Job Summary
GLG seeks an experienced commercial lawyer to join the Company’s legal department in Gurugram, India. This candidate will be a well-rounded communicator, cooperative team player, highly organized, efficient, proactive, impeccably trustworthy, resilient and resourceful.
Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Efficiently draft, negotiate and review complex contracts for the Company, including cross-border and multi-jurisdictional contracts.
- Partner with the legal team to continually develop and improve legal team processes, including contract playbooks, and negotiating strategies.
- Advise the Company on various legal issues by applying sensible judgement and outstanding communication skills.
- Team with other legal department lawyers and non-lawyer personnel to ensure timely execution of legal and compliance related tasks for the Company.
- Hands-on and work closely with multiple business segments, including Business Development, Client Solutions and Company’s supporting functions.
- Lead by example, guide relevant staff and enforce processes to ensure the highest legal and compliance standards are met in all aspects of the business.
Candidate Profile:
An ideal candidate will have the following:
- Law degree (LL.B. or higher), with demonstrated excellent academic performance.
- Minimum 6 years’ post qualification experience as a self-sufficient transactional/commercial attorney with a multi-national company.
- Must be fluent in MS office and comfortable with new technology.
- Facile in use of AI and AI-driven legal tools, CLM platforms, or other legal tech solutions.
- Prior experience with handling data privacy related matters and familiarity with the UK/EU GDPR, DPDPA and relevant data protection legislation would be an added advantage.
- Exceptional written and oral English communication skills.
- Ability to operate in diverse cultural and international business settings.
- Successful track record of working in fast-paced, client-service environment.
- Ability to problem solve, manage escalation and collaborating with teams to achieve objectives.
- Highly-developed organizational skills and be articulate, detail oriented and hard working.
- Experience in mentoring or training junior lawyers/paralegals is a plus, but not mandatory.
📌 Manager, Legal (Gurugram)
🏢 GLG
📍 Gurugram