Designation: Head Legal

About the company: A leading Indian multinational engineering and technology organization specializing technology driven solutions.

Location: Bangalore

Qualification: Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB)

Experience: 10-15 Years

About the Role

Lead – Legal to manage legal, contractual, compliance, and regulatory matters across the Electronics Products & Systems business. The role will provide strategic legal support to business, operations, procurement, sales, engineering, manufacturing, and leadership teams, while safeguarding the organization's interests and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

The incumbent will play a critical role in contract management, litigation handling, risk mitigation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, and commercial negotiations for domestic and international business operations.

Key Responsibilities

Contract Management & Commercial Support

- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial contracts, NDAs, MoUs, supply agreements, customer contracts, channel partner agreements, technology licensing agreements, and service contracts.
- Provide legal support for bids, tenders, customer proposals, and strategic business transactions.
- Advise business teams on contractual risks and mitigation strategies.
- Standardize legal templates and contract governance processes.

Legal Advisory & Risk Management

- Provide proactive legal advice to management and business stakeholders.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate legal and commercial risks.
- Support strategic business decisions from a legal and compliance perspective.
- Develop risk assessment frameworks and legal governance mechanisms.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

- Manage litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution matters.
- Coordinate with external legal counsel and regulatory bodies.




- Develop strategies for dispute avoidance and effective claim management.
- Monitor legal proceedings and ensure timely resolution.

Regulatory Compliance & Corporate Governance

- Ensure compliance with applicable corporate, commercial, labor, environmental, data privacy, and industry-specific regulations.
- Support governance requirements and policy implementation.
- Conduct compliance reviews and internal legal audits.
- Drive legal awareness and compliance training programs.

Intellectual Property Management

- Support patent, trademark, copyright, and technology protection initiatives.
- Ensure protection of proprietary technologies and confidential information.
- Coordinate with R&D; and engineering teams on IP-related matters.
- Manage licensing and technology transfer agreements.

Business & Cross-Functional Partnership

- Partner with Sales, Procurement, Manufacturing, HR, Finance, and R&D; teams on legal matters.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and strategic collaborations where applicable.
- Participate in key commercial negotiations with customers, suppliers, and partners.

Policy Development & Legal Excellence

- Develop and update legal policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
- Implement legal contract lifecycle management best practices.
- Drive process improvements and digitization initiatives within the legal function.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- Contract Turnaround Time
- Legal Risk Mitigation Effectiveness




- Litigation Resolution Rate
- Compliance Audit Scores
- Number of Legal Non-Compliance Incidents
- Contractual Claim Prevention & Recovery
- Policy Implementation Effectiveness
- Stakeholder Satisfaction
- Cost of Litigation & External Counsel Management

Educational Qualification

- Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution.
- LLM or specialization in Corporate/Commercial Law preferred.
- Company Secretary qualification will be an added advantage.

Experience

- 10–15 years of post-qualification experience in Legal, Commercial Contracts, Compliance, and Corporate Law.
- Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, Electronics, Industrial Products, EPC, Energy, Technology, or Automotive sectors preferred.
- Strong exposure to contract negotiations, dispute resolution, and regulatory compliance.
- Experience working in a corporate legal function within a large organization is desirable.

Desired Competencies

Functional Competencies

- Commercial Contracting
- Corporate & Commercial Law
- Litigation Management
- Arbitration & Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Legal Compliance
- Risk Management
- Tender & Bid Review
- Regulatory Affairs
- Corporate Governance

Leadership Competencies

- Business Acumen
- Negotiation & Influencing Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Stakeholder Management
- Decision Making
- Problem Solving
- Integrity & Ethics
- Communication Excellence

Ideal Profile A commercially savvy legal professional with solid experience in contract management, risk mitigation, compliance, and dispute resolution, capable of partnering with business leaders to enable growth

Interested professionals may APPLY or share their resume on below Mail ID.

Contact Person: Shilpa Chakraborty

Email ID: [email protected]

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