Job Title: Legal Counsel

Location: Goregaon East (NESCO)

Purpose of the job: To provide legal and commercial advice and solutions

Accountabilities:

- Providing effective legal and commercial advice and assistance
- Review, draft and negotiate contracts
- Assist the function supported regarding the identification, assessment, mitigation and management of legal and commercial risk in light of different risk profiles
- Help to ensure that business is conducted in accordance with relevant law and Sodexo’s internal governance processes
- Provide preliminary advice on disputes
- Advise on regulatory compliance
- Support a range of standard and bespoke contracts and queries with relatively low to medium levels of revenues, complexity and impact
- General legal advice to the business supported
- Support the effective operation of legal processes, including maintaining accurate and timely legal reporting and ensuring the contract database is up to date and well‑managed

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

- Demonstrating the applicable core and legal competencies
- Technical accuracy and positive judgment
- Timely advice and assistance
- Clear communication
- Being an effective and trusted business partner to the business/operations




- Ensure compliance with UK&I; DOAs and policies and with contractual governance
- Deliver relevant training to the Business

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Qualified lawyer in EU jurisdiction with international commercial legal experience
- Good technical knowledge and experience of the law (including contract / commercial law and regulatory issues e.g. Data Protection, Anti-Bribery etc.),contracts and practice relevant to the Segments/Functions supported
- Good technical contract drafting and negotiation skills
- IS&T; contract experience and procurement and distribution contract experience
- Problem solving – ability to identify and analyse key information to make balanced and appropriate decisions
- Problem solving - ability to advise on legal and commercial options and challenge others where necessary
- Ability to provide preliminary advice on legal disputes
- Good communication and interpersonal skills

Please note: Due to the expected volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further evaluation

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