Senior Legal Manager - Litigation & Regulatory - FMCG - LLB/LLM

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Litigation Management:

- Strategic thinking on Litigation requirements.

- Ensure timely initiating legal proceedings.

- Ensure timely attendance and response.

- Ensure Database management of Litigations and on a quarterly basis present an updated legal cases review to the management.

Regulatory Affairs:

- Ensure timely renewal of plant level and other licenses permissions by keeping a master data to be updated daily.

- Identifying and applying for new licenses - permissions for all plants and other locations.

- Ensure review of product labels to comply with FSSA, IPR, Legal Metrology.

- Ensure Legal proceedings management under FSSA, Legal Metrology and any other statute as applicable.

- Advising on promotional activities to ensure they are in compliance with regulatory requirements.

- Ensure complete compliance of all the units.

Project Management:

- Ensure to carry out due diligence of new project locations.

- Ensure to apply and obtain all licenses and permissions.

- To make timely representations to various Govt. agencies or departments for issues related to power, water, effluent discharge etc.

- To find out about the subsidies available at various states and avail of the eligible subsidies related to power, VAT, stamp duty etc.

- Undertake and timely implement any other project undertaken at management instance.

Property issues:

- To carry our due diligence of new property for e.g. residential - commercial - industrial purpose.

- To liaise with state industrial development corporations or private party for completing the land - property transaction and getting the same registered.

QUALIFICATION:

LLB / LLM

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:

15+ years (minimum)

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL SET REQUIRED:

- Knowledge of all requisite Laws, Rules and Regulations related to the Food - Beverage industry; such as, the Food Safety Standards Act(s) or Legal Metrology etc.

- Extremely strong communication and negotiation skills.

- Effective initiative and leadership qualities to get matters resolved through thorough investigation and discussion with those concerned, and in consultation with the management.