Legal Officer

miniOrange Security Software Pvt Ltd.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Job summary

A leading software company located in Pune is seeking a Legal Officer with 5-8 years of experience in corporate law and familiarity with IT regulations. The role involves drafting agreements, ensuring legal compliance, and advising on potential legal issues. Candidates should possess an LLM/LLB and demonstrate strong analytical and research capabilities. Ideal applicants will have a high level of integrity and detail orientation. Compensation will be competitive and based on experience.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience in legal roles, preferably within IT industries.
• Excellent knowledge of laws related to business contracts and compliance.
• Strong research and analytical skills are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Draft and review agreements with clients and service providers.
• Advise on legal issues and potential liabilities.
• Conduct ongoing legal research.
• Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks.
• Manage litigation and compliance issues.
• Update management on relevant legal changes.

Skills

IT industry experience

Knowledge of IT acts

Understanding of corporate law

Ability to create legal strategies

Professional ethics and integrity

Analytical judgement

Attention to details

Education

LLM/LLB

Tools

Legal research

Job description

The candidate will need to be self-motivated, needs to be able to multitask, and be a demonstrated team player.

Status: Full Time, Employee

Experience: 5-8 Years

Location: Baner, Pune

Qualification: LLM/LLB

Duties & Responsibilities

• Process Documents - Drafting & review, negotiation & finalization of agreements, especially strategic business contracts with clients, service providers, consultants, landlords, foreign employees (including key employees).
• Provide Legal Advice - Using oral or written platforms, you are expected to brief team of staff members on legal issues, potential liabilities, and possible courses of actions. This involves translating complicated legal jargon into language which everyone can understand, as well as taking all possible legal problems into consideration before making any recommendations.
• Perform Research - Since laws and regulations are always changing and being modified, it’s up to the Legal Officer to continuously research legal resources such as articles, codes, statutes, judicial decisions and more. Doing so will allow the Legal Officer to stay up to date on all current laws and make well-educated legal recommendations.
• Identify Risks - Ideally, legal issues should be nipped in the bud before they even begin. Identification of legal, regulatory, and other critical risks in the business & other contracts
• Litigation - Handling litigation, arbitration, out-of-court settlements, and conciliation with different parties - customers, vendors, resellers, employees etc.
• Compliance management
  • Compliance with data protection/privacy laws (GDPR and similar laws), employment laws, labor code, Information Technology Act etc.
  • Analysis of laws and providing legal opinions on different matters.
  • Updation of laws applicable to the company and providing an update to the management.
  • Compliance monitoring & management.
• Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and forces.
• Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation.

Requirements and skills

• IT industry experience will be an added advantage.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of IT acts and corporate law and procedures.
• Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a corporation.
• Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies.
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
• Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information.
• High attention to details.

What We Offer You:

Compensation:

It will be the best in the industry and according to experience of the candidate and company norms.

To apply for this position, please email your resume to [e-mail] and simply mention in the subject as Legal Officer.