Country: India
Position Location: Noida
Contract Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Sector: Corporate services
Discipline: Legal
Job Ref: 1903
Recruiter Contact: Supriya Yadavalli
Job Position
Legal Counsel
Job Description
We are hiring an experienced Legal Consultant to join our regional legal team.
- The successful candidate can expect to be involved in advising on a range of legal documents including
engineering contracts, EPC contracts, advisory mandates, purchase agreements, leases and licenses
and corporate documentation. The value and complexity of these documents can range from major
international projects to smaller mandates local to India.
- The successful candidate will have experience gained in a mixture of private practice and in-house,
with a focus on either commercial or construction law. You will have the opportunity to gain
experience in a wide variety of legal disciplines including, contract reviews, construction law advice,
company law, cross border delivery, disputes, claims and insurance.
- Highly developed contract negotiation skills which includes assisting the commercial team with
decision making, presenting arguments on behalf of Company, taking instructions from the commercial
team, advising on the commercial team on market practice and risk.
- You will need to have excellent drafting, communication and negotiation skills. You will be a person w
who can manage their own workload and is self-reliant but is equipped with excellent teamworking
skills as you'll be advising key stakeholders on significant projects that shape the communities in which
we live.
- Identify departures from our governance as part of the review of such commercial agreements and
assist project teams in obtaining the necessary internal approvals where appropriate.
- Advise business on applicable laws, jurisdictions and regulations.
- Revise and maintain legal templates for use across the Group ensuring they reflect current best
practice and legislation.
- Instructing and managing external law firms
- Draft and update legal guidance to raise awareness of recurrent topics and new regulations.
- Advise business on litigation and insurance matters, which may include liaising with outside counsel
and technical experts.
- Assisting Regional General Counsel and other members of regional team.
- Support other parts of the Legal Department such as the Ethics & Compliance and Data Protection
teams.
Candidate Specification
- Bachelor's Degree essential and master's level qualification desirable - law/contracts/corporate &
company administration
- Must be a qualified lawyer with at least 10 years of experience in both in-house and private practice.
- Confidence, maturity, and leadership ability
- A track record of negotiating complex contracts and advising the commercial team as to risks.
- Ability to work independently, desire to have a positive impact by implementing and encouraging change.
- Interest in constant learning and self-development
- Leading investigations
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, short deadlines and work under pressure.
- High attention to detail
- Experience in managing multiple stakeholders.
- A broad understanding of corporate compliance requirements, including compliance with the IndianCompanies Act
We Can Offer (subject To Company's Policy)
- Agile and safe working environment
- Competitive annual leave and sick leaves
- Group incentive scheme
- Group term life insurance, Workmen's compensation and Group medical insurance coverage
- Short and Long-term Global employment opportunities
- Global collaboration and knowledge sharing
- Digital Innovation and Transformation
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.
