Senior Manager / DGM Legal and Compliance, ACG Group

ACG World; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,600,000 - 4,800,000; Full time

Job summary

ACG Group is seeking a Senior Manager / DGM Legal and Compliance to independently manage the Legal, Secretarial & Compliance function. You will provide strategic legal advice to the Board, oversee contracts, ROC/MCA compliance, and governance, while coordinating with authorities and external counsel.

The role encompasses M&A support, IP management, and end-to-end property matters, with a focus on robust governance and risk mitigation across the group.

Qualifications

• LLB and CS with 13+ years of experience as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, practical and commercially balanced legal advice to the Board and senior management.
• Oversee drafting, review and negotiation of commercial contracts and other legal documents.
• Own company secretarial and governance matters including ROC/MCA compliance and board processes.
• Establish and monitor group-wide legal and regulatory compliance frameworks and controls.
• Manage litigation, disputes and investigations with external counsel as needed.
• Support mergers and acquisitions, investments, and strategic transactions including due diligence and documentation.
• Protect and manage IP portfolio including patents, trademarks, and licensing.
• Lead end-to-end property and land-related matters including due diligence and registrations.
• Draft and negotiate property-related agreements and related documentation.
• Coordinate with government authorities for approvals and filings.
• Advise on trade remedies and coordinate with Finance, Tax and Compliance teams.
• Manage external counsel panel and monitor spend and performance.
• Produce monthly/quarterly legal MIS for CFO and senior management.

Skills

Legal leadership

Contract drafting

Governance

Regulatory compliance

M&A support

Litigation management

IP management

Board liaison

External counsel management

Strategic advisory

Education

LLB + CS

Job description

Position Title: Senior Manager / DGM Legal and Compliance, ACG Group

Department: Corporate Legal & Compliance

Reports to: Head Legal & Compliance, ACG Group

Number of Reportees: None (0)

Experience and Educational Requirement: LLB + CS with 13+ years of experience

A. Job Objective

To independently manage and progressively assume broader responsibility for ACGs Legal, Secretarial & Compliance function, providing commercially balanced legal support, ensuring strong corporate governance and regulatory compliance, and proactively identifying and mitigating legal risk across the organisation.

B. Primary responsibilities

• Independently manage the Legal, Secretarial & Compliance function and progressively assume broader functional responsibility, building effective succession capability. Provide strategic, practical and commercially balanced legal advice to the Board, senior management and business teams, clearly articulating risks, available alternatives and recommended mitigation.
• Oversee the drafting, review and negotiation of commercial contracts and other legal documentation.
• Own company secretarial and corporate governance matters, including ROC/MCA compliance, Board and Committee processes, shareholder matters, statutory filings and registers, related-party transactions, secretarial audit, corporate actions, restructuring and governance policies.
• Establish and monitor group-wide legal and regulatory compliance frameworks, policies and controls, including a compliance calendar, legal risk register, regulatory change monitoring and periodic reporting to senior management.
• Manage litigation, disputes and investigations through a central tracker covering strategy, financial exposure, settlement or closure, external counsel performance and legal spend.
• Support mergers and acquisitions, investments and strategic transactions, including legal due diligence, transaction documentation, joint ventures and strategic partnerships, cross-border transactions, post-closing implementation and group restructuring.
• Protect and manage ACGs intellectual property portfolio, including patents, filing, renewal and prosecution, trademarks, copyright, IP licensing, infringement and opposition matters, and coordination with patent attorneys.
• Take end-to-end ownership of property and land legal matters, including title due diligence, land and revenue record review, property documentation, coordination with businesses and consultants, and tracking approvals and registrations through closure.
• Draft, review and negotiate leave and licence agreements, lease deeds, conveyance deeds, development agreements, memoranda of understanding and other property-related documentation.
• Assess and advise on applicable environmental requirements, including the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Coastal Regulation Zone requirements, and coordinate approvals and clearances with environmental consultants.
• Liaise with Central and State Government departments, MIDC and other industrial authorities, revenue authorities, Sub-Registrar Offices, stamp authorities, customs officials, regulators and other local statutory authorities to secure timely approvals, registrations and filings.
• Advise and support ACG on anti-dumping, countervailing duty, safeguard and other trade-remedy matters; assess commercial impact and duty exposure; coordinate with Finance, Tax, Customs and business teams; manage data and submissions; and represent or coordinate representation before the Directorate General of Trade Remedies.
• Manage external counsel through panel management, matter allocation, fee negotiation, and monitoring of quality, timelines, performance and legal spend optimisation.
• Maintain monthly and quarterly Legal MIS and dashboards covering litigation, contracts, intellectual property, compliance, regulatory matters, legal spend and key risks for the Group CFO and senior management.
• Lead, develop and manage the Legal, Secretarial & Compliance team, budgets, systems and external legal resources.

C. Key Result Areas

• Independent and effective management of the Legal, Secretarial & Compliance function, with demonstrable readiness to assume broader responsibility and support succession capability.
• Timely, commercially balanced and accurate legal advice, with clear articulation of risks, alternatives and recommended mitigation.
• Completion of contract reviews, negotiations and legal documentation within agreed timelines and with appropriate risk protection.
• Timely and accurate ROC/MCA compliance, Board and Committee support, statutory registers and filings, related-party transaction processes, secretarial audit, corporate actions and governance policy implementation.
• Effective operation of the compliance framework, compliance calendar, legal risk register and regulatory change-monitoring process, with periodic reporting to senior management.
• Up-to-date central litigation tracker, active management of strategy and financial exposure, timely settlement or closure, and control of external counsel performance and legal spend.
• Timely and effective legal support for M&A, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, cross-border transactions, post-closing implementation and group restructuring.
• Effective management of patents, trademarks, copyright and licensing matters, including timely filings, renewals, prosecution, infringement and opposition actions.
• End-to-end completion of property transactions, title due diligence, approvals, registrations and related documentation without material legal defects.
• Effective liaison with State Government, MIDC and industrial authorities, revenue authorities, Sub-Registrar Offices, stamp authorities and other local statutory authorities.
• Timely assessment and management of trade-remedy investigations and duty exposure, including commercial impact analysis, DGTR representation and coordination with Finance, Tax, Customs and business teams.
• Effective external counsel panel management, matter allocation, fee negotiation, quality and timeline monitoring, and legal spend optimisation.
• Accurate monthly and quarterly dashboards covering litigation, contracts, IP, compliance, regulatory matters, legal spend and key risks, providing clear visibility to the Group CFO and senior management.