Head - Legal - CS/LLB - FMCG

We have an opening for Head Legal with one of the reputed FMCG company based at Mumbai, heading the Legal Department.

Key skills :

- Candidate should have minimum 12 years of experience post qualification

- Currently should be heading the legal dept or 2nd level can be considered

- CS/LLB preferred

Preferred industry : FMCG/Durable/Pharma/Food/Retail/Beverages/Oil/Lubricant.

Job Profile:

Litigation Management (including civil, criminal and arbitration and IPR related cases) :

- Strategic thinking on Litigation requirements

- Ensure timely initiating legal proceedings

- Ensure timely attendance and response

- Ensure Database management of Litigation and on a quarterly basis present a daily updated legal cases review to the management.

Contract Management (including Franchisee Agreements, Contract Manufacturing, Lease Deed, Leave & License Agreements, Transportation Agreements, C & F Agreements) :

- Ensure Template Standardization

- Advice on Contract formats and requirements

- Ensure timely renewal and termination of contracts

- Ensure Database management of Contracts and on a quarterly basis present a daily updated review to the management.

IPR Management (including Trademarks, Copyrights, patents, designs) :

- Strategic thinking on IPR registration requirements

- Ensure timely application for new IPR or renewal of existing IPRs

- Ensure initiating and defending actions for Company's IPR protections and handling IPR related litigations

- Ensure Database management of Company's IPR and on a quarterly basis present a daily updated IPR database to the management.

Regulatory Affairs :

- Ensure timely renewal of plant level and other licenses / permissions by keeping a master data to be updated on a daily basis (b) Identifying and applying for new licenses / permissions for all plants and other locations

- Ensure review of product labels to comply with FSSA, Legal Metrology, IPR

- Ensure Legal proceedings management under FSSA, Legal Metrology and any other statute as may be applicable

- Advising on promotional activities to ensure they are in compliance with regulatory requirements

- Ensure complete compliance of all the units

Company Secretarial related compliance :

- Ensure timely compliances under the Companies Act, 1956 with respect to various filings

- Compliance of provisions relating to Section 297

- Timely filing of creation, modification and satisfaction of charge

- Drafting and finalization of Directors- Report and AGM/EGM Notices

- Conducting Board Meetings and General Meetings and recording minutes

- Providing certified copies of board meeting/General Meeting resolutions

- Maintenance and updation of various registers/records under Companies Act, 1956

- Ensure compliance related to cost audit fining (i) Documentation relating to bank facilities and term loans

Project Management :

- Ensure to carry out a due diligence of new project locations

- Ensure to apply and obtain all licenses and permissions

- To make timely representations to various Govt. agencies/departments for issues related to power, water, effluent discharge etc.

- To find out about the subsidies available at various states and avail of the eligible subsidies related to power, VAT, land, stamp duty etc.

- Undertake and timely implement any other project undertaken at Management's instance

Property issues :

- To carry our due diligence of new property e.g. residential/commercial/industrial

- To liaise with state industrial development corporations or private party for completing the land/property transaction and getting the same registered.

Karishma Tandon
TEAM TEKNIK