Senior Manager - Legal Counsel Regulatory - FMCG

Hiring LGBT+ Talent Only (LGBT+ Stands for Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Pansexual - OUT or CLOSETED)

Job Title: Senior Manager - Legal Counsel Regulatory - LGBT+ Talent Only (LGBT+ Stands for Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Pansexual - OUT or CLOSETED)

Experience: 8 to 10+ yrs experience

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Industry: Big Beverage Company

CTC: Best in the Industry

Job Description:

- Technical knowledge of the regulatory landscape applicable to manufacturing units in states such as legal metrology, pollution control etc. - A pre-existing knowledge of state excise Acts and Rules would be preferred. - Strong knowledge of international anti-bribery legislation (US and UK) and ensuring complete adherence to their provisions.

- Experience in handling disputed matters across various jurisdictions in India; able to assess the need for and coordinate with external counsel, work remotely stakeholders in multiple locations across India and build strong partnering relationships.

Business partnering :

- Partnering with 50+ manufacturing units on all regulatory matters with primary emphasis on state excise

- Provide seamless experience to manufacturing units on all regulatory matters whilst directly handling legal matters and fielding taxation matters to the tax department

- Lead/support legal activities, to grow and protect USL's reputation and business interests whilst ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations

- Ensure that transaction risk (in the underlying business & in the negotiated documents) is contractually mitigated as far as possible to protect USL and that any remaining risk is understood by all relevant stakeholders.

Legal Documentation and Advisory:

- Analyse, research and prepare documentation and provide strategic advice on a range of legal and regulatory issues (including excise laws, commercial and contract law, health safety and environment, food safety, pollution control, legal metrology, customs, compliance and the like)

- Draft, review and negotiate various legal documentation like contracts, notices, plaints, affidavits, communications to regulatory authorities and the like

- Act as a Project Manager for the show cause notices and disputed matters and ensure effective tracking of the matters with regular and timely updates to stakeholders

- Assess the merits of a case and identify the alternatives; engage stakeholders to understand and own the likely outcomes of claims.

- Reason with stakeholders to help them understand and endorse the way forward as well as using appropriate external lawyers whenever required.

Leadership Responsibilities:

- Being authentic - standing up for what you feel is right and important; demonstrating high integrity and being honest, open and inclusive at all times. Effectively building trusting relationships and motivating others to achieve common objectives.

- Being a solution generator - thinking in the future, anticipating trends and opportunities, being imaginative in finding business solutions and driving opportunities; develops and applies a great understanding of the business to your work. Demonstrate willingness to grow/ develop and be open to receiving feedback.