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Attorney - Mumbai, India - Disney

Disney

Verified Company

Mumbai, India

1 month ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

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Description

Attorney

Job ID

Location

Mumbai, India

Business
The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)

Date posted
Jul. 20, 2023

Job Summary:

Job Summary

You will work closely with senior legal professionals and crossfunctional teams to ensure legal compliance, risk mitigation, and the achievement of strategic business objectives. This position offers an excellent opportunity for a lawyer to grow professionally while making a significant impact on the company's operations and success. You will play a crucial role in supporting the legal deliverables on Partnership, Distribution, and Marketing business teams for D+Hotstar. Your primary responsibility will be to provide expert legal advice and assistance to these teams on various business and commercial dealings of the company.

About the team

D+Hotstar Legal team works with crossfunctional teams to ensure legal compliance, risk mitigation, and the achievement of strategic business objectives of D+Hotstar

Reporting To - **Associate Principal Counsel

Key Responsibilities

Legal Advisory Support: Provide timely and accurate legal advice to the business teams on a wide range of commercial matters, including contract negotiations, partnership agreements, distribution agreements, marketing campaigns, and promotions.
Contract Drafting and Review: Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, agreements, and legal documents to safeguard the company's interests and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential legal risks and propose effective strategies to mitigate them, ensuring that the company's business decisions align with legal and regulatory guidelines.
Business Transactions: Assist in structuring and executing various business transactions providing legal support throughout the process.
Regulatory Compliance: Stay updated with relevant laws, regulations, and industry best practices, and advise the business teams on compliance matters to ensure adherence to applicable legal requirements.
Dispute Resolution: Collaborate with the legal team to manage and resolve commercial disputes, if any, arising from business transactions or agreements.
Managing Stakeholder: Manage stakeholders from cross functional teams to delivery business objectives.

Skills & Attributes for success

Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate complex legal matters in a clear and understandable manner.
Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities to address legal challenges and provide effective solutions.
Integrity: Demonstrated ethical conduct and commitment to upholding the highest professional standards.
Attention to Detail: Meticulous approach to reviewing legal documents and contracts. Leverages business understanding / functional expertise to deliver value to customer.
Adaptability: Ability to work in a fastpaced and dynamic environment, managing multiple priorities effectively.
Team Player: Willingness to collaborate with colleagues and business teams to achieve shared goals.
Proactive: Selfstarter with the initiative to identify legal issues and propose solutions.
Able to mentor and drive efficiencies with direct reportees and to be a trusted member within the legal/compliance team. Should enhance industry specific understanding and be an effective negotiator.
Able to prioritize efficiently and communicate regularly and appropriately with other departments is essential.
Ability to multitask and work in a fast paced environment.

Preferred Education & Experience

Educational Background: LLB from a Premier Law College. LLM from a reputed University would be a plus but not a must.

Work Experience: 0-2 years of experience in a law firm or corporate legal department, with a focus on commercial and business law.

Preferably from Media, E-Commerce, OTT, Digital Payments, Telecom, Technology, IT, ISP or Broadcasting Sector.

About Us

Disney+ Hotstar is India's leading streaming platform that has changed the way Indians watch their entertainment from their favourite TV shows and movies to sporting extravaganzas. With the widest range of content in India, Disney+ Hotstar offers more than 100,000 hours of TV Shows and Movies in 18 languages and coverage of major global sporting events. As a missiondriven organisation with a relentless focus on our users, we are dedicated to attracting and retaining worldclass talent to drive our success.

Disney Star prides in being an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We hire, train, promote and compensate employees on the basis of individual competence and potential without regard for race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status or non-job-related disability, as well as all other classifications protected by applicable laws.

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