Role - Head of Litigation, Employment & Compliance for APAC region Location - Bangalore, India Qualification - Law Degree from a Premier Law School /Member of ICSI preferred Work Experience - Minimum experience of 15+ years Position Title - Vice President Position reports to - General Counsel and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer. Primary Roles and Responsibilities: The successful candidate is expected to independently and collaboratively brief, manage, strategize and instruct management and retained counsel across jurisdictions with respect to high stakes commercial litigation, employment and compliance matters and advise business functions on contractual rights and obligations of executed contracts, opine on compliance, labor and employment law matters as well as provide sound legal advice on a broad range of corporate law issues, drive internal projects and anchor company-wide initiatives. - Lead and manage all claims and litigation matters across APAC - Analyze, develop and deliver litigation and dispute resolution strategies on a variety of litigation matters in line with Company's business requirements to reduce risks; ensuring that services are timely, targeted and of the highest quality. - Liaison between internal business personnel and external counsel for purposes of defending and/or prosecuting litigation including witness preparation and background investigations. - Resolve disputes with other companies or individuals through negotiation or mediation with or without the involvement of outside counsel. - Review and manage litigation budgets and external counsel expenditures and supervising outside counsel in handling litigation. - Coordinate litigation reporting and ensuring quality and consistency of reporting. - Review and edit pleadings, briefs, presentations and other documents prepared for litigation matters, including reports for senior management, the audit committee and board. - Track and advise senior management on claims and litigation developments, exposures, and strategies for minimizing adverse consequences from disputes. - Monitor legislative developments and trends and, as a result, proactively shaping Company's litigation function and litigation governance. - Enhancing the legal department's effectiveness through active participation in staff meetings and training and maintaining positive interaction with corporate and business clients. - Develop a keen understanding of the Company's business strategy and its business system. - Proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigating actions. - Comply with all company policies and standards - Collaborate closely with other legal department colleagues and functional support groups in providing advice and counsel. - Performing other duties and working on special projects as requested by the General Counsel. Desired Profile: - At least 15 years of commercial and employment litigation experience either in house or with a law firm - Proven track record of managing a team of in house counsel and external lawyers and making timely and valuable interventions to achieve desired business objectives - Experience with managing significant litigation budgets and driving efficiencies in external legal spend and relationships - Hands on experience in front ending complex high stakes commercial litigation, employment and compliance matters, resolving a broad range of corporate issues in collaboration with various internal stakeholders, whilst holding senior positions with increasing levels of responsibility in businesses spread across geographies, with revenues more than a billion dollars - Strong organizational skills; sound business and legal judgment; excellent cross-cultural communication skills to manage and support global businesses; constructively interact with diverse groups at all levels of organization. - Strong strategic perspective with and ability to understand, assess, and clearly communication - big- picture legal and commercial concepts to business partners (clients). - Team oriented, collaborative work style, with strong self-initiative and ability to work independently on complex matters with minimal supervision, adhering to tight timelines.

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VP/Head - Litigation/Employment/Compliance - LLB/LLM - IT 

VP/Head - Litigation/Employment/Compliance - LLB/LLM - IT  ,Job Description for VP/Head - Litigation/Employment/Compliance - LLB/LLM - IT  in Mphasis in  Bangalore for (15-20) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for VP/Head - Litigation/Employment/Compliance - LLB/LLM - IT  in Mphasis in  Bangalore for (15-20) years of experience. Apply Now!