Infosys - Legal Counsel Professional - LLM/LLB

Responsibilities:

- Assist in protecting the Company's legal interests and maintaining its operations within the scope established by law. Analyzing legal issues and issues related to commercial risks, and presenting clear recommendations, and assuring legal compliance

- Undertaking drafting of commercial agreement's like Master Service Agreements, Alliance Agreements, License Agreements and other agreements relevant to the business of an Information Technology service provider

- Reviewing proposals, assisting in preparing proposals and providing assistance in responding to tenders, RFP's etc Participating in negotiations with customer and vendors and ensuring conformance with internal contracting requirements and risk mitigation requirements

- Undertaking legal advisory functions in relation to general corporate compliance. Tracking laws and regulations that are relevant to the Company's business and policies. Providing legal advice to all levels of executive staff.

Qualification:

- BA (LLB) or Masters in Law from a reputed law school with 3-7 years- experience

Skillset:

Professional:

- Generic Legal Knowledge: Basic knowledge of key principles and terminology in all legal practice areas (contracts, IP etc.) to complete the assigned task with guidance across areas, including good drafting skills with respect to legal documents.

- Domain Knowledge: Basic knowledge of relevant market trends in own area of legal practice in order to give inputs for taking an appropriate decision.

- Legal Research & Analysis: Thorough knowledge of legal research methodology (including information gathering, fact collection and analysis) so as to deliver and integrate pertinent legal advice with the facts.

- Industry/ Market Knowledge: Basic knowledge of key macro-economic trends in order to understand the link and impact on Infosys- business. Basic knowledge of financial aspects, policies and practices to support the finance teams in the relevant practice area, by providing appropriate inputs to analyze the prevailing situation/ scenario. Exposure to the legal side of the IT industry will be an added advantage.

Behavioral:

- Must have strong and effective written and spoken communication skills

- Must be a team player

- Must be constantly involved in learning and innovation processes within the organization and the department

- Must have the ability to analyze and apply logical reasoning while addressing issues

- Must have good organizational and time management skills