AM - Legal (IPR & Contracts)

Primary Responsibilities:

IPR

• Handling Trademarks - Conducting Trademark searches and preparing search reports, filing Trademark Applications, Reply to examination reports, Affidavits, Notice of opposition, Counter statements, attending trademark Show Cause Hearing
• Drafting and reviewing various Company related documents as Management Consultancy Agreements, Service Agreements, MSAs, NDAs, Contract Agreements, Housekeeping Agreements, Vendor Agreements, Transport Agreements, Business Agreements, Employment Agreements, Engagement Letters, Trademark License Agreement, Affidavits, Software License Agreement, etc.
• Meeting with various Law Firms/Lawyers, Counsel, Consultants on various legal issues. Assist in dealing with the issues
• Conducting legal research and compliance
• Provide legal support and advising various functions and stakeholders of the Company
• Update all departments of new developments / amendments in law and their compliance requirements.
• Legal Agreement/Contract Management/Custodian of Original Agreements
• Ensuring timely renewals of Contracts
• Ensuring timely payments of Lawyers/Counsels
• Sending regular legal updates/news/judgments

Contracts:

• Drafting, Vetting, Reviewing, Finalizing, managing various Documents, Contracts, Agreements viz: -Memorandum of Understanding, Terms of Settlement, Legal Documents including Lease Deed, Trust Deed, Letter of Intent, Agreement to Lease, Sale Deed, Agreement to Sale, Leave and License Agreement, Service Level Contracts, IT Contracts, Marketing Contracts, Admin Contracts, Projects Contracts, Non-Disclosure Agreement, Power of Attorney, Vendor Agreements
• Procurement contracts viz Agreements for Security Personnel, Housekeeping, Cafeteria, Outsourcing Agreements, Notices etc.
• Advice, guide and assist all internal stakeholders/departments/sister concerns, corporate office, Zonal office, Centres on Legal matters. Drafting of property documents, sale agreements, sale deeds, trust deeds, lease agreements, lease deeds, leave and license agreements, MOUs, TOSs, and other correspondences
• Drafting of all commercial and legal documents as per the requirement of business to ensure that they are in accordance with the corresponding laws
• Effectively liaison with solicitors, advocate firms, lawyers on property acquisition or arrangement matters and ensure timely follow up and closure of desired arrangement
• Keep management updated on development periodically
• Design, augment and review contractual instruments and templates which would assist and support various business activities including overseeing the drafting of documentation for Admin / IT / HR / Marketing / Projects vendor transactions and ensuring that the SLA are well defined and audited
• Standardizing of templates
• Effectively validate the documentation pertaining to various business deals to ensure legal compliance and guide the management team on the same. Effectively partner in the negotiation process of key business contracts to protect the interest of the organization
• Compliance of business contracts and obligations and guide on consequences of breach of any provisions, thereby protecting the organization from any legal ramifications
• Update all departments of new developments / amendments in law and their compliance requirements
• Interfacing with all personnel across the organization, including those based out of CO/ZO as well as other Centres. Interfacing with the leadership team to ensure legal compliances are met with by all departments. Interfacing with HR, Finance, Admin, Technology, Marketing, Projects or any people or any other operational issue/s
• To safeguard the organization and the management against legal proceedings / litigations by having comprehensively drafted legal documents, advising / updating all departments / managements of new developments / amendments in law
• Interface with External Vendors/ Legal Agencies for all elements pertaining to the execution of contracts and legal obligations

Qualification:

• Law Graduate / LLB from a recognized College / University with effective communication and interpersonal skills
• In addition to English & Hindi, somebody who can read, write and speak in Marathi too shall be preferred