Section Head - Legal, 3 To 7 Years In Mumbai

Job Description

• Identify the services for appointing external consultant.
• Prepare the scope of external consultant.
• Identify external consultant from reputed agency.
• Discuss the scope and do the first level of commercial negotiations and understand the business for providing the contract.
• Identify the need for documentation from external consultants.
• Briefing of case merits for preparing necessary documentation from external consultant, if required.
• Receive documents prepared by external consultants and review the documents.
• Review the comments received from the departmental concerned and suggest modifications, if necessary
• Experts/Solicitors/Lawyers payment processing and record of bills
• Verify bill details like Suit/Writ Petition/Appeal number, presiding judge/officer names, hearing dates, parties mentioned, appearance made by Advocate/Councils on dates of hearing etc.
• Draft the legal opinion and send to external consultant for their vetting, review and make changes (if necessary) in the legal opinion and send the approved draft to concern department.
• Receive request for preparation of MOU/POA/ Tender Documents/ Agreements and approval from department concerned along with the fact sheet (client, country, scope & any other special conditions) of the proposals
• Verify the type of MOU/POA/ Tender Documents/ Agreements to be prepared: Consultant/Agents/Vendors/Client/Subcontractor
• Prepare the requisite MOU/POA/Agreements or review the agreement and suggest changes, if any
• Notify critical clauses in MOU/POA/ Agreements to Head Legal and concerned department head
• Study tender for Legal implications and show the report to the concerned person.
• Prepare and submit Exception and Deviation (E&D) sheet to Sales and Marketing at tendering stage.
• Prepare all the requisite Agreements and or review the agreements and suggest changes, if any required
• Ensure for maintaining records of all pending cases agreements with respect to date of agreement, renewal date etc, and notify critical clauses to director
• Study and preparation of notices and query If any and in coordination with concern department for suitable reply
• Review agreements in consultation with replies and records departments and release the agreement/Documents in consultation with Director Risk and Compliance /Division Head Accounts/CEO, with the prior consent of HOD legal
• Maintaining records of default letters or notices for non-litigation and litigation phase.
• Responsible for Legal matter/ Notice/ Legal MIS receiving or sending by OIA.
• Responsible for filing Complaint/Application/Petition in the court.
• On receipt of complaint from Court, inform Management, HOD and appropriate department for their inputs and discuss the matter with management.
• Review written statements, affidavits, replies to be filed with inputs from the advocate with the prior consent of HOD legal
• Regularly follow up and attend all the hearings before the court/committee till order is passed
• Maintain a court diary and track of various matters like
• Conferences held
• Replies filed
• Written statement submitted
• Attending court hearings
• Appearing before various
• Judicial/Quasi-Judicial
• Authorities with Advocates on Record or with external Lawyers
• Provide an update to the Director and HOD
• Get the final order and hand over a copy to appropriate departments in OIA &/or its Group companies for further action if necessary