Role: Head the Legal Function for a Large IT Services company

Location : Mumbai

Roles and Responsibilities

- Overall accountability of the Legal Function at company & reporting to the Global CEO

- Lead a Team of Legal Managers and Executives located across the Geography.

- Interface with Internal Business Leaders on Business Deals, Pre-Sales Proposals, Engagement Contracts, a Variety of Terms of Engagement prevalent across multiple customers in various geographies

- Advice Business Leaders on prevailing Legal environment across multiple Geographies

- Reviewing Contracts / Agreements across Multiple Customers as demanded by Business

- Facilitate drafting and execution of Customer Agreements for all outsourcing deals

- Manage Domestic / International Arbitration and dealing with Legal Cases in Foreign Countries

- Drafting/vetting/settling agreements like SHA, SPA, Technology Transfer/License, Business Purchase, Teaming in large size tender participations, Procurement, MOUs/Term Sheet, Service Contracts,NDAs, POAs, Indemnities, Affidavits and all kinds of routine business / commercial agreements.

- Standardisation of templates of routine contracts. Support Marketing, Procurement and Development / Delivery teams in quick and efficient advice and various kinds of agreements and business arrangements

- Provide advice on Company Law matters in cases related to M&A, Divestments, Demergers, Corporate Re- structuring etc. and providing legal support to the internal team in DD and agreements involved in cross border transactions

- Engagement with Attorneys across different

The candidate :

- Law graduate, preferably from a Premier Law School in India

- Over 18 to 22 years of Experience with a Good Mix of Litigation and Business Contracts and should had Lead the Legal Function in IT / ITES Company

- Good Exposure to Managing teams of Legal Executives and Engagement with Attorneys

- The candidate would be Reporting to the Global CEO of the IT BU.

This job opening was posted long time back. It may not be active. Nor was it removed by the recruiter. Please use your discretion.