Lead - Litigation & Disputes

Bajaj Electricals Limited is a globally renowned Indian Consumer Appliances and Lighting Solutions company (its Power Transmission and Distribution projects business has been demerged to form Bajel Projects Limited). Headquartered in Mumbai with a turnover of INR 4,662 crores (FY 2023 - 2024), it is a part of the $100 bn multinational conglomerate Bajaj Group founded by Shri Jamnalal Bajaj. The Company was established in 1938 and has stood the test for almost 85 years. It continues to enjoy consumer trust across various sectors it operates in and remains at the forefront of developing modern, technologically superior, and aesthetic products and solutions.

Bajaj Electricals’ business portfolio spans Consumer Products (Appliances, Fans, Cookware) and Lighting Solutions (Consumer and Professional Lighting). They are a front runner in the industry with their key brand offerings comprising BAJAJ, Nirlep, Morphy Richards and Nex. They have an expansive network of 18 branch offices, 660+ distributors, and ~ 2 lakh retail outlets across India, combined with over 620 consumer care centres reaching 19,000 pin codes, fortifying their dominant presence in the consumer products sector. Under their Lighting Solutions business, they offer a wide range of innovative LED lamps and fixtures, including panels and battens, to consumers and are known for their prowess in street lighting, sports lighting, industrial commercial and infrastructural lighting, and undertaking specialised illumination projects on a turnkey basis amongst other solutions.

The Company believes in creating happiness with sustainability by focusing on the four key CSR pillars - Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Employee Volunteering & Community Initiatives. Through their CSR initiatives, they enable sustained impact in environmental sustainability, education, health, arts & culture and community development achieved by direct implementation and via NGO partners.

Website: http://www.bajajelectricals.com

Industry: Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing 

Address: 27th Floor, One Unity Center, Senapati Bapat Marg, Prabhadevi (West), Mumbai-400013

Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Founded: 1938

 Specialties: Consumer Products and Lighting

Job Title - Lead - Legal

Department/ BU - Legal

Location - Mumbai

Reporting To - Head - Legal

Organizational Description

Job purpose & Scope

Protect the interest of company in a rather complicated business environment, advise the management on day to day legal issues and to legally safeguard the interest of the organization and help for timely achievement the goals of the organization.

Litigation Specialist would work closely with the commercial team, and various business units and other functions on a broad range of legal matters.

Candidate should be capable of exercising independent judgment and management of reasonably complex legal issues and litigations.

Major Areas of Responsibilities

Litigations

• • Assessing dispute threats and opportunities; planning appropriate tactics, and strategies;
  • Legal Research on various Acts and statues.
  • In house drafting of legal documents and pleadings like petitions, plaints, written statements etc. in consultation with  external counsels & by providing all relevant documents / facts etc to our counsel
  • Planning & Strategizing Legal actions by briefing advocates, Senior Counsels.
  • In depth knowledge handling IPR Infringement and passing off actions
  • Good exposure in dealing with Arbitration matters/ NCLT matter and high stake value litigations.
  • Developing unique strategies to reduce OPEX.
  • Evaluating various demands raised by the Authorities & challenging if reqd..
  • Dealing with various courts and Tribunals and Quasi Judicial bodies.
  • To Monitor the settlement of Consumer cases and to ensure customer satisfaction by giving proper reply of the legal notices in case the same is required.
  • Out of court settlements in consumer & recovery cases
  • Recovery initiatives thru mediation
  • Preparing, maintaining and reporting various MIS on litigations

Contracts

• Advising,  Drafting and negotiating  various types of contracts, agreements such as collaboration and JV agreements, NDA, MOU, Deeds, guarantees and indemnities, Master IT agreements, IPR assignments, Lease, Leave and license, mortgage, POA, settlements deeds etc.
• Negotiation of all types of contracts and closure on TAT
• Providing  specialist commercial legal advice for the achievement of commercial objectives,
• Documents archiving  and retrieval
• Minimizing risk and maximizing negotiation strength & opportunities.

• Candidate should be law graduate with minimum 12-14 years of experience drafting of legal documents and pleadings like petitions, plaints, written statements etc. in consultation with external counsels & by providing all relevant documents / facts etc to our counsel.
•  Advising,  Drafting and negotiating  various types of contracts, agreements such as collaboration and JV agreements, NDA, MOU, Deeds, guarantees and indemnities, Master IT agreements, IPR assignments, Lease, Leave and license, mortgage, POA, settlements deeds etc
• The Candidate should have good understanding of law along with drafting and research skills.
• The Candidate should have Proficiency in English, should be a team player. She/He should be able to perform under pressure.
• Candidate should have a solution finding approach and eye for detail.

Desired Qualification:  LLB / LLM

Experience: 12 - 14 years of experience