Bata India Limited Looking For Manager – Legal at Mumbai, Maharashtra, Full Time

Qualification and Job description for Manager-Legal for the position at Mumbai

Qualification

● LL. B degree from reputed institution

● 6-9 years of experience in working with in-house teams in Corporate houses or law firms.

● Should have fare knowledge of drafting agreements and contracts such as commercial contracts, Lease, Leave & Licence and Joint Retail Venture Agreements and other miscellaneous documents such as Cancellation Deed, Attornment Deed, Affidavits, undertaking, declaration, indemnity bond and Bank guarantee.

● Should have knowledge of litigation especially pertaining to Bhartiya Nyaya Sahinta, Nagarik Suraksha Sahinta eviction, labour, consumer, NI act, laws related to Intellectual property, Legal Metrology etc. including the court procedures.

● Should have ability to interact and deal independently with Advocates, Government and Police Authorities.

● Should be open to travel and relocated across the Country.

● Should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

● Should be a good team player.

● High professional integrity and ethical standards.

● Should be responsible and able to manage day-to-day work independently.

• Good command of MS Excel, MS word and Power Point etc.

Job Description

● Drafting and vetting of commercial contracts

● Drafting and vetting of Lease, Leave and Licence and JRV.

● Manage the legal issues including the pending litigation of PAN India of the Company with active coordination with Corporate legal team.

● Maintaining and updating of MIS by taking day to day updates from the Company’s on-board counsels and report to HO on daily basis.

● Maintaining the case files and records in a very structured manner.

● Review Due Diligence Reports of the new properties proposed for acquisition for new retail stores.

● Review of Sale Deed, Gift Deeds, Transfer Deeds or any other documents of the land lords by which the right and title of the existing retail store property is transferred, in case of such title transfer and provide inputs to the corporate legal team and support in preparing the requisite documentation to protect the interest of the Company.

● Coordinating with other regional cross functions/stakeholders with respect to data requirement for the existing pending cases and the fresh cases which are proposed to be filed.

● Prepare basic draft or review the draft of pleadings prepared by the external counsel and share the inputs with the corporate legal team.

● Undertake research work and assist the Corporate office legal team to prepare the case.

● Appearance and depose in the Courts for and on behalf of the Company as and when required in Bangalore or other Courts anywhere in South region.

● Independently dealing with Government and Police authorities. .

● Drafting of Police Complaints, submitting in the Police Station and getting the FIR registered in case of any such issue arises.

● Calculation or the verification of the calculation of stamp duty on the registration of the lease agreements of the retail stores.

● Extend all the possible required legal support to any of the function/vertical at any time.

• Management & supervision of compliance of various statutory laws related to Shop & Establishment, Labour Laws, etc. as applicable to the Company.