General Counsel/Head - Legal - Retail

General Counsel/Head Legal-Retail

Job Title: Head - Legal

Department / Division : Legal

Position reports to: Chief Finance Officer

External Interface:

(Enlist external agencies/authorities that you are required to deal with while discharging your duty)

- Vendor Partners

- Retailers

- Legal agencies/firms

Minimum Qualification (i.e.education, training etc.)/ Experience:

- LLB / LLM (tier I institution) / additional qualifications - Company Secretary or MBA would be an added advantage.

Minimum Experience

- 15-20+ years (Should have had experience in one of the top litigation law firms in handling commercial litigation)

Special Skills/Attributes (required for performing the job effectively):

- Effective communications

- Interpersonal & Influencing skills

- Commercial awareness

- Attention to detail

- Creative problem solving

- Information analysis and research

- Overall Purpose/Objective

Of the job:

The Head of Legal is responsible for the legal affairs of the entire corporation. This role includes providing legal advice in all areas of operations, especially litigation. Head - Legal must possess strong initiative, as well as excellent management and leadership skills and strong business acumen. Should be known to the prominent litigation law firms.

Key Responsibilities (List major responsibilities, that you have, to achieve the key objectives):

- Developing and leading corporate legal strategy to promote custodianship and protect the company matters, leading corporate compliance programs including FCPA and SEC compliances.

- Overseeing delivery of legal services and resources to accomplish corporate goals, strategies, and priorities.

- Must be conversant with Property law, Indian laws, International laws, law of contracts, commercial laws, and corporate and tax laws. Should have adequate skill set to deal with different courts and tribunals in India.

- Should have excellent interpersonal skills and relationship management with other Law firms, counsels and lawyers.

- Maintaining corporate interactions with the relevant local, state, and federal government bodies, legislature and the community at large.

- Support and/or the implementation of innovative and replicable legal solutions to business problems, managing policies and ensuring consistency with corporate strategy and business objectives, while maintaining the company's high standards of integrity and ethical and transparent conduct.

- Oversee litigation matters (primarily commercial and employment-related), including management of external counsel.

- Develop region-specific processes and deliver effective training to ensure compliance with local legal, regulatory and business requirements.

- As needed, assist in region-specific management of transactions involving acquisitions and strategic partnerships.

- Provide, and assist in providing, company secretarial support for all local entities including the establishment, management, and maintenance (and closing, as necessary) of corporate subsidiaries and branches in connection with regional operations in new or existing jurisdictions.

- IPO/REIT Listing: All formalities and due diligence for the IPO process. On successful listing all the statutory filing and reporting from a legal point of view.