Legal Head - India
Bengaluru
Leadership /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Roles & Responsibilties
- Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising internal stakeholders
- Negotiating with external counterparts on a variety of commercial agreements, including third-party, operations, services, and marketing agreements.
- Identifying and consulting on legal risks concerning the development of new products and policies.
- Helping to interpret and monitor changes to regulatory guidelines while proactively handling regulatory developments and advising internal stakeholders.
- Developing and implementing processes for efficient and streamlined operations surrounding contract negotiation and processes
- Developing and maintaining form agreements, contract management systems, and other databases.
- Serving as lead counsel on strategic deals, resolving issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handling pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.
- Driving all ongoing compliance review processes, including necessary filings, policies, and procedures.
- Providing time-sensitive support on a wide array of legal inquiries concerning all aspects of your country’s operations.
Required Skills
- 10+ years PQEA master’s degree or equivalent in law
- Strong academic and law firm experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Collaborative mindset
- Confidence in decision making when there’s ambiguity or incomplete information
- To excel at leadership while being hands-on
- The ability to handle significant and complex legal matters with short turnaround times
- Exceptional stakeholder management
- Experience with complex transaction management
- To thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure, entrepreneurial environment