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