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Legal Counsel - Corporate Law - FMCG
Legal
#757530
Remote / WFH
QSS Global · Gurugram, Haryana
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities & Key Deliverables:
- Provide advice on compliance with local laws and regulations, including monitoring legislative changes and other legal requirements and disseminating information in relation to these changes where required.
- Ensure effective risk management processes are implemented and maintained.
- The ability to work autonomously and self-sufficiently.
- Assist with customer, supplier and other third party agreements with the goal of assisting business partners to achieve their objectives while identifying and mitigating risks.
- Working in collaboration with internal and external resources to provide strategic advice with respect to intellectual property matters.
- Provide support to other functions as necessary with respect to a variety of regulatory and food safety matters.
- Manage the company secretarial compliances set out in the Companies Act.
- Guidance on laws governing our food business, agriculture, contract farming and environment.
- Support the plant on applicable regulations, licenses, land use bill, Factory Act etc.
- Collaborate with HR to Advise on employment issues and guiding on all labor related compliances.
- Provide support to the business in complying with FSSAI rules and regulations.
- Assess, advise on and manage legal, regulatory and risk approaches for potential and actual disputes and litigation.
- Manage the e-compliance tool.
Requirements of the position:
- Tertiary qualification in law from an Indian university and 6+ years of broad legal experience (including private practice training with a reputable law firm) with an emphasis on corporate/commercial, compliance, corporate governance and regulatory matters.
- Qualified company secretary preferred.
- In-house experience, preferably in FMCG / international manufacturing.
- Innovative, enthusiastic and versatile approach.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills.
- A professional, ethical and honest approach.
- Significant experience in contract law and strong skills in drafting and negotiating contracts.
- Ability to contribute at a strategic level with a proactive approach to risk management.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a team player.
- Ability to build strong relationships within the business and collaborate across the organization including the ability to work effectively across multiple countries and regions as a member of a global legal team and assist in implementing global priorities.
- An ability to appreciate the strategic and commercial implications of decisions and their impact on the business.
- Provide advice on compliance with local laws and regulations, including monitoring legislative changes and other legal requirements and disseminating information in relation to these changes where required.
- Ensure effective risk management processes are implemented and maintained.
- The ability to work autonomously and self-sufficiently.
- Assist with customer, supplier and other third party agreements with the goal of assisting business partners to achieve their objectives while identifying and mitigating risks.
- Working in collaboration with internal and external resources to provide strategic advice with respect to intellectual property matters.
- Provide support to other functions as necessary with respect to a variety of regulatory and food safety matters.
- Manage the company secretarial compliances set out in the Companies Act.
- Guidance on laws governing our food business, agriculture, contract farming and environment.
- Support the plant on applicable regulations, licenses, land use bill, Factory Act etc.
- Collaborate with HR to Advise on employment issues and guiding on all labor related compliances.
- Provide support to the business in complying with FSSAI rules and regulations.
- Assess, advise on and manage legal, regulatory and risk approaches for potential and actual disputes and litigation.
- Manage the e-compliance tool.
Requirements of the position:
- Tertiary qualification in law from an Indian university and 6+ years of broad legal experience (including private practice training with a reputable law firm) with an emphasis on corporate/commercial, compliance, corporate governance and regulatory matters.
- Qualified company secretary preferred.
- In-house experience, preferably in FMCG / international manufacturing.
- Innovative, enthusiastic and versatile approach.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills.
- A professional, ethical and honest approach.
- Significant experience in contract law and strong skills in drafting and negotiating contracts.
- Ability to contribute at a strategic level with a proactive approach to risk management.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a team player.
- Ability to build strong relationships within the business and collaborate across the organization including the ability to work effectively across multiple countries and regions as a member of a global legal team and assist in implementing global priorities.
- An ability to appreciate the strategic and commercial implications of decisions and their impact on the business.
