringement.

8. Provide the General Counsel a full spectrum of business and legal issues, which, in addition to licensing and intellectual property matters, may include transaction structuring and support, technology, R&D, data protection, competition law and trade regulations, disputes resolution and conflicts of interests.

9. Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for the legal Group for management meetings.

10. Ensure full legal compliance regarding all existing laws, regulations and the company's Policies in the applicable region by supporting compliance teams in gap analysis and onsite audits.

11. Leading and supporting Legal Group in implementation, roll-out and training for digital tools and processes and end to end accountability for stabilization of same in areas of IPR/Litigation/Real Estate & Contract Management.

12. Mapping and understanding the Regulatory footprint applicable to the business and interpret applicable policies, laws, regulations, rules, guidelines, etc.

13. Developing sound knowledge and awareness on Environment Laws and Sustainability Real Estate Management.

14. Render full assistance and support to all stakeholders at Aarti and work closely with cross-functional/cross-location teams, to provide the overall legal strategy and guidance on all transactions/litigations/new projects etc.

15. Perform other duties and assist with special projects as assigned.

Job specification

Experience PQE:

- 6-8years : preferably from chemical/pharma /manufacturing business .If from Law Firm out of total
experience at least 2-3 years as inhouse corporate counsel.

- Qualification LLB/LLM/Solicitors Diploma in IPR - Premier Legal Institute like GLC, NLS,NLU,Jindal Law School,ILS Pune or Symbiosis Pune.

- Certifications/Trainings IPR (Patents),Alternate Dispute Resolution, LLB

Functional CORE LEGAL COMPETENCIES:

- Contracts, M&A,JV,Cross Border Transactions,IT

- Litigations & Research

- IPR/Patent

- Real Estate

- Environment Laws

- Legal Compliance & Site Audits

- Risk Management

- Sustainability

- Digital Tools

- Competition Law