ASSISTANT MANAGER – LEGAL

Mumbai, MH, IN

Areas of Work: Corporate Finance Job Id: 12007

External Job Description

Role Description:

Job Purpose

• To handle the legal requirements of Asian Paints international business as well as new businesses and provide commercially relevant, practical and proactive legal services.

Business Responsibility Areas

Asian Paints International Business:

• Drafting, reviewing, negotiation and closure of agreements, documents and ensuring that the associated risks for the Company are minimized.
• Coordination and management of AP International business units and providing legal, litigation and recovery support
• Participate in negotiation of key business contracts and provide inputs from a legal perspective and coordinating with various internal stakeholders (Business, Finance, Taxation Teams) to ensure timely closure of agreements.
• End to end legal management of assigned business transactions and legal advisory.

Contract Repository

• Preparation of Agreement MIS on regular intervals.
• Tracking of renewals and other major triggers under the contractual relationship.
• Ensure Proper execution and storage of original agreements.
• Preparation of Agreement MIS on regular intervals.

Compliance And New Businesses Integration

• Working closely with compliance team to ensure 100% compliance for new businesses.
• Streamlining and setting up legal processes as per APL standards
• Act as a SPOC for new businesses in the areas of IPR, Agreement, Litigation and Property matters.

Research

• Researching on various country’s laws applicable to the business in that region,
• Research on finding appropriate judgments for better interpretation of the contractual understanding.

Trainings

• Provide training to internal teams on standard operating procedures for business agreements.

General Advisory And Support

• Provide sound legal advice to different business verticals on various legal matters on the business aspects.
• Act as a Legal SPOC with all external consultants, lawyers and internal stakeholders
• Advising international business units on various business matters especially in the areas of agreement review, IPR and recovery of outstanding debts.
• Co – ordinating with all law firms including foreign law firms on legal compliance requirements of business in that country.

Qualifications

• LLB from a recognised law university, LLM will be additional advantage

Essential

Previous Experience:

• Minimum 6 to 8 years of prior experience

Desired

• Work experience with a recognised law firm/corporate