Legal Counselor

POSITION TITLE : Legal Counsel

REPORTS TO STATUS : APAC General Counsel

LOCATION Hyderabad, India

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JOB SUMMARY/PURPOSE :

Imerys is seeking to onboard a Legal Counsel for India and if needed, other countries within South Asia (namely, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan) (collectively South Asia).

In this role, the Legal Counsel will provide legal support and assistance on a wide range of corporate and commercial legal matters. This includes drafting, reviewing, managing and maintaining legal documents, offering guidance and advice to stakeholders on legal aspects of Imerysbusinesses, addressing all legal concerns, reviewing litigation strategy,

handling statutory filings, managing and overseeing company secretarial and corporate governance related matters and protecting company's interest by ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations. The job requires a candidate that is highly organised with extensive knowledge of legal language and practices, and excellent communication skills.

This is a great opportunity for an outward-looking lawyer with strong fundamentals in commercial and corporate law to develop his/her experience in in-house legal work and to build a career path in a world's leading supplier MNC in specialty minerals.

JOB SCOPE/DIMENSIONS The Legal Counsel will directly provide high-quality and pragmatic legal support to the Business Areas of the Imerys

Group and if needed, any other ad hoc projects and assignments, duties, functions, or services to Imerys global and

M&A projects. He/ She will report directly to the General Counsel, Asia Pacific region.

Stakeholders: sales, operation and supporting teams of Imerys.

Travel : Yes - 20 to 30%

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide support to Imerys businesses in the region on all areas of commercial in-house legal practice:

-provide accurate and timely legal counsel to stakeholders on a wide range of legal topics, including contractual matters, regulatory compliance and risk management, and alert stakeholders to legal and regulatory risk;

draft, review and negotiate various legal documents such as commercial contracts, GTCs, NDAs, MOUs and other contractual arrangements in the fields of sale and purchase, supply, consultancy, agency, distribution, real estate, construction, mining, banking, etc., as well as develop or update contract templates or adapt existing templates to local requirements;

• managing disputes, pre-litigation, and litigation matters, including arbitration, and developing effective strategies to resolve legal issues and protect company's interests and rights. Resolving commercial claims, liaise and supervise external counsel for outsourced legal matters, ensuring efficient and cost-effective legal representation when required, supervise and coordinate with business team to collect facts and evidence, set and execute litigation strategy, and maintain and provide regular updates on progress of litigations to stakeholders;

and

-assist/liaise with Group Insurance Department and local brokers for insurance claims and queries;

• Act as compliance point of contact for the region: assist in training exposed business teams, ensure implementation of Group programs, advise on simple compliance-related issues (with support from Group Compliance team).
• Take responsibility for, oversee and coordinate corporate governance matters, including managing the network of company secretaries / corporate compliance service provider to carry out corporate secretarial and compliance related matters of all legal entities in South Asia; and assist corporate aspects of acquisitions, internal restructurings and creations of new legal entities;
• Support General Counsel, Asia Pacific region in liaising with external consultants to manage corporate restructuring projects, as needed; and
• Undertake any other ad hoc projects and assignments, duties, functions, or services consistent with the role of

Legal Counsel or pertaining to the Legal Department, as determined by the General Counsel, Asia Pacific region or senior management.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Academic:

-Bachelor or master of degree in law from a reputable law school; bar qualification in India or other commonwealth countries is a plus.

Experience

-6 to 8 years of broad-based commercial legal experience, either private practice or in-house (work experience in an industrial MNC is preferred).

Skills

-excellent knowledge and understanding of laws of India (including corporate and commercial laws) and other laws under South Asia or other common law jurisdiction is a plus;

-excellent legal and