Job Title - Associate Director, Litigation

Department, Level - Corporate Legal

Location - Mumbai

Work type - Fulltime

Reporting To - Vice President- Legal & regulatory

Role Overview

Jiostar is looking for a bright, highly motivated individual to serve as Associate Director-Legal (Dispute Resolution) for its India business. This individual will work with the Jiostar Corporate Legal team in India.
Candidate will be responsible in handling pre-litigation advisory, and litigation matters by and against the company involving both civil and criminal laws. The Candidate will be responsible for a broad range of legal matters related to copyright, trademark, IPR protection, commercial and contractual disputes, and other issues involving civil & criminal, employment laws.
Candidate should also have valuable knowledge about conducting preliminary knock-out searches, content due-diligence, risk analysis of scripts, screenplays, movies, musical content and web-series, and anti-piracy actions.

Key Responsibilities

Drafting and reviewing of pleadings, notices, replies,



and other documents in relation to ongoing legal disputes and litigations pertaining to copyright disputes, trademark disputes, infringement of personality and privacy rights, breach of contractual obligations and other commercial and civil disputes;
Management of company litigations through formulation and execution of effective litigation strategy, including briefing and appointment of attorneys and Senior Counsels.
Advising and providing legal opinions to various business units on complex legal issues and recent legal developments to ensure risk mitigation.
Working knowledge of operations and management of legal aspects of copyright and media laws.
Managing and advising on contentious litigation and regulatory affairs and liaising with statutory authorities.
Conducting pre-release due diligence and risk analysis of scripts, screenplays, movies, musical content and web-series to ensure smooth release and for a

📌 Associate Director (Mumbai)
🏢 JioStar
📍 Mumbai