Key responsibilities:

- Draft and negotiate supplier, OEM/customer, dealer, logistics, IT, licensing, and NDA agreements with a focus on minimizing risk and maximizing value
- Oversee the contract lifecycle by doing intake, approvals, execution, repository management, and renewals to ensure compliance and efficiency
- Maintain and update templates, clause library, and signing-authority matrix to reflect current best practices and legal standards
- Identify and negotiate key risks by warranty, recall costs, liability caps, indemnities, IP, and force majeure to protect the organization’s interests
- Conduct training sessions for business teams on legal involvement and contract management processes
- Provide timely legal advice to business teams on daily queries to support decision-making
- Monitor and analyze motor vehicle, homologation, emission, consumer, competition, and data-protection laws to ensure organizational compliance




- Assist in managing recalls, audits, investigations, and statutory compliance to mitigate risks
- Track and report litigation and counsel spend against budget to ensure financial accountability

Ideal Candidate:

- LL.B. from a recognized university; enrolled with the Bar Council
- 3–5 years of experience in PQE, ideally with 2+ years in-house experience in automotive, auto components, or manufacturing sectors
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in litigation and commercial contracting; familiarity with CLM tools is advantageous
- Solid exposure in drafting and negotiation skills
- Strong commercial judgment and strategic thinking
- Capable of clearly articulating legal concepts to non-lawyers; fluent in English and the regional language

📌 Senior Associate- Legal (Bengaluru)
🏢 River
📍 Bengaluru