28 Jan 2026
NLHU
Legal Counsel-Media
Mumbai
0-0 Years
Legal and Compliance
Job Description
Role : Legal Counsel-Media
Location : Mumbai
Qualification : LLB
Experience : 6 to 7 years
Job Description :
Advise stakeholders at all levels on a broad range of legal matters, including but not limited to commercial, employment, intellectual property, data privacy, ethics, compliance, and generative artificial intelligence (GAI).
- Manage and oversee litigation and arbitration matters, including civil, criminal, labour, property, and commercial disputes.
- This includes qualitative review of pleadings, preparation of litigation strategy, timely filing, and monitoring of cases.
- Draft, negotiate, and advise on medium to high complexity commercial agreements, ensuring the most advantageous legal and commercial terms for Dentsu.
- Provide legal support and guidance on employment law matters, including internal investigations and related processes.
- Collate and maintain meticulous records and correspondence relating to litigation and compliance matters, ensuring regular updates to litigation and compliance trackers.
- Assist in briefing Senior Advocates/external counsel for urgent reliefs and in the preparation of pleadings, applications, and replies for ongoing and new matters.
- Conduct legal research to develop arguments and prepare case law analysis for opinion writing and to guide the direction of proceedings.
- Deliver training and legal risk management initiatives to senior management, including business training, legal updates, and best practices in compliance, contracts management, intellectual property, data protection, IT, litigation, M&A, and GAI.
- Implement and monitor best practices in ethics, compliance, contracts management, intellectual property, data privacy, IT, litigation, M&A, and GAI, ensuring alignment with Dentsu\'s internal policies and external legal requirements.
- Advise on and ensure compliance with data privacy laws and regulations, including the management of data protection risks and the implementation of appropriate safeguards.
- Provide guidance on the ethical use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), ensuring compliance with applicable laws, industry standards, and Dentsu\'s internal policies.
- Coordinate with internal departments on commercial, contractual, compliance, and risk management matters, ensuring all relevant legal issues are identified and addressed.
- Prepare regular reports and updates for line management and internal stakeholders as appropriate.
Location : Mumbai
Qualification : LLB
Experience : 6 to 7 years
Job Description :
Advise stakeholders at all levels on a broad range of legal matters, including but not limited to commercial, employment, intellectual property, data privacy, ethics, compliance, and generative artificial intelligence (GAI).
- Manage and oversee litigation and arbitration matters, including civil, criminal, labour, property, and commercial disputes.
- This includes qualitative review of pleadings, preparation of litigation strategy, timely filing, and monitoring of cases.
- Draft, negotiate, and advise on medium to high complexity commercial agreements, ensuring the most advantageous legal and commercial terms for Dentsu.
- Provide legal support and guidance on employment law matters, including internal investigations and related processes.
- Collate and maintain meticulous records and correspondence relating to litigation and compliance matters, ensuring regular updates to litigation and compliance trackers.
- Assist in briefing Senior Advocates/external counsel for urgent reliefs and in the preparation of pleadings, applications, and replies for ongoing and new matters.
- Conduct legal research to develop arguments and prepare case law analysis for opinion writing and to guide the direction of proceedings.
- Deliver training and legal risk management initiatives to senior management, including business training, legal updates, and best practices in compliance, contracts management, intellectual property, data protection, IT, litigation, M&A, and GAI.
- Implement and monitor best practices in ethics, compliance, contracts management, intellectual property, data privacy, IT, litigation, M&A, and GAI, ensuring alignment with Dentsu\'s internal policies and external legal requirements.
- Advise on and ensure compliance with data privacy laws and regulations, including the management of data protection risks and the implementation of appropriate safeguards.
- Provide guidance on the ethical use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI), ensuring compliance with applicable laws, industry standards, and Dentsu\'s internal policies.
- Coordinate with internal departments on commercial, contractual, compliance, and risk management matters, ensuring all relevant legal issues are identified and addressed.
- Prepare regular reports and updates for line management and internal stakeholders as appropriate.