Manger - Legal, Mumbai

Role Objective

To manage and oversee the Company’s litigation, ensuring effective risk mitigation, strong stakeholder support, alignment with business objectives and coordinating with external counsels.

Key Responsibilities (KRAs)

1. Litigation & Dispute Management

• End-to-end ownership of civil, criminal, consumer, recovery, arbitration, and regulatory litigations across jurisdictions.
• Experience in handling white collar crime, competition law matters/ issues
• Formulate litigation strategy in consultation with senior management and external counsels.
• Draft, review, and finalize replies to legal notices, pleadings, affidavits, writ petitions, appeals, and settlement documentation.
• Monitor case progress, ensure timely filings, and track key risks, exposure, and outcomes.
• Maintain and review litigation MIS, trackers, dashboards, and management reports.
• Drive the use and implementation of legal technology and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and turnaround time across litigation, contracts, compliance, and advisory workstreams.

2. Contract Management & Legal Documentation

• Review, draft, and negotiate commercial contracts including leases, leave & license agreements, vendor contracts, NDAs, MOUs, settlement agreements, and business-specific arrangements.
• Provide legal inputs on property due diligence, title verification, and risk assessment.
• Ensure contractual documentation aligns with Company policies, risk appetite, and applicable laws.

3. Business Advisory & Stakeholder Support

• Act as a trusted legal advisor to business teams including sales, marketing, supply chain, manufacturing, and support functions.
• Proactively identify legal risks and provide practical, business-oriented solutions.
• Handle contentious issues, escalations, and sensitive matters involving dealers, customers, vendors, and regulators.
• Support senior management with legal opinions, notes, and presentations on complex matters.

4. External Counsel & Vendor Management

• Appoint, manage, and evaluate external counsels and law firms across jurisdictions.
• Negotiate fee structures, control litigation costs, and ensure value-driven legal spend.
• Coordinate with counsels for strategy alignment, briefing, and outcome tracking.

5. Team Management & Capability Building

• Lead, mentor, and review the performance of team members (Assistant Managers / Executives).
• Allocate work, review outputs, and ensure quality, consistency, and timelines.
• Build process efficiencies, standard templates, SOPs, and best practices across the legal function.
• Effective use of technology in the system

Key Skills & Competencies

• Strong litigation and dispute resolution expertise
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, and legal analysis skills
• Commercially sound judgment and solution-oriented mindset
• Stakeholder management and leadership capability
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Familiarity with legal tech platforms, contract lifecycle tools, and AI-based research / review solutions
• Demonstrates strong curiosity, drive and a learning mindset
• Avid interest in research

Preferred Experience

• Prior experience in a corporate legal department with strong litigation exposure
• Background in handling large litigation portfolios and external counsel coordination
• Experience in manufacturing setups or corporate environments/startups