Legal - Commercial Contracts - Associate

Nomura; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Nomura Services India, Powai, seeks an experienced Legal Counsel to draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts across India and globally. The role requires strong drafting, negotiation, and advisory skills with deep knowledge of Indian laws on employment, real estate and data privacy.

You will coordinate with senior stakeholders, provide commercially minded legal guidance, manage multiple agreements, and help implement risk controls in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified Law graduate with at least LLB degree.
• 6+ years of demonstrated experience in commercial contracts.
• Excellent communication, drafting, negotiating skills, with a good understanding of Indian laws relating to employment, real-estate, data privacy matters and related compliances.
• Excellent analytical and legal skills, an eye for detail.
• Good team player.
• Maturity in dealing with senior stakeholders.
• Well organized in data and record management.
• Excellent analytical, skills and detail oriented.
• Excellent command over the English language and first-rate written and oral communication & presentation skills.
• Resourcefulness, solution oriented and good team player.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks as well as prioritize time management.

Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts and related documents of various jurisdictions including India, APAC, EMEA and US including:
• Information technology and e-commerce related agreements
• Market Data and Subscription and Publication Agreements
• Terms and conditions for sale and purchase of goods and/or services
• Service agreements and maintenance contracts
• Liaising with various relevant business stakeholders and corporate divisions for their approval on risks / deviations, responding to queries received from the business related to agreements/corporate legal matters.
• Being able to identify and highlight risks and liaise with various stakeholders for their approval on such risks/deviation.
• Providing commercially savvy legal advice on a variety of matters basis the in-depth research and study of the applicable law provisions.
• Being abreast with the changing laws and regulations.
• Provide management reports.
• Advising on the queries received from the business and legal teams related to agreements.
• Liaising with stakeholders, regional lawyers and business partners in various locations of the firm.

Job description

Nomura is an Asia-headquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant Banking. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com.

Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Divisional Overview:

Powai LCC broadly covers the areas of Legal, Compliance and Conduct, and is responsible for building a robust risk and control framework. The Powai LCC teams support Nomura Powai entities, as well as LCC teams globally to ensure effective risk management of Legal, Compliance and Conduct related risks for the firm. Powai Legal comprises of the Corporate Legal and Transaction Legal functions, which provide advice and support on corporate, employment and transactional matters. The Offshore Legal team supports global teams on corporate and secretarial matters, Global Markets, and Masters documentation related requirements. Powai Compliance comprises of functions such as Core Compliance, Trade Surveillance, Electronic Communication Surveillance, Financial Crime Monitoring, Control Room & Disclosure Monitoring and Employee Compliance. The teams provide advisory and operations support to global / regional Compliance teams driven by global / regional policies and regulatory expectations.

Business Unit Overview:

The legal department provides support both to the India businesses and globally as well. The support areas include, but are not limited to IT, HR, ESS and Facilities, litigation, Real Estate, Employment Law, Corporate Secretarial, bond issuances, syndicated lending mandates, margin financing transactions, M&A advisory mandate, other Industry agreements and also drafts and negotiates prime brokerage and various commercial agreements.

Position Specifications-

Experience - 6+ Years

Qualification - LLB / CS / LLM

Role & Responsibilities -

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts and related documents of various jurisdictions including India, APAC, EMEA and US including:
• Information technology and e-commerce related agreements
• Market Data and Subscription and Publication Agreements
• Terms and conditions for sale and purchase of goods and/or services
• Service agreements and maintenance contracts
• Liaising with various relevant business stakeholders and corporate divisions for their approval on risks / deviations, responding to queries received from the business related to agreements/corporate legal matters.
• Being able to identify and highlight risks and liaise with various stakeholders for their approval on such risks/deviation.
• Providing commercially savvy legal advice on a variety of matters basis the in-depth research and study of the applicable law provisions.
• Being abreast with the changing laws and regulations.
• Provide management reports.
• Advising on the queries received from the business and legal teams related to agreements.
• Liaising with stakeholders, regional lawyers and business partners in various locations of the firm.

Mandatory Skill Set :

• Qualified Law graduate with at least LLB degree.
• 6+ years of demonstrated experience in commercial contracts.
• Excellent communication, drafting, negotiating skills, with a good understanding of Indian laws relating to employment, real-estate, data privacy matters and related compliances.
• Excellent analytical and legal skills, an eye for detail.
• Good team player.
• Maturity in dealing with senior stakeholders.
• Well organized in data and record management.
• Excellent analytical, skills and detail oriented.
• Excellent command over the English language and first-rate written and oral communication & presentation skills.
• Resourcefulness, solution oriented and good team player.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks as well as prioritize time management.

Desired Skill Set :

• Knowledge and understanding of various Indian laws
• Ability to identify issues and knowing when to escape.
• Self-starter, with a sense of ownership towards the work and the company.