Legal Manager - LLB/LLM

Job Description :

Job Title : Legal Manager

Job Location : Mumbai

Department : Legal

Job Description :

The key deliverables of this role will be :

- Partner with the Supply Chain function in the Western region which has multiple factories

- Be a part of the functional leadership team of Legal Department and seamlessly interact with peers and the senior legal managers based out of Mumbai as well as in the North, East & South regional offices.

- Lead, mentor and manage a small team of 2 legal executives and an experienced para-legal for driving achievement of targeted results in :

(a) Litigation reduction / Dispute Management

(b) Engage with external senior counsel effectively and participate in briefing them for appearance in courts

(c) Proactively engage in making suitable/necessary representations on various legal issues with the government / statutory authorities

Key Skills :

- Familiarity with the following legislation's/processes

- Food Safety Standard Laws

- Drugs and Cosmetics Act and relevant regulatory environment

- Product labeling regulations for food and other consumer products

- Product promotion claims and issues connected therewith

- Law of Contracts, Evidence Act, Cr.P.C and C.P.C

- Labour welfare, social security, factory administration, and employment regulation laws

- Legal Metrology Act and packaged commodity rules

- Consumer protection laws

- Basic understanding of legislation on Sales Tax/VAT/GST & other indirect tax laws

Qualification and experience : LLB or LLM from a reputed university and upto 5 years of relevant post qualification experience