General Counsel/Vice President - Legal - LLB

Role: General Counsel / VP- Legal

Responsibilities:

- Managing organization's legal matters.

- Advising executive, senior management and board on various matters such as legal rights, and new and existing laws.

- Create, manage and be responsible for the Organizations risk management policy and framework.

- Researching and anticipating unique legal issues that could impact the organization

- Managing the regulatory aspects of the company's business and take proactive decisions and recommend appropriate actions to the company's leadership.

- Managing organization's intellectual property and structure agreements in a manner that is legally favourable

- Lead corporate capital raising activities and negotiate SHA / SSA from a company perspective

- Lead, manage all M&A / investment activities from a legal perspective for the organization

- Promulgating and creating directives of corporate acts and decisions.

- Negotiating, writing and executing agreements and contracts on behalf of the company

- Advising on contract status, legal risks, and the legal liabilities associated with different deals

- Conducting legal research and reviewing company's litigation strategy pertaining to legal actions.

- Manage overall compliance with respect to all applicable statutes including Companies Act, Labour laws, statutory filings, licensing, forms etc

- Offering counsel on a variety of legal issues

- Working alongside other departments within the company

- Reviewing advertising and marketing materials to ensure that they are in compliance with legal requirements

- Providing training to the company on legal topics

Requirements:

- Legal degree from accredited, top-tier law school.

- 10+ years practice with an established law firm

- Prior in-house or start up experience will be an additional advantage

- Business savvy - Proficient understanding of business sensitivities and confidentiality.

- Strong knowledge and experience of working on Content / IP laws / agreements

- Proficient legal experience in fund investments, venture capital financing and M&A.

- Experience with corporate governance issues and corporate secretarial duties.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Deep knowledge of statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to businesses.