Associate Corporate Counsel
Gurugram, Haryana
( Shared Services ) – Accounting & Finance /
Hybrid
AHEAD is currently seeking to hire an Associate Corporate Counsel – India to provide day-to-day legal support and counseling to AHEAD’s US as well as India Sales Team and other stakeholders including human resources, marketing, administration, etc. You will report to the Corporate Counsel – India.
Responsibilities:
- Candidate will be drafting, reviewing and negotiating a variety of contracts around IT and IT related agreements, including reseller agreements, partner agreements, master service agreements (internal use) master product and services agreement (end customer’s use), sub-contractor agreements, non-disclosure, and vendor agreements along with statements of work, all of which may pertain to the US, the UK, or India;
- Candidate would be creating flow-down terms based on agreed-to customer contracts post-execution for compliance purposes;
- Candidate will be required to provide day to day advisory to the India-based operations team and the management on a wide range of employment law issues, which may include employee relations, performance management, leaves of absence and accommodations, and policy compliances;
- Candidate would be required to evaluate India-US balance for employment practices, policies, agreements and processes; implement and/or update as necessary and as applicable;
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge on Indian employment laws, privacy laws, information technology laws required to negotiate contracts;
- Conduct legal research and stay updated on relevant laws and regulations affecting the company’s business; and
- Assessing and minimizing sources of risk, with appropriate escalations as necessary.
Required Qualifications and competencies:
- JD, LLM., or LLB., equivalent degree from an accredited law school;
- At least 4 to 5 years of post-qualification relevant experience practicing law, in-house preferred;
- Ability to work on their own with minimal administrative assistance;
- Major experience in contract negotiation as well as advisory/consultation is required;
- Ability to create templates as well as processes involving day-to-day business and ensure minimal risk to the business;
- Ability to juggle high volume and multiple projects, which will require timely decisions;
- Customer/client-focused orientation;
- Strong analytical skills and verbal and written communication skills; and
- Excellent organizational skills, business judgment, attention to detail, and self-motivation.
