Assistant General Manager - Legal - Pharma

Assistant General Manager - Legal

- Graduate or PostGraduate in law. (Preference can be given to a person having a strong financial understanding which can be proven through appropriate qualification).

JOB PURPOSE :

- Planning and building a suitable legal team to support

- The business of the company by providing an efficient contract management solution

- Company to be in compliance with the applicable law of the land

- Planning, implementing and monitoring suitable workflow systems within the legal team for smooth execution of day to day activities

- Training legal team

- Leading the legal team towards achieving the aims and objectives of Company.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Participating in the corporate strategies of the Company.

- Responsible for all Corporate Legal work.

- Contracts Management and Negotiation.

- Spearhead the Company's legal team in transactional legal work, involving partnerships, mergers and acquisitions and all forms of organic and inorganic growth.

- Advisory counsel for all corporate, employment and labour related matters.

- Responsible for Statutory Compliance of the company/companies.

- Coordinate with Company Secretary department, Admin, Commercial, Intellectual property, Information Technology, Finance, regulatory and HR in handling all legal matters relating to their operations.

- Responsible for Litigation Management.

- Responsible for engaging and liaising with external legal counsels and attorneys.

- Responsible for creating, developing and managing legal systems and procedures.

- Responsible for drafting Standard Operating Procedures and Policies for the Company.

- Responsible for training the Legal Team as a Knowledge Group and imparting training programs across operational departments.

TECHNICAL /FUNCTIONAL SKILLS :

- Should have relevant experience and expertise in similarly responsible job positions for corporates, preferably in pharma industry.

- Indepth knowledge of international contracts law, IP laws, corporate law, labour laws.

- Relevant knowledge on licensing and partnering, mergers and acquisitions and other forms of business development.

- Good business orientation, reasoning and interpretation, problem solving skills.

- Capable of initiating, driving and closing transactional contracts, including due diligence.

- Cross functional interactions with operational teams, verticals and group companies.

- Excellent drafting, presentation and communication skills.

- Experienced in handling and driving internal audits, preparing and reviewing audit reports and presenting to the management.

- Preparation and review of MIS reports and presentations on new policies and procedures to the management and to the Board of Directors.

- Research and training skills.