Role & responsibilities
- Assisting and working closely with the business, product and other functions in structuring transactions and documentation from a legal and compliance perspective;
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements and other documents that are complex, high-risk and strategic in nature, with domestic and foreign entities and involve standardization of agreements including product, services and technology agreements;
- Advising management and functional teams on legal and regulatory issues that may arise in the course of their day-to-day functioning. Working closely with the business teams on structuring of products, services and other business arrangements while helping them identify the legal risks and further add value by identifying commercial and operational risks;
- Instructing and working closely with external counsels on commercial and policy matters, seeking and reviewing legal opinions from external counsels and supervising the legal due diligence sought from external counsels;
- Prepare board level notes,
update the board with respect to matters pertaining to the legal function and respond to queries raised by the board to the legal department;
- Handle IP related work;
- Establishing and maintaining global and local legal compliances. Carrying out due diligence exercise in order to understand the applicable laws in India and international jurisdictions. Continuously monitor worldwide regulations and emerging trends in the sector impacting the organization
- Lending support to the product / compliance function in compliance related matters by interpreting regulatory guidelines in areas of compliance risk management and compliance policies, procedures, controls, monitoring and audits
- Providing legal analysis in relation to current business initiatives and products. Advising internal stakeholders on governing law and dispute resolution mechanisms to be opted for agreements with foreign entities and issues related thereto
- Participating