Legal Counsel - LLB - Retail

Industry - Retail

Skills - Retail, Legal, Company Secretary, Contracts

Job Type - Permanent

Description - Legal Counsel | Global MNC in Retail

Client Details

Our client is a global retail leader recognized among the most valuable brands world over in their domain of business. They have aggressive growth plans for India which will be driven by retail initiatives besides traditional business and want to become market leaders within the portfolio they cater to.

Description

- Active participation as Member of the Legal Team with the business and the first point of contact on legal issues arising out of the Channels and the Commercial business.

- Advice Business Teams on broad range of legal disciplines, including commercial contracts, Lease of immovable properties, business law, Competition Law, IP, compliance, anti corruption, Global Trade compliance issues, regulatory matters, interacting with Government Officials as well as relevant Industry Groups and ensuring ongoing compliance with local regulatory requirements.

- Litigation management, employee issues, advice on disciplinary actions

- Make sound legal judgement to facilitate business execution, while also minimizing risk.

- Liaison with local authorities both on Regulatory and other aspects and provide General Legal advice to the Business teams, Brand Protection, Corporate Investigations.

- Excellent in working knowledge on commercial contracts, including sales, Distributor/Agency Agreements, License and Services Agreement, Business law and competition law basics.

- Ability to negotiate, draft and review complex Agreements in high pressured environment.

- Balancing priorities and Risk with Business benefits.

Profile

- LL.B qualification from a reputed institute

- CS qualification is preferred but not a must

- 8+ years of overall post qualification experience

- Experience in a retail environment as In-house lawyer would be preferred

- Candidate must have good experience with drafting and vetting commercial contracts

- Excellent communication skills

Job Offer

An excellent opportunity to work with an International Retail player that offers great growth prospects and competitive pay.

Page Group India is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Contact - Harish Reddy -

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