Groupon - Senior Manager - Legal - LLB

Job Title: Senior Manager - Legal

Location: Gurgaon

Reporting to: Cofounder & CFO

Team - 1 Legal Manager and 1 Legal Executive

Key Responsibilities:

- Leading all the legal matters @ nearbuy

- Implementing systems and legal practices to secure the best interests of the organization

- Ensure compliance to all Indian and Singapore statutory and legal regulations applicable on the Company

- Review and advise management on legal implications of internal policies and procedures. Updating top management of all the strategic legal issues

- Vetting all agreements, MOUs, letters, notices or any other legal document to be executed by the company

- Liaising with law firms/lawyer for various of legal requirements

- Manage the legal work of new funding rounds and ensure compliance to all the Shareholding and Share Subscription agreements

- Manage the legal work of all the mergers and acquisitions done by company in India and outside

- Vetting Deal Agreements on a regular basis and resolving Merchant queries

- Manage all FDI/ FEMA related compliances and RBI Reportings

- Managing all national and state specific HR/Other compliances in 30 cities in India where nearbuy is present

- Handle all the matters of intellectual property laws, trademark filing process and ability to assess the legal risks associated with it

- Should possess sharp legal research skills to assess the legal risk and ensure due compliance with any upcoming project/ deal, and suggest management accordingly

- Represent Company before the Courts, Forums, Company Law Board, or any other quasi-judicial body or government agency

- Provide legal training to the business's due diligence and QA teams to ensure compliance

- Maintaining sustained contact with legal professionals and government officials for initiating and follow-ups on legal procedures

- Formulate compliance check-lists to be used for the purpose of ensuring legal compliance

Key Requirements :

- Law Degree from a premier Indian institution

- Minimum 8 to 12 years of progressive legal work experience

- Strong knowledge of all Corporate Laws and FEMA

- Excellent attention to detail, commitment to accuracy and focus on results

- Strong commercial acumen and ability to partner with Business teams

- Self-motivator and entrepreneurial attitude to work with minimum supervision

- Strong interpersonal, management and leadership skills

- Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on projects and tasks

- Strong ability to work in a deadline-oriented environment with a high degree of accuracy

Salary Range: 14-24 LPA