Manager - Legal & Commercial - LLB - Publishing Firm

Roles & Responsibilities :

Vetting Internal & External Documents :

- Support the various functions of Companies in ensuring that all proposals, contracts, tenders and agreements are vetted and ensure that exposure levels are within the acceptable criteria

- Provide timely support for vetting of all contracts (sales and lease), tenders and agreements for various internal Departments, from a legal perspective to minimize business risks for the Company

- Providing transaction support ( M & A)

- Assist Editorial team for completion of legal due-diligence and verification of Author sign-up and royalty related documents; coordinate with external legal firms

Responding to Legal Queries :

- Ensure timely response is sent to legal queries raised by customers/authors/other external parties

- Ensure timely response to legal queries received from other internal Departments

- Responsible for filing of statutory forms and ensuring statutory compliances

Setting up Process & Templates :

- Set-up guidelines for designing and execution of all contract and vendor selection related activities, draft the general condition of contract (GCC)/special conditions of contract (SCC) and review and update same on periodic basis

- Create standard contract templates for repeated activities and ensure regular updation of the same

- Establish a framework for effective legal document control and management in alignment to the Company guidelines

- Adhere to the established Department SOPs

Qualifications : Bachelor of Law (LLB)

Experience :

- 5-10 years for LLB

- 4-5 years in legal contracting and documentation positions

- 4-5 years in Publishing industry