Job Post: GLG is looking for Legal Associate|Lexpeeps

About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group

GLG is the world’s insight network. Our clients rely on GLG’s global team to connect with powerful insight across fields from our network of 900,000+ experts (and the hundreds of new experts we recruit every day).

We serve thousands of the world’s best businesses, from Fortune 500 corporations to leading technology companies to professional services firms and financial institutions. We connect our clients to the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise, including executives, scientists, academics, former public-sector leaders, and the foremost subject matter specialists.

GLG’s industry-leading compliance framework allows clients to learn in a structured, auditable, and transparent way, consistent with their own internal compliance obligations and the highest professional ethical standards. Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of the company’s culture.

To learn more, visit www.GLGinsights.com.

Job Summary

GLG seeks a lawyer to join the Company’s legal department in Gurugram, India. This candidate will be highly organized, efficient, proactive, impeccably trustworthy, and resourceful.

Specific Responsibilities Include (but Are Not Limited To)

together with other team members, enforce processes to ensure the highest legal and compliance standards are met in all aspects of the business
manage various legal queues and assign/escalate appropriate issues to other team members
draft standard client and vendor contracts for the Company and conduct regulatory research
team with other legal department lawyers and non-lawyer personnel to ensure timely execution of legal and compliance related administrative tasks for the Company including fulfillment of requests for due diligence questionnaires, vendor forms, form letters, etc.
manage contracts with clients, experts and their institutions, and vendors including contract version control, execution process and contract filing
work closely with multiple business segments, including Business Development and Client Solutions.

Candidate Profile

An Ideal Candidate Will Have The Following
Law degree (LL.B. or higher) from a reputable law university, with demonstrated excellent academic performance
Minimum 2 years’ experience preferably with a multi-national company
Must be fluent in MS office and comfortable with new technology. Prior experience of working on Salesforce platform would be an added advantage
Excellent written and oral English communication skills