Job Title - Legal Manager Location: Madurai, India

Role Purpose:

Contribute to the success of MCPL and the wider Coats group (together, the Company ) by providing a professional in-house legal and risk management function. This includes managing litigation (both in-house and through external law firms); acting as Legal Business Partner for the allocated region to support the Company in meeting its commercial objectives; facilitating current business by providing commercially oriented legal advice; and protecting the Company by ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations and safeguarding its IP.

Supporting the Senior Legal Lead and the Legal Director, this is a highly commercial role working closely with the business to deliver the Company s growth strategy.

Principal Accountabilities and Key Activities:
- Drafting and vetting all types of commercial agreements required for the business.
- Managing litigation, both in-house and through instructing and managing external counsel, and representing the Company before the appropriate courts.




- Managing the Company s contracts database on a day-to-day basis, including migration from the current provider to an internal system.
- Liaising with the Accounts team to process legal services invoices and maintain updated legal records.
- Supporting implementation of Company policies aimed at meeting regulatory obligations.
- Overseeing legal administrative functions, including document archiving, regular updates, issuing the weekly legal movement sheet, and filing.
- Managing relationships with external counsel and law firms.
- Advising management on industrial relations matters, including coordination with legal advisors to defend various cases before Central and State Government Authorities in respect of direct and indirect tax and excise matters pertaining to its mill/office/depot locations.
- Assisting management on intellectual property matters, coordinating with external counsel and business, and working with legal advi

📌 Manager- Legal (Madurai)
🏢 Madura Coats
📍 Madurai