About Our Client

A company in the shipping freight industry located in Mumbai.

Job Description

International Business & Market Expansion
- Partner with business teams on international expansion strategies, market entry initiatives, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and cross-border business projects.
- Conduct legal due diligence and risk assessments for recent geographies, business opportunities, distributors, agents, and strategic investments.
- Advise stakeholders on legal, commercial, operational, and regulatory risks associated with international business transactions.
- Develop pragmatic risk mitigation strategies while enabling commercial growth.

Commercial Contracting & Negotiations
- Independently draft, review, negotiate, and conclude a broad range of international and domestic commercial agreements, including:
- Customer agreements
- Logistics and freight forwarding contracts
- Supply chain and warehousing agreements
- Procurement and vendor contracts
- Service agreements
- Distribution and agency agreements
- Technology and SaaS agreements




- Licensing arrangements
- Strategic partnership agreements
- Confidentiality and data-sharing agreements
- Lead customer and vendor negotiations with minimal supervision while balancing legal protections and commercial objectives.
- Support business teams in structuring transactions and contractual frameworks.

Logistics & Supply Chain Advisory
- Provide legal support across multimodal logistics operations, including ocean freight, air freight, inland transportation, contract logistics, warehousing, customs brokerage, and supply chain solutions.
- Draft and negotiate agreements with shipping lines, freight forwarders, carriers, terminal operators, warehouse operators, customs agents, and other logistics partners.
- Advise on transportation liability, cargo claims, service disruptions, force majeure events, and supply chain risks.
- Support operational teams on commercial and regulatory matters impacting logisti

📌 Legal IB | 9 (Mumbai)
🏢 Michael Page
📍 Mumbai