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About:
Diageo India is the country’s leading beverage alcohol company and a subsidiary of global leader Diageo plc. The company manufactures, sells and distributes an outstanding portfolio of premium brands such as Johnnie Walker, Black Dog, Black & White, VAT 69, Antiquity, Signature, Royal Challenge, McDowell’s No.1, Smirnoff and Captain Morgan. Headquartered in Bengaluru, their wide footprint is supported by a committed team of over 3500 employees, 50 manufacturing facilities across states and union territories in India, a strong distribution network and a state-of-the-art Technical Centre.
Role:
Legal Counsel-Specialist
Area:
Litigation
Qualifications:
- Minimum 8 years’ Post Qualification Experience (PQE) from a reputed law school or university in India.
- Admitted to practice law in India.
- Experience in the litigation department of a law firm or a reputed corporate (preferably in the FMCG/ manufacturing sector) is essential.
- Knowledge of Indian excise/ tax legislations will be an added advantage.
- Strong legal drafting skills and experience of appearing before Supreme Court, High Courts, and Tribunals.
- Strong knowledge of international anti-bribery legislation (US and UK) and ensuring complete adherence to their provisions.
- Experience in business partnering with senior executives, demonstrating the ability and desire to provide pro-active, pragmatic advice in furtherance of the business agenda.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate in legal environments where laws can be unclear and judicial system not always robust and/or negative.
- Previous experience in effectively and efficiently managing legal budgets (especially external counsel spends) with a pronounced stress on productivity.
- Work remotely with external law firms and lawyers in multiple locations across India.
- Complete and independent ownership of critical matters and deliver effective results for the Company.
- To consistently deliver great performance through brilliant execution and being thorough and applying a high standard at workplace.
- Working knowledge of MS PowerPoint and Excel would be added advantage.
- High level of professionalism, integrity and commitment.
Responsibilities:
- Legal Business partnership:
- Instill confidence in senior leadership teams in delivering pragmatic and timely legal advice and support.
- Act as a Project Manager for the litigation cases and ensure effective tracking of the matters with regular and timely updates to stakeholders.
- Litigation management:
- Proactively manage and take responsibility for all matters handled.
- Develop and implement the Company’s litigation / dispute resolution strategy including plan for active case management. This will entail revisiting the merits of all matters and charting the best approach whether it be to settle or proceed/ continue with litigation.
- Assess the merits of a case and identify the dispute resolution alternatives; engage stakeholders to understand and own the likely outcomes of claims.
- Reason with stakeholders to help them understand and endorse the approach of using appropriate external lawyers whenever required.
- Financial:
- Manage legal budget with respect to disputes with a focus on reducing spends.
- Review the capabilities of external counsel in all fields and jurisdictions and seek to rationalise the external counsel, driving cost savings and in the interest of effective responses.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Being authentic – standing up for what you feel is right and important; demonstrating high integrity and being honest and open at all times. Effectively building trusting relationships and motivating others to achieve common objectives.
- Being a solution generator – thinking in the future, anticipating trends and opportunities, being imaginative in finding business solutions and driving opportunities; develops and applies a great understanding of the business to your work.
- Demonstrate willingness to grow/ develop and be open to receiving feedback.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates can Apply here (click here)
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