Job Title - Assistant Manager - Legal

Department - Legal

Location: Mumbai

1. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Overview:

Legal Counsel with 5-7 years of post-qualification experience to support the Company's contracting, dispute management, and contract lifecycle management functions. The role involves drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, managing pre-litigation and litigation matters, and driving implementation and governance of the Company's Contract Management Tool (CLM platform).

MAIN ASSIGNMENTS:

Contracts:

- Draft, review, negotiate and finalize a wide range of commercial agreements including: Customer con-tracts (MSAs, Order Forms, SLAs), NDAs and confidentiality agreements

- Provide risk analysis and practical mitigation strategies.

- Ensure alignment with internal policies, risk matrix, and delegation frameworks.

Dispute Management:

- Handle pre-litigation matters including legal notices and settlement discussions.

- Coordinate and manage external counsel for litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters.

- Maintain dispute trackers and monitor exposure, provisioning, and strategy.

- Support internal investigations and compliance-related reviews where required.

- Provide advisory on contractual breach, indemnity claims, and recovery actions.

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM):

- Drive implementation, optimisation, and governance of the Company's Contract Management Tool.

- Ensure contract digitization, metadata accuracy, and milestone tracking.

- Monitor renewal dates, termination notices, liability caps, and key obligations.

- Train business stakeholders on contract workflows and approval processes.

- Develop dashboards and MIS for leadership review.

- Standardise templates and playbooks within the CLM framework.

4. DESIRED PROFILE:

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION - Law degree from a recognized university

WORK EXPERIENCE (Minimum years of experience required):

- 5-7 years post-qualification experience

- Experience in infrastructure, technology, data centres, telecom, or related sectors preferred.

- Hands-on experience with Contract Lifecycle Man-agement tools (e.g., Icertis, Agiloft, Ironclad, SAP Ari-ba, etc.) preferred.

- Exposure to arbitration and commercial litigation coor-dination.

SKILLS (Technical aspects):

- Strong commercial and legal acumen

- Attention to detail and risk assessment capability

- Ability to manage multiple transactions simultaneously

- Stakeholder management and cross-functional collab-oration

- Good communication and planning skills

SOFT SKILLS:

- Strong presentations skills

- Hand-on and quality driven

- Self & Team motivation

- Analytical Skills

- Good Verbal and Written Communication Skills