Assistant Manager - Corporate Legal Team - Chemical/Oil & Gas/Energy

Job Purpose :

- Providing legal advisory services to all group companies of the company on variety of legal issues in areas of labour, industrial, environment, competition, mining, corporate laws.

- To draft and evaluate business/legal documents, agreements.

- To provide support in litigation as required by various group entities.

- Participate in mergers, acquisition and other restructuring exercise of the Group.

Job Context & Major Challenges:

It has varied kind of legal issues which makes the job highly demanding and requiring high level of professional knowledge coupled with quick response. Job requires interaction with outside agencies, government officials, solicitors and consultants with objectives of promoting and safeguarding group interest. It requires high degree of confidentiality and involvement with clarity in expression and good negotiating skill. It also involves the process of unlearning outdated concepts and learning new methods and gaining contemporary legal skills.

Principal Accountabilities :

Accountability :

Supporting Actions :

1. To be handle litigation and arbitration for the Company :

- To interact and brief external counsels on the matters and prepare briefing notes;

- To liaise with lawyers for timely and speedy movement of the cases and arbitration;

- To draft and/ or review plaints, replies and other documents relating to litigation;

- To attend courts and arbitration proceedings for important matters, if required; and

- To keep the respective Group entities appraised and involved in above actions.

2. To support in Mergers & Acquisitions projects :

- To provide legal support to team leads in M&A exercises of the Group;

- To liaise with external law firms involved in the M&A transaction;

- To conduct or oversee legal due diligence exercise relating to M&A transaction;

- To review transaction documents; and

- To attend and help in negotiations

3. To provide contract support to businesses and functions :

- To draft and/or review commercial contracts for the company and various functions; and

- To negotiation such contracts with counterparties and advise on stamp duty of such documents.

4. Tools and compliance :

- To develop legal and contract compliance and management tools and processes for the Group; and

- Undertake legal audit of the businesses/units to ensure compliance of legal matters and suggest improvements and interact with unit head/business heads.

5. Development and Training :

- To have regular interactions and brainstorming sessions with colleagues on legal issues and development in legal space

- To create a system of legal education/information through for all employees of the group.