LLB Degree and should be enrolled as an advocate (0-2 years), CA, CS (0-2 years).
The candidate should be a legal professional or company secretary or chartered accountant or insolvency professional based in Ernakulam having attention to detail, good communication skills, and interest in the following areas of legal practice:
Insolvency & bankruptcy practice (transaction & litigation)
Fintech (advisory, contracts & regulatory)
Commercial Contracts, Legal Research, and drafting
Technology law and intellectual property rights matter
Accountable for overall activities of legal, Compliance related activities in GCC India legal entity
Responsible for right vendor contracting strategies including FCPA for GCC
Develop work place complaint legal policies – Sexual harassment, Investigations etc
KEY TASKS AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Contract review and strategy alignment with procurement – Contract Adherence
Legal supervision and responsibility for FCPA compliance
Conduct and conclude employee complaints on various legal matters including Sexual harassment, Investigations etc…
Deliver on legal budgets
Training sessions to improve awareness amongst employees on Sexual harassment and rightly manage the complaints
Effective communication and influencing skills with the capacity to driver change
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Job holder is located in Bangalore with daily interactions within various functions within the organisation (procurement, finance, operations, admin teams) and vendors, based on need. Work in a quick changing environment, where in processes are often not clearly defined or implemented . Work for Multicultural organisation
Manage and improve legal KPI’s and value to organisation. Optimise the legal costs .
Priorities should be communicated to the various functions on pre –agreed metrics and areas that need special attention
QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS
Level of educational attainment required:
Academic Degree – Bachelor Law degree from premier institution in India
Professional qualifications and accreditations/memberships required:
Previous work experience required
At least 7+ years’ experience of working in a corporate legal function
Understanding, executing and managing the legal strategies for IT/TES industry
Experience in working in a multi-national environment
Experience in leading teams
Ownership to drive results and strive for excellence
Strong ability to turn opportunities in to actions, strategies
Excellent communication and writing skills
High level of service mind set and capable to navigate corporate hierarchy
Strong organisation skills, adherence to deadlines, self discipline
Able to act in a multi-national , inter-cultural environment
Good business sense
Highly results focussed
Excellent team player , able to develop strong relationships with colleagues and peers across functions
Good problem solving skills
Language skills required
English (Fluent)
IT skills required
Microsoft Office (Mandatory)
COMPETENCIES
Behavioural Competencies:
Builds Trust
Honest and Fair
Interpersonal Skills
Positive attitude
Productive
Takes responsibility and makes effective decisions
Problem solving
Planned and organised
Interpersonal Expertise:
Resolves conflicts constructively
Respect for others
Supports diversity and understand others’ perspectives
HERE is looking for an enthusiastic lawyer to join our team in Mumbai. As Legal Counsel, you will be a central point of contact for legal support for HERE’s business operations, focused on strategic, solution-oriented practical advice. You will be a member of the APAC Legal Team, reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel, and a member of the broader Global Legal Team, which is comprised of highly qualified and experienced lawyers located around the world.
Main Responsibilities
Draft, review and negotiate various types of inbound/outbound commercial technology contracts (including NDAs, evaluation agreements, licensing agreements, master services agreements, data acquisition agreements).
Work independently with internal clients, supporting end-to-end negotiations and execution of contracts.
Provide legal advice, risk assessment and counsel internal stakeholders within the company on commercial contracts in a fast-paced environment.
Work closely with and support colleagues in the APAC and Global Legal Teams on a variety of matters.
Conduct training on legal processes.
Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
Knowledge of intellectual property and contracting concepts.
A positive and solutions-orientated attitude with the ability to provide practical advice in a changing work environment.
Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to manage several simultaneous projects within required deadlines.Ability to work well independently as well as in a cross-functional team and build rapport and trust with internal clients and external suppliers and customers.
Willing to travel as and when required.
A keen interest in technology, mapping, and location services.
Some flexibility in work hours to accommodate time zones around the world.
Ability to work independently and pride at being a part of a well working team.
A positive outlook and good references from past work colleagues speaking to ability to work well with peers
Who are you?
A minimum of 4+ years of relevant legal experience.
Qualified LLB or LLM with strong academic credentials from a top law school in India or abroad.
In-house technology company experience and fluency in a foreign language, a plus
HERE is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
Who are we?
HERE Technologies is a location data and technology platform company. We empower our customers to achieve better outcomes – from helping a city manage its infrastructure or a business optimize its assets to guiding drivers to their destination safely.
At HERE we take it upon ourselves to be the change we wish to see. We create solutions that fuel innovation, provide opportunity and foster inclusion to improve people’s lives. If you are inspired by an open world and driven to create positive change.
• Perform the administrative part of the patent portfolio management, i.e, filing and prosecuting patent applications in accordance with our internal policies and patent law in INDIA, USPTO, PCT majorly and other jurisdictions.
• Handling of formal documents, recording of data and handling of tasks and workflows in our IP management system.
• Responsible for preparing and filing documents with related deadlines for various patent applications which are an integral part of the process of patenting.
• Maintaining invention and patent records.
• Responsible for tracking the status of patent applications from time to time & coordinating incoming and outgoing notices/communications from/to Patent offices like from IPO, USPTO, WIPO.
• Responsible for the notifications, reminders and follow ups with the patent office, various stakeholders and clients from time to time to maintain the patent applications.
• Work closely with the drafting team and assist in quality assurance review of patent filings by noting and referring to any errors or omissions.
• Take care of the patent deadlines by ensuring that all filings like patent filing, response filings, PCT filings, National phase filings, renewal payments etc are done in the given deadline with all required formalities.
Skills:
Flair for research
Good Technical knowledge
Analytical frame of mind
Ability to comprehend complex concepts and employ logical thinking
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to write and think in impeccable English
Capable of working on own initiative as well as in a team environment.
Excellent computer skills. Must be adept at operation /use of computer applications such as MS office, Internet applications
Self-confidence, integrity, willingness to learn, resourcefulness as well as a proactive and independent approach
As a Legal Counsel, you will work on a wide variety of projects in commercial, corporate, marketing and intellectual property realms. We’re looking for a jack-of-all-trades who will be able to tackle new challenges while being a great partner to stakeholders across Tide.
Some Of The Things You’ll Be Doing
Leading a number of legal initiatives in the commercial, corporate, marketing and intellectual property areas.
Negotiating a variety of partnership and vendor agreements.
Maintaining corporate governance.
Working with outside counsel to upgrade our intellectual property portfolio.
Helping out with marketing content review as needed.
Designing and implementing scalable internal processes and procedures to ensure that we’re setting and exceeding internal stakeholder SLAs.
Collaborating with many teams across the company to help achieve company-wide goals.
What You’ll Get In Return
Competitive salary
Self & Family insurance
Life & Accidental insurance
25 days annual leaves
Learning & Development budget
Dental benefit
Flexible working hours
You’ll Be a Great Fit If
You have 7+ years of general legal experience, ideally at a Fintech company
You are comfort with ambiguity.
You have proven ability to juggle many projects at once.
You have extreme attention to detail.
You have excellent business judgment.
You have experience communicating with cross-functional teams in a fast-growing company, preferably in fin-tech.
You are passionate for providing above-and-beyond service to stakeholders.
You have Law degree.
About Tide?
We’re the UK’s leading provider of smart current accounts for sole traders and small companies. We’re also on a mission to save business owners time and money on their banking and finance admin so they can get back to doing what they love – for too long, these customers have been under-served by the big banks.
Our offices are in London, UK, Sofia, Bulgaria and Hyderabad, India, where our teams are dedicated to our small business members, revolutionizing business banking for SMEs. We are also the leading provider of UK SME business accounts and one of the fastest-growing fintechs in the UK.
We’re scaling at speed with a focus on hiring talented individuals with a growth mindset and ownership mentality, who are able to juggle multiple and sometimes changing priorities. Our values show our commitment to working as one team, working collaboratively to take action and deliver results. Member first, we are passionate about our members and put them first. We are data-driven, we make decisions, creating insight using data.
We’re also one of LinkedIn’s top 10 hottest UK companies to work for.
Here’s What We Think About Diversity And Inclusion…
We build our services for all types of small business owners. We aim to be as diverse as our members so we hire people from a variety of backgrounds. We’re proud that our diversity not only reflects our multicultural society but that this breadth of experience makes us awesome at solving problems. Everyone here has a voice and you’ll be able to make a difference. If you share our values and want to help small businesses, you’ll make an amazing Tidean.
A Note On The Future Of Work At Tide
Tide’s offices are beginning to open for Tideans to return on a voluntary basis. Timelines for reopening will be unique for each region and will be based on region-specific guidelines. The health and well-being of Tideans and candidates is our primary concern, therefore, for the foreseeable future, we have transitioned all interviews and onboarding to be conducted via Zoom.
Once offices are fully open, Tideans will be able to choose to work from the office or remotely, with the requirement that they visit the office or participate in face-to-face team activities several times per month.
Sanskaram Shiksha Evam Seva Samiti is a family-run NGO that came into being after late Shri Praveen Kumar Agrawal, in the memory of his father, started an educational institution, run by the name of “Gurukul Academy” in his native village Shahganj, district Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
With a vision to increase the accessibility of quality education, one day at a time, we have over 350 students currently enrolled with us, learning to read and write in the English language.
The pandemic has been rough on our struggle, with limited means and access to online education, we currently strive on ensuring that no student associated with us gives up their educational journey in lieu of supporting their families.
Nature/type of internship
Teams;
Content Creation Team
Interns selected herein would write articles/blogs/case commentaries on socio-legal issues.
Simplify & translate the technical/procedural aspects of beneficial government programs/schemes for our social outreach program.
Create Audio/Video educational content.
Social Media Team
Help increase the accessibility of our outreach program.
Help build an online presence for the NGO via social media pages.
Fund Raising Team.
Eligibility/experience
Hard-working, committed individuals.
Freshers can apply.
Candidates with prior Content Writing, Social Media experience will be preferred.
Number of interns required
5 Interns
Location
Work from Home
Who can apply?
Year 1/2/3 Law Students (5 Year Course)
Year 1/2 Law Students (3 Year Course)
Salary/Stipend (if any)
N/A
Duration of internship
Minimum 3 weeks
Current Intake for 3 batches
Batch one starts on 15th September
Batch two starts on October 1
Batch three starts on 15th October
Perks
Internship Certificate
Letters of Recommendation for top-performing interns.
Application Procedure
Students Interested can e-mail their applications at;
sanskaramshiksha@gmail.com
Kindly attach your resume, contact information, joining date, internship duration, preferred team(s), and a cover letter describing your joining interest as the body of your mail.
Contact info;
Feel free to direct your queries to sanskaramshiksha@gmail.com
RRA LEGAL a well reputed law firm having offices Pan India looking to hire “Senior Associates with 1-5 years” experience.
Preference will be given to Delhi based or ready to relocate in Delhi with prior experience of working on Economic Offences and White Collar Crime Associates.
Candidate should assist the Senior and work as a team member
-Draft legal documents with creative bent of mind
-Preparation of case notes/written arguments
ASSOCIATES must have special interests in Anti Money Laundering, PMLA, BENAMI, BLACK MONEY ACT, FEMA etc., have command over English.
-Ability to come up with solutions to legal problems
-Teamwork and leadership skills and capable to meet deadlines
-keen desire to shine and polish his/her skills in long term areas
Interested candidate may send their C.V. at niti@taxindia.net or WhatsApp on 9873553449
Job Opportunity at India Shelter Finance Corporation
Post: Legal Manager- Operation function to track PDD documents Location- Gurgaon CTC – 7 to 9 Lac.
Job Responsibility: The prime objective of the person is to track all the Post Disbursement Document (Property Document) and coordinate with all the branches to track the same till the time it is not submitted to the Company.
Hiring Criteria: 1. Good communication skills. 2. Having Legal background and should have knowledge of all types of property documents related to mortgage. 3. Well verse in MS office and having good knowledge of MS excel. 4. Should have minimum experience of 7-8 years in mortgage industry
Internship Opportunity at The State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission
Details of the Internship: This internship will provide an opportunity to learn substantive as well as procedural aspects of Consumer protection law. Interns are expected to be diligent and have good research skills.
Number of Openings: 4 (Commencing from 20th September, 2021)
Place of Internship: New Delhi, India (Offline)
Internship Period: Minimum 4 weeks
Deadline to apply: 13th September, 2021 (Applications will deem to be rejected after the aforesaid date)
Note: THE INTERNSHIP IS SUBJECT TO PERSONAL INTERACTION WHICH SHALL BE INTIMATED SHORTLY AFTER THE DUE DATE OF APPLICATION
Job Opportunity at Chamber of Senior Adv. Ratan K. Singh
Applicants must be qualified lawyers with a PQE of at least one year and must have arbitration experience (acting in arbitration proceedings as well as related court proceedings).
The candidate should have a good academic background (as demonstrable through law school grades) with strong writing skills, and a thorough understanding of construction law, commercial law, and arbitration law (domestic and international).
Candidates with publications and an LL.M. degree will be preferred.
The work involved is primarily commercial and tax litigation, with some amount of advisory work as well on these subjects. Our clientele consists of a good mix of corporates and individuals. Candidates with a working knowledge of Kannada will be preferred.
Interested candidates are requested to write to lakshmi@lmlegal.co.in with an updated CV..
Job Opportunity at AKS Partners
Position: Arbitration and Litigation Associate
PQE: 0-2 Years
Candidates with an experience in Dispute Resolution & of appearing before various Courts and tribunals with excellent drafting & communication skills will be preferred.
If you feel that you fulfill the requisite criteria, feel free to write to us with your resume and cover letter at careers@akspartners.in.
Job Opportunity at Saffron Advisor
Qualification : CA/CS/LLB/MBA
Location: Mumbai
The candidate should have 2-3 years experience in the areas of drafting of DRHP, Prospectus, SEBI Laws Compliance, Take Over Regulations, listed company corporate actions and prior experience in the Merchant Banking is must.
MinusDispute, a premier law firm with a free and goal-oriented office culture, is looking for YOU. Location: Pune, Maharashtra. Contact us if you have a strong passion for corporate law and dedication to contribute to the field of law. Contract Period: We have a lock in period of 12 (twelve) months (inclusive of 3 months of training period) which is compulsory and applicable to all.
Job Description: a) Drafting and Vetting of contracts. b) Extraction of clauses and data from contracts to help build legal AI tool.
If you think you fit, e-mail your updated resume with one recent passport size photo attached to the resume to operations@minusdispute.com.
Job Opportunity at Koo India
Koo India just zoomed past 10M and is getting ready to onboard the next 100M users. This rapid speed and scale requires imagining and building nuanced policies and risk management systems.
Koo is hiring 2 highly motivated legal professionals to work at the intersection of law, social media and risk management in its newly minted Legal Ops Team. The roles are located in Bengaluru.
The roles are off beat and involve, among other things, regulatory, law enforcement, process, technology, integrity, privacy, compliance and GRC frameworks.
Young legal professionals wanting to follow creative legal paths are encouraged to write in to legal@kooapp.com with the subject Legal Ops. You must have
– 0-3 years of work experience – understand risk management, compliance and process – understand product, technology and customer experience – supremely interested in social media, politics and law
Job Opportunity at Kred- Jure
Kred -Jure, a Delhi based litigation law firm offering strategic legal solutions in Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Commercial Law invites applications from the eligible candidates for the post of Associate (Legal).
Job Description: Any law graduate, enrolled with Bar Council willing to learn and take up challenging work at Various High Courts and District Courts, grow and enhance their professional career in litigation.
Experience: 1-3 years
Key Responsibilities:
The applicant must be well versed with procedural laws. He/She should have knowledge of key search engines. The applicant should be able to draft both civil and criminal petitions.
How to apply: Interested candidates must submit their resume at info@kred-jure.in before 15.09.2021
Amity Law School, Delhi has the unique distinction of being the first law school in Delhi to start a 5-year integrated LLB (H.) programme in 1999. It has been granted affiliation by the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi which was further approved by the Bar Council of Delhi. The law programme offered by the School seeks to promote multi-disciplinary analysis of the socio-legal problems by designing effective course structure and teaching methods. The ALSD Student Journal is an initiative of the Student Journal Society. It invites contributions from students studying in various universities in India and abroad. It is a peer reviewed Journal having ISSN No. 2249-4421. It was first published in the year 2011 and is published annually. The Journal is channelized through ALSD website (www.amity.edu/als). No publication fee is levied upon the contributors.
Theme
The theme for the current issue is “Contemporary Legal Issues and Intersectionality with Public Policy”. The scope of the Journal includes (but is not limited to) research pertaining on: ❖ Restructuring rights in constitutional democracies with judicial prowess ❖ Future of healthcare regulations for promoting access to equitable treatment for all ❖ Probe into the gendered divide under Populist-Nationalist regimes ❖ Convergence of private and public international laws vis-à-vis human rights laws and dispute resolution process ❖ Cross-border foreign disputes emerging under environmental and energy agreements ❖ Challenges to procedural enforcement under Intellectual Property Laws ❖ Future of cyber regulations impacting national security ❖ Changing narratives in antitrust laws and regulations vis-à-vis technology, innovation and economy ❖ Mapping the progress in insolvency and bankruptcy laws ❖ Analysis of the underlying issues in investment arbitration and international law ❖ AI rethinking internet regulation and impacting accountability, transparency, and ethical fairness The coverage of the Journal includes all new developments in the above-mentioned fields. The sub-theme of the paper should be consistent with the main theme. Co-authorship is allowed up to a maximum of two authors. Manuscripts can be in the form of Articles, Research Notes, Case Comments, Legislative Comments and Book Reviews. Due to the present pandemic (COVID-19), the upcoming issue of Student Journal is expected to be published in digital version. The last date for submission of full manuscript is 24th October 2021. All papers must be submitted through email to alsdjournal@gmail.com with the subject marked as “SUBMISSION – VOLUME 10”. All queries shall be emailed to alsdjournal@gmail.com with the subject marked as “QUERY”
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
In order to maintain the quality of Publication/Journals, the ALSD Publication Ethics follows the philosophy and principles of Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE). ALSD believes in the duty to retain the integrity of scientific record. ALSD invites papers from students pursuing undergraduate and masters in law. To further strengthen the quality of contribution from authors, ALSD restricts the co-authorship number up to two. Abstract: All submissions should be accompanied by an abstract of about 200 words outlining the central theme(s) of the paper. Copyright: Authors shall warrant that the paper submitted for publication does not infringe the copyright of any other person, except as agreed otherwise. The copyright of the articles published shall vest with the publisher, viz., Amity Law School, Delhi. The publisher, however, shall not be liable for any copyright infringement. Cover page: In order to facilitate anonymity, authors must mention their names, contact details (including contact no., e-mail address for correspondence) and affiliations only on the cover page of the manuscript. English: British spelling and punctuation conventions. Font Size and Style: Times New Roman 12 point for the main text and 10 point for footnotes. Line spacing 1.5 for the main text and 1.0 for footnotes. Headings: The heading should be used as per the following style: • First heading: 12pt, Bold Centrally aligned • Second heading: 12pt, Bold Left aligned • Third heading 12pt, Italics Centrally aligned Length: Papers should follow the following word limits (including footnotes and exclusive of abstract) : • Articles should be between 5000 to 7000 words. • Notes, Case Comments, Legislative Comments and Book Reviews should be between 2000 and 3000 words. The Editors may, however, accept longer submission in appropriate cases. Indent: Left and Right indent should be 0.5 on both sides. References: Footnotes should be used and not endnotes. Quotations/ Quotation Mark: Double quotation marks should be used; single quotation marks should be used only for quotes within a quotation. Quotations over 50 words should be indented.
REVIEW PROCESS
All manuscripts will go through a plagiarism test. Only the papers coming within permissible limit of similarity index will undergo a blind peer review process. Finally, the referee panel will give final approval for publication. Content: Paper should contain an original contribution to scholarship by making a cohesive argument supported with appropriate authorities. Plagiarism: The paper would be published only after standard plagiarism test. The authors are also requested to attach an undertaking of originality. Complementary Copies: All authors will be provided 3 complementary copies of the issue in which their paper appears (conditional on publication in hard copy)
FOOTNOTES/REFERENCING STYLE
Mode of Citation for Books A. For an Authored Book (i) By a single or two authors: Name of the author(s), Title of the book Pg.no. (Publisher, Place of publication, edition/year of publication) • S.N. Mishra, Labour and Industrial Laws 76 (Central Law Publications, Allahabad, 28th edn. 2018) • M.P. Jain and S.N. Jain, Principles of Administrative Law 38 (LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhawa, Nagpur, 7thedn., 2011) (ii) By multiple authors (more than two): Names of the first two authors, et.al., Title of the book p.no. (if referring to specific page or pages) (Publisher, Place of publication, edition/year of publication). • Harold G. Coward, Julius J. Lipner, et al., Hindu Ethics, Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia (State University, New York Press, Albany, 1989). B. For Edited Books (i) By a single or two editors: Name of the editor(s) (ed(s.)), Title of the book p.no. (Publisher, Place of publication, edn/year) • P.J. Fitzgerald (ed.), Salmond on Jurisprudence (Sweet and Maxwell, 12thedn, 2016) • Elizabeth Clark and Herbert Richardson (eds.), Women and Religion: A Feminist Sourcebook of Christian Thought (Harper, New York, 1977). (ii) By more than two editors: Name of the editors, the first two only, et.al. (eds.), Title of the book p.no. (If referring to specific page or pages) (Publisher, Place of publication, edn/year). • E.g. Chatrapati Singh, P.K. Choudhary, et.al. (eds.), Towards Energy Conservation Law 78 (ILI, Delhi, 1989). Mode of Citation of Case Law (i) Where the case title is written in the body of the text, only the name of the case shall be in the text e.g. Kesavananda Bharthi v. State of Kerala and the citation is written in the footnote as AIR 1973 SC 1461. ii. If the name and citation are to be written in the footnote itself: Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala, AIR 1973 SC 1461. (ii) If parties to a case are numerous, e.g. State of Punjab v. Union of India and others; this case is to be cited as: State of Punjab v. Union of India (1977) 3 SCC 592. Statutes E.g. – Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 2000). E.g. Section(s) in a Statute • Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 2000), s. 30. • Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Act 45 of 2000), ss. 30, 32. • The Constitution of India, art. 21. • The Constitution of India, arts. 14, 19, 21.
Mode of Citation for Articles
(i) Citation of a paper published in a journal/periodical: Name of author of the article, title of the essay within inverted commas, volume number of journal Name of the journal in abbreviation page number (year). • E.g. – Zoe Robinson, “Constitutional Personhood” 84 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 605 (2016). (ii) Citation of a write-up published in a newspaper/periodical: Name of the writer, Title of the write-up within inverted commas, Name of the newspaper, date • E.g. Lalmani Verma, “Snubbed and sulking, BJP’s junior partners in UP ask for more” The Indian Express, Dec. 26, 2018. (iii) Citation of an editorial from a newspaper: Editorial, Title of the Editorial within inverted commas Name of the newspaper, date • E.g. – Editorial, “Delhi, after 1984” The Indian Express, Dec. 26, 2018. (iv) Referencing • Supra/ Infra • Supra (Latin: ‘above’) is used to refer to a prior footnote. • If a different page number is to be indicated in a source referred to in a prior footnote, e.g. Supra note 5 at 34. • Avoid the use of Infra (below) (v) Ibid./ Id. • Ibid. (meaning ‘in the same place’) is used to refer to an authority in the footnote immediately preceding the current footnote and the same page/place is being referred to. • Id. (meaning ‘the same’) is used if the authority is the same but the page or place of reference is different. E.g. Id. at 30. Websites E.g. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Federalism and its alternatives-2 available at: https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/sabyasachi-bhattacharya/article25751231.ece. (last visited on Dec 26, 2018). Reports E.g.-Law Commission of India, 276th Report on Legal Framework: Gambling and Sports Betting Including in Cricket in India (July, 2018)
