Legal Counsel ( Disputes & Litigation)

Experience: 3–5 Years

Qualifications: LL.B

Role Purpose

Provide legal support for Biocon's corporate business, including commercial/non- commercial contracts, business dispute and litigation matters by ensuring robust contract and litigation management, legal compliance, and risk mitigation.

Key Responsibilities

- Responsible for end-to-end handling and closures of contracts, from negotiating, vetting, reviewing, drafting, finalization and sign off.
- Advise business teams on contractual and legal risks related to contracts and business disputes.
- Advise on potential legal exposure, commercial disputes, labor claims, and regulatory actions.
- Strategically guide dispute resolution, negotiates settlements, drafts settlement agreements, and handles pre-litigation claims before they escalate to formal court filings.




- Actively manage arbitration/mediation/litigation matters by coordinating with relevant stakeholders, external counsel and preparing legal documentation.
- Control legal spend, select and evaluate the performance of external law firms.
- Coordinate discovery process, collect internal documents and preserve electronic data (e-discovery).
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws and maintain legal records, including internal trackers.

Qualifications & Experience

- LL.B
- 3-5 years of experience in corporate legal or a law firm.
- Hands-on experience in commercial/non- commercial contracts and litigation.,

Key Skills

- Contract drafting and negotiation
- Litigation management
- Dispute resolution
- Legal risk assessment
- Stakeholder management
- Ability to handle high pressure, ever growing and evolving work setting

📌 Legal Counsel - Disputes & Litigation (Bengaluru)
🏢 Biocon
📍 Bengaluru