Role & responsibilities

Role Overview

We are seeking a motivated and self-driven Legal Specialist to support the Legal Function across commercial, employment, litigation, compliance, and legal operations matters. The role will provide execution-focused legal support through contract management, litigation coordination, legal research, drafting, and matter management while working closely with internal stakeholders and external counsel.

Key Responsibilities

1. Contract Management & Commercial Support

- Draft, review, compare, and manage commercial contracts, amendments, NDAs, service agreements, and related documentation.
- Support contract lifecycle management, execution tracking, and repository administration.
- Maintain templates, precedents, and contract databases.

2. Litigation & Dispute Management

- Support management of labour, civil, criminal, and commercial disputes.
- Conduct legal research, prepare legal notes, case summaries, factual chronologies, and first-level drafts of legal correspondence and litigation-related documents.
- Coordinate with external counsel, business stakeholders, and internal functions to ensure timely follow-up on actions and deadlines.

3. Employment Law & Regulatory Support

- Assist in legal research and analysis relating to employment, labour, commercial, and regulatory laws.
- Monitor legal developments and support preparation of advisory notes, presentations,



and internal guidance documents.

4. Legal Operations & Compliance

- Support audits, compliance initiatives, reporting, and governance projects.
- Track action items, maintain legal records, and support knowledge management initiatives.
- Assist in development of standard processes, templates, and legal documentation frameworks.

Preferred Attributes

- Strong interest in Employment & Labour Laws and Commercial Contracts.
- Interest in legal process automation, legal technology, AI-enabled legal solutions, and modern legal research tools.
- Prior exposure to FMCG, manufacturing, or in-house legal environments would be advantageous.
- Immediate joiners preferred.
- Candidates residing in Delhi NCR will be preferred.

Preferred candidate profile

- 2-3 years PQE in a law firm and/or corporate legal department.
- Strong drafting, analytical, research, and organizational skills.
- Exposure to commercial contracts, employment laws, and litigation management.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously.
- Self-starter with a high degree of ownership, accountability, and execution focus.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and legal documentation tools.
- Robust stakeholder management and coordination abilities.

Interested candidates can share your Cvs to [email protected]

📌 Legal Specialist (Gurugram)
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