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30 Jul 2025

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Legal Counsel

Pune

6-8 Years

Compliance and Secretarial

Job Description

Role :  Legal Counsel 
Experience : 6 to 7 Years 
Qualification : LLM 
Location : Pune 
Job Description : 
Ethics and Compliance Advisory

- Acquire a good and precise understanding of ENGIE ethical documents, rules and policies.

- Provide day-to-day advice and support on ethical and compliance matters across business lines including Procurement, Business Development, HR, Operations, and Finance.

- Ensure implementation and operationalization of Group Ethics policies and procedures locally.

- Training and Awareness

- Conduct ethics and compliance induction for all new joiners.

- Deliver refresher training programs on the Code of Ethics, ENGIE ethics policies related to Conflicts of Interests, Gifts and Hospitality, Human Rights, Sanctions/Embargo compliance, Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Data Privacy among the others.

- Organize and carry out annual training for all new directors in accordance with the Groups Framework for Directors Guide.

- Promote a culture of integrity through regular engagement activities, workshops, newsletters, and campaigns.

- Design and launch new initiatives to embed ethics and human rights principles into day-to-day business operations.

- Ethical Risk Assessment and Monitoring

- Lead the Annual Risk Mapping Exercise on Ethics, Human Rights, Anti-Corruption, and Data Privacy for India operations.

- Monitor emerging risks related to sanctions, embargoes, human rights, and corruption.

- Prepare the Ethics assessment and memo during the development phase of projects (due diligence reports, partners checks, human rights reports for new countries etc.) and provide for AMEA HUB/Groups approval.

- Investigations

- Manage preliminary assessment and full investigations into allegations of misconduct, harassment, conflict of interest, and other breaches of ethics policies.

- Conduct interviews, collect evidence, draft Investigation Reports, file the investigation reports on the Common Ethics Tool (CET), and support disciplinary or corrective action recommendations.

- Due Diligence and Third-Party Reviews

- Review due diligence checks on business partners, suppliers, and consultants.

- Analyze red flags identified during checks, propose risk mitigation measures, and document decisions.

- Internal Audit and Internal Control Coordination

- Coordinate with Internal Audit teams on ethics-related audit findings and action plans.

- Actively participate in Internal Control exercises to assess compliance risks and mitigation measures.

- Sponsorships, Donations, and Charitable Contributions

- Review and advise on ethical aspects of all donations, sponsorships, and CSR activities.

- Ensure proper approvals and documentation in line with Group and local policies.

- Data Privacy and Protection

- Support Data Privacy compliance efforts, including awareness sessions, privacy notices, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and incident reporting.

- Ensure alignment with Group GDPR policies and Indias Data Protection regulations.

- Sanctions/Embargo Monitoring

- Ensure compliance with Group policies on Sanctions and Embargoes, conduct risk checks, and provide clearance advice for new markets, suppliers, or partners.

- Group Policy Implementation

- Ensure roll-out and local adaptation of new and existing Group policies related to ethics and compliance across Procurement, Business Development, HR, Legal, and Operations.

- Reporting and Documentation

- Use Group tools such as the Common Ethics Tool (CET) for reporting incidents and following up on corrective action plans.

- Prepare periodic reports for AMEA and Group headquarters on key ethics KPIs, cases, and risk management activities.

30 July 2025

ZGth

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