Job Title-Assistant Legal Manager, CD South
Location: Chennai Regional Office
Req ID: R-57677
WL: 1D
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Role Brief:-
The Assistant Legal Manager (ALM) is a part of the HUL South Regional Legal Team. The ALM shall be primarily engaged in litigation management, brand protection strategy and implementation, and providing legal support for business in the region.
Job Responsibilities include and are not limited to:
Strategizing, drafting, filing, counsel management and providing necessary legal support with respect to litigations of the Company.
Providing legal support on potential legal issues, disputes, regulatory issues, etc. of the Company.
Providing legal support and advisory on intellectual property and brand protection activities.
Providing corporate legal advisory on any legal issue pertaining to the Company.
Providing legal advisory on compliances, identifying legal non-compliances and advising on ensuring compliances by the Company.
Providing legal support and risk advisory to the Company.
Provide legal support to Legal and/or Business Projects assigned by the Company.
Awareness sessions and cascades for Legal and business and compliances with internal and external stakeholders.
External advocacy with regulators and government authorities concerning legal/regulatory aspects concerning the company
Travel, including but not limited for litigation, regulatory and government engagement, issue and dispute management, etc.
Crisis Management and Support, key stakeholder management
Such other tasks or activities as HUL deems necessary for the full and complete delivery of the tasks listed hereinabove.
Essential requirements for the role:
Bachelors/Masters degree in law
At least 7 to 8 years experience as an in-house counsel in a comparable environment along with experience at a top tier law firm
Complete and in-depth understanding of litigation at all forums
Complete understanding of Indian law and legal requirements, including but not limited to contracts, intellectual property, labour laws and compliance
Comfort with travel for stakeholder interactions or other official purposes.
The position is full-time and based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Remote working is not an option for this role.
Fluency or proficiency in Tamil/ Kannada/ Telugu/ Malayalam.
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