Manager - Legal - Litigation & Regulatory - Telecom

One of my client in telecom is looking for Legal Manager based in Chennai.

I. LEGAL:

1. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT:

a. Responsible for tracking and monitoring contract changes, deliverables, correspondence and risks, maintaining associated documentation.

b. Drafting & Vetting of Master Service Agreement's, Non Disclosure Agreement, Statement Of Work ,Service Provider Agreement, Vendor Agreements, Lease Agreement, Lease Agreement, Arbitration Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding.

c. Drafting & vetting of Deed of Indemnity, Leave & licensing Agreement,

d. Drafting, Sale Deed & Property Development Agreement.

e. Research on contractual terms and conditions or other regulations;

f. Assists in identifying contract management issues and proposing solutions for approval & Managing Pre & Post contract review.

g. Identifying commercial and legal risks in a contract.

h. Facilitating effective implementation of contracts

i. Assist, Negotiate & structure commercial and legal terms in conjunction with the business & Corporate guidelines.

j. Identifying risks of contract and initiate discussion.

k. Ensuring efficient, effective and compliant contracts process

l. Monitoring & Tracking contractual compliance and watching closely the clauses leading to variations and other legal obligations/repercussions arising out of executed/signed off contracts.

m. Monitoring the performance of the various contracts.

2. LITIGATION:

a. Managing Corporate Litigation including Arbitration, Consumer, Civil & Criminal Matters for both in High Court & the Trail Courts in Karnataka;

b. Preparations of briefs, pleadings, Plaint, Written Statements, Affidavits etc relating to the cases;

c. Interactions with outside counsel, technical experts, jury consultants, paralegals, support staff, and business unit representatives.

d. Interaction with the Company Attorney and the Sales group, as and when required.

e. Legal advice on routine and highly complex legal matters and/or within specific area of expertise.

f. Co-ordinating with Statutory Authorities on the matters relating to the Company;

g. Researching and collecting relevant Case-Laws and Materials for the Assigned cases;

h. Preparation of Synopsis of the Arguments to be presented in the Court; Translation of Documents to English.

i. Handling pre litigation issues like drafting Notices for defaulting Partners, Reply Notices of the Customers & Vendors, initiate amicable settlements.

3. IMMOVABLE PROPERTY:

a. Title investigation of property, transfer of property, contracts for sale and purchase of property, documentation

b. Scrutinizing the Property Papers & vetting as well as the verification of the title of the Property;

c. Legal Opinion on Title of the Property.

d. Scrutiny of documents relating to acquisition of properties on lease / outright purchase.

e. Verification of records with the sub-registrar of properties for authenticity of the documents provided and to get first-hand information about other related deals.

f. Drafting of lease deed / agreement to sale / sale deed and execution thereof with due payment of stamp duty, registration costs with the appropriate authorities.

g. Defend any outside agency interfering with the rights acquired by the company by virtue of lease deed / sale deed to protect the interests of the company.

h. Maintaining of records of lease deed / agreements including updating of the same from time to time.

i. Scrutiny of commercial proposals and to provide appropriate legal agreements / documents for execution

j. Protect company's interests in case of commercial and civil litigations including consumer forum wherever cases are filed against the company.

k. Submission of regular legal report and such other reports as may be required from time to time

II. Regulatory:

a. Compliance of the provisions of license agreement executed by the company with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

b. Compliance to all Regulation, Instructions, Notification etc issued by DoT, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) & the Reserve Bank Of India (RBI).

c. To develop & maintain amicable relationship with government bodies DoT / TERM, TRAI, CCA, BSNL and other telecom operators at the circle level.

d. To monitor subscriber activation and verification process and sensitize / educate all concerned in this regard.

e. To guide and assist Circle Nodal Officer.

f. Support concerned functions in closure of all audits pertaining to legal & regulatory.

g. Responsible for closure / resolution of all type of queries pertaining to licensing condition raised by TERM Cell on regular basis.

h. To educate and sensitize the cross functional teams [Sales & CSD] for improvement in acquisition and documentation process helping to increase compliance scores in monthly subscriber verification audits and ensure minimal penalty.

i. Responsible / Coordinate with TERM Officials for final discussion and closure of monthly joint subscriber verification / documentation audit so as to achieve the satisfactory compliance score on monthly basis.

j. Responsible / Coordinate with TERM Officials for discussion, submitting appropriate response and closure of all EMF related compliances.

III. General:

a. Freedom to Act independently

b. This being a specialized function the freedom to act within the delegated authority and within the parameters of the legal provisions are available which are effectively put to use.

c. Co-ordination activities

- Internal: The position is responsible for the effective control and the implementation of the statutory compliance of various rules and regulations affecting the company. A complete co-ordination with all the departments along with MO are to be effectively maintained.

- External: Coordination with external agencies, other operators, TERM Cell, Statutory agencies viz, law enforcing agencies and Courts. Besides above co-ordination with the Law firms and advocates should be cordial and effective.