Finance

Navi Mumbai (On-Site)

Mid-Senior

8-12 years

Fulltime

Job Description: Senior Manager – Legal

Target Experience: 8–12 years

Job Summary

As a Senior Legal professional, you will be responsible for managing and driving the legal function with a sharp focus on business enablement, compliance, and governance. This role requires an experienced legal professional with proven expertise in managing end-to-end complex contractual negotiations and closures, conducting due diligence, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, and safeguarding the company’s interests while enabling strategic growth.

The position demands a proactive leader who can anticipate risks, balance business objectives with legal safeguards, engage effectively with senior management, regulators, investors, and law firms, and ensure the highest standards of corporate governance in a listed environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Contractual Drafting & Deal Negotiations

- Lead the closure of complex, high-value agreements, including strategic partnerships, technology collaborations, customer/vendor contracts, and IP licensing.

- Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with a focus on practical risk mitigation, business objectives, and long-term enforceability.

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Sales, Procurement, Finance, Tech, R&D;) to ensure business needs are achieved while safeguarding legal boundaries.

- Build contract negotiation strategies, clearly defining fallback positions, escalation mechanisms, and closure timelines.

- Maintain contract lifecycle management processes and ensure effective use of digital tools for execution and tracking.

2. M&A; Transactions & Due Diligence (DD)

- Lead and manage end-to-end legal due diligence (DD) for target acquisitions, strategic investments, and cross-border ventures.

- Draft, vet, and review comprehensive transaction documents related to M&A; transactions, Joint Ventures, fund-raises, and shareholder agreements.

3. Cross-Border Transactions & International Engagement

- Lead engagement with global law firms and external counsel on cross-border contracts and compliance across key global markets (US, EU, APAC).

- Drive foreign customer and vendor agreement closures, ensuring strict compliance with US laws,



export controls, and international insurance frameworks.

- Oversee and navigate dispute resolution and arbitration in overseas jurisdictions where required.

4. Litigation & Dispute Management

- Manage disputes, arbitrations, commercial claims, and litigation matters, coordinating overarching strategy with external law firms where needed.

- Manage end-to-end civil proceedings, including drafting and reviewing pleadings, plaints, written statements, affidavits, and appeals.

- Ensure strict adherence to procedural timelines, court processes, and evidentiary requirements under applicable civil procedure codes.

- Represent the company and coordinate effectively with external counsel during court hearings, mediation, and conciliation proceedings.

- Develop and execute litigation strategies to defend the company''s interests in commercial suits, recovery proceedings, and injunction matters.

- Handle regulatory notices, inquiries, or audits with proactive strategy preparation.

- Oversee civil, criminal, and IP-related litigations, ensuring cost-efficient and business-sensitive resolutions.

5. Regulatory & Sectoral Compliance

- Ensure continuous compliance with Drone Rules, DGCA regulations, export control laws, Import-Export policies, insurance, and defense procurement compliances.

- Conduct legal research on various topics related to drone manufacturing, intellectual property, contract law, regulatory compliance, and various allied legislations related to the drone industry.

- Monitor global regulatory developments affecting drones and assess business impact.

- Build internal compliance frameworks, policies, and SOPs for proactive adherence to domestic and international laws.

6. Risk & Strategic Advisory

- Provide clear legal inputs to senior leadership on business-related matters, cybersecurity/data privacy implications, and export transactions.





- Identify and assess legal, regulatory, contractual, and reputational risks; propose actionable mitigations.

- Act as a strategic partner, not just a legal reviewer, enabling senior management to take informed business decisions confidently.

7. Training & Awareness

- Conduct internal training for leadership and teams on evolving industry-specific regulations, drone laws, corporate compliance, anti-bribery/anti-trust, and contract best practices.

- Build a compliance culture across functions through awareness programs and practical guidance.

Qualifications & Experience

- Education: LLB/LLM from a recognized institution (Company Secretary qualification is a plus).

- Experience: 7–10 years of progressive legal experience, preferably within the manufacturing, tech, aerospace, or defense industries.

- Core Competencies:

- Strong expertise in contract negotiation and closure of complex business agreements.
- Proven track record in conducting legal due diligence (DD) for M&A; and corporate transactions.
- Strong litigation and law firm coordination background, particularly in civil procedure and court processes.
- In-depth knowledge of corporate, securities, and compliance laws relevant to a listed company.
- Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with CXOs, business teams, regulators, and investors.
- Environment: Proven ability to thrive in a fast-evolving, regulated, high-growth listed company environment.

Key Traits for Success

- Business-enabling mindset with robust negotiation and stakeholder management skills.

- Strategic thinker with hands-on problem-solving capability.

- Ability to independently lead legal closures under tight timelines.

- High levels of integrity, professional ethics, and ownership.

- Excellent communication, drafting, and presentation skills.

Skills

Contract Drafting & Negotiation

Litigation & Dispute Management

Civil Proceedings & Court Processes

Arbitration, Mediation, & Conciliation

Corporate Governance & Securities Law

Risk & Strategic Advisory

Data Security and Data Protection laws

Intellectual Property Matters

M&A; Due Diligence & Cross-Border Transactions

cyber security laws

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