Job Role:
Dispute Prevention and Advisory
Educational Qualification
: LLB/LLM
Experience
: 8-10 years
Job Responsibilities
- Dispute Prevention – Understanding of dispute prevention methodologies including negotiations, mediation and other pre-litigation processes. Focus to provide business advisories in terms of legal solutions/inputs in tight timelines.
- Litigation Handling - Dealing with litigation or other proceedings before judicial and quasi-judicial authorities including but not limited to tribunals, High court, Supreme Court, regulatory authorities.
- Stakeholder Management – Collaborate with internal teams (viz. service, supply chain, marketing and sales, procurement, human resource, finance etc.) as well as external lawyers/law firms. Should demonstrate ability of in working with cross functional teams and external
- Drafting Expertise – Drafting of legal notices, undertakings, cease and desist notices, petitions, appeals, reply to notices from enforcement agencies.
- Regulatory Interaction - Ability and experience in interacting with investigation agencies, police officers, regulators and other government officials and responding to their queries/notices.
- Domain Knowledge - Sound knowledge of Competition Law, IBC, Consumer Law, Customs Law, Contracts, and upcoming new laws and related dispute mechanism/ litigations. Hands-on experience in regulatory disputes will be an added advantage.
Competencies / Skills
Required Behavioral Skills:
- Collaborative, proactive and receptive attitude with highest degree of integrity and commitment.
- Self-driven approach maintaining discipline and punctuality.
- Sound understanding of e-mail etiquettes.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and presentation ability
- Willingness to travel.
- Professional ability to interpret laws and find solutions to complex legal issues and handle litigations
- Ability to work well in a high pressure environment and within tight timelines
- Must be a highly motivated self-starter and able to function independently in a “hands-on” environment. and he should be familiar with court process and handling litigation in corporate houses.
- Should have excellent analytical, execution skills and practical experience of handling litigation before various forum.
- Must be familiar with roles & responsibility of an in-house counsel and able to work in close knitted team.
