Exide Life Insurance - General Manager - Legal

Position Description :

Position Title : General Manager- Legal

Business Unit : CLCSA - Legal

Reporting To : Director - Legal, Secretarial & Regulatory Compliance

No Of Reportees : 3

Location : Head Office - Bangalore

Position Summary :

- To handle all types of litigations from end to end (Civil, Criminal, consumer, labour etc.,) including representations before the police authorities and coordinating with external counsels PAN India.

- Managing, training and supervising a team of in house legal counsels.

- Independently ensure PAN India Compliances of Statutory norms applicable under various labour and other applicable legislations & preparation of labour compliance status report and MIS.

- Ensure timely reply to notices, show cause, pre-prosecution notices PAN India pertaining to labour departments and ensuring compliances of the same. Attending and supporting to close the prosecutions if launched by labour and other statutory departments.

- Periodically coordinating with the branch offices to check the status of statutory compliance and training them adequately with the assistance of compliance partners.

- Independently handle all leasing transactions including drafting vetting and negotiating LOI, lease agreements and other documentation pertaining to setting up branches and offices in different parts of the country. Maintaining the MIS.

- Advice the company on leasing transactions, including title opinion of proposed lease properties in different parts of India, stamp duty calculation, coordinates with external lawyers and landlords in different parts of India in legal negotiations and registration of lease agreements.

- Extensively coordinate with and advise the business functions relating to lease agreements, taxation issues in leasing transactions, title opinion etc.

- In depth knowledge required in matters of conveyance and all related acts including Transfer of Property Act, Contracts Act etc., and should be able to negotiate on and draft lease and other related documents after understanding the litigation related issues pertaining to lease/sale agreements and consequences of various clauses in the lease agreements.Structuring leasing and other contractual transactions in order to maximize benefits for the company and mitigate the company's risks.

- Independently handle various notices including litigation co-ordination with Advocates PAN India.

- Advice the company on various laws by providing opinions including advising day today queries raised by business units by providing research assistance.

Key Accountabilities :

- Handle the above mentioned work independently.

- Advice Company on all the activities independently.

- Handle the entire statutory compliances and work towards building repository for the same.

- Ability to multitask and advice on varied contracts and agreements.

Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications :

- B.A. LLB/LLM; preference to candidates from industry handling similar areas of work as mentioned above. Minimum work experience of 12-15 years.

- In-depth working knowledge required in Microsoft word, excel, power point.

- Candidates currently working in the legal dept of a corporate entity handling corporate legal work preferred.

Personal Attributes & Competencies :

- Should possess excellent communication, interpersonal, drafting and negotiation skills.

- Should be able to multitask, handle and coordinate lease and other commercial contracts/agreements and transactions pan India including PAN India Statutory Compliances under Labour Laws and litigations.

- Should have worked with a legal team comprising of not less than 4-10 members.

Performance Measures (The quantitative measures of the job's overall responsibility) :

Key Evaluating measures - 6 months.

1. Interpersonal, drafting and communication skills.

2. Adaptability to the process and policies of the organization, including learning & implementation.

3. Multitasking and turnaround time.

PERSON PROFILE (for the Ideal candidate) :

Base Location : Bangalore

Age (Min to Max) : 30-40 years

Experience (Min to Max) : 10-15 years

Specific Qualification Requirement, If any ( Eg: CA, LLB) : LLB/LLM

Industry Preference (Insurance, Telecom, BFSI) : Insurance, any other industry wherein law and litigations are dealt extensively by the candidate.

Specific Skill Sets and Weight age assigned to various skill sets : Litigation experience (Civil & Criminal), lease &Labour Laws, Property matters etc.

Position reports into : Director-Legal, Secretarial & Regulatory Compliance

Direct Reports to the position : 3 - 4

% Travel Required in this Position : 20% to 30%

Any other specific requirements/ preferences : NIL