Job: Senior Legal Counsel & Company Secretary Job, Mumbai in Mumbai, Maharashtra

Title:Senior Legal Counsel & Company Secretary
ID:14002019
Description
We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.About the roleThis is an executive legal role as Senior Legal Counsel & Company Secretary, India based in Mumbai, solid-line reporting into the Chief Counsel for India based in Mumbai. The Legal Counsel will –· Provide legal advice across the business units in India.· Strategize, manage and co-ordinate litigation matters with external legal counsels, as need be.· Collaborate towards the development of compliance policies and actively channelize/communicate the dissemination of laws and regulations in India entities.· Draft, review and provide advice on the legal and contractual aspects of a variety of complex products and services contracts.Provide front line support for negotiations, respond to complex inquiries regarding existing contract obligations and revisions, identify risks and issues, and suggest alternatives that lead to the best – all this, within a corporate environment.· Manage and advise the business units on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions, their potential impact and suggested mitigating actions.· Counseling on employment law.· Overseeing corporate secretarial responsibilities.· Advising on media and editorial work.
Qualifications
Education - B.A. LLB (Hons), C.S.Mandatory Skills and Experience· Degree in Law from a reputable Law School.· A minimum of 6-9 years of relevant experience especially in an Technology MNC environment is a distinct advantage.· Experience in working in matrix organization, and mastery of India law/market.· Ability to influence leaders/peers and work collaboratively with key customers.· Fluent in English (reading, writing and spoken);· High EQ- ability to work with senior management at the regional and local levels.· Company Secretarial qualification is mandatoryThe role requires strong leadership, communications and interpersonal skills and an ability to work across diverse teams and within a multinational, matrixed organization.
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.To learn more about what we offer, please visit careers.thomsonreuters.com.More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on thomsonreuters.com.
Job: Legal Family Group
Primary Location: Mumbai, IN
Other Locations:
Organization: GGO India - ALL
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree (±16 years)
Job Type: Standard
Shift:
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
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