Senior Manager- Legal and Regulatory

Job Description for Circle Operation Management in Legal Function:

• Responsible for handling all litigation (Consumer/Civil/Criminal/Taxation/Labour etc.) filed by or against company before NCDRC/High Court/State Commission/ District Courts/SDM Courts/Consumer Forums/PLAs across locations in the State of Karnataka.
• Responsible for drafting and negotiating all kind of Deeds/ commercial contracts/B2B agreements/Agreements/ MoU/ POA / Settlement Deed / Letter of Intent Or Acceptance/ Partner Onboarding Agreements/Service Agreements etc. to ensure that the interest of the Company is protected and legal risks are mitigated.
• Do verification of properties/Paper books, facilitate legal due diligence of the properties through empaneled counsels and provide the executive summary to the internal team within timelines.
• Prepare and submit replies to legal notices / notices sent by customers / State Government Authorities / Tehsildar's office / gram panchayats or any other statutory authority with regard to issues related to Products or services offered by the company.
• Registration of the company properties ie- Offices/Stores/Warehouses etc...,
• Shall be responsible for timely updation of information/details of all litigations/notices/Paper-books on Notice Management System for review of the Circle L&R Head / Central Legal Team.
• Analyzing, interpreting and advising business team on legislation, regulation, Guidelines etc.
• Engage in effective coordination with all internal departments to ensure effective support from legal department for closure of the transaction in line with the agreed timelines.
• Providing accurate, relevant, and timely advice to stakeholders/business on a variety of legal topics at Circle.
• Managing and mitigating legal risks by implementing company policies and procedures as communicated by the Center Legal & Regulatory Team time to time.
• Ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations that apply to the business.
• Staying up-to-date with changes to legislation, particularly in relation to laws, rules and regulations that directly affect business and telecom industry.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent negotiating and drafting skills.
• The ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships across the cross functional team /business/Industry.
• The ability to communicate complex legal issues and risks in terms that non-legal colleagues can understand.
• This position is important & critical in the circle and involves assisting the Head Legal & Regulatory in advising & actioning and handling all the legal issues pertaining to all the departments in the circle.
• Represent the organization in court proceedings, if required.
• Prepare legal documents, such as complaints, pleadings and briefs, to support the Business.
• Serve as Point of Contact for government agencies, including, Local bodies, and other relevant departments for issues related to Infra Deployment / Right of Way etc.
• Regulatory:
• Compliance of the provisions of license agreement executed by the company with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
• Compliance to all Regulation, Instructions, Notification etc issued by DoT, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
• To develop & maintain amicable relationship with government bodies DoT / TERM, TRAI, CCA, BSNL and other telecom operators at the circle level.
• ROW Permissions: Facilitate speedy rollout of towers & fibre through co-ordination with state govt. / local municipal bodies / State or District Broadband Committees, etc.
• Acquisition support for CTA & Government sites aligned with gazette notification on ROW.
• To monitor subscriber activation and verification process and sensitize / educate all concerned in this regard.
• Arrangement of all necessary approvals for supporting business.
• Due coordination and prompt action during disaster – in coordination with SDMA/LSA unit.
• Compliance to Roll Out Obligations, EMR testing, Workshop, Re-verification, QOS audit etc.
• Coordinating with Centre Team for different reporting and compliance issues.
• Diligent data handling for Govt. reporting especially for parliament questions etc.
• Addressing inter-operator issues and industry issues though COAI.
• To guide and assist Circle Nodal Officer.
• Support concerned functions in closure of all audits pertaining to legal & regulatory.
• Responsible for closure / resolution of all type of queries pertaining to licensing condition raised by DoT LSA unitl on regular basis.
• To educate and sensitize the cross functional teams (Sales & CSD) for improvement in acquisition and documentati