Head of Legal - Hyderabad, India - Vahura

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of in-house lawyers to ensure the delivery is met as per the expectations.
• Team and Shift management
• Define KRAs and help the teams to achieve KRAs
• Quality Management
• Standardization of process, report templates and language
• Manage and work with External Counsels
• Provide solutions when there are issues for the In-house team to process legal opinion.
• Strategies and build teams Pan-India
• Provide Legal advice to the Pre-Sales team and ensure the client's needs are addressed for Pilots by him and his team for acquiring new clients
• Work closely with the OPs and Tech Team to improvise the TAT, Process and Software.

Skills & Experience

• Desire to create a new legal function in a high-growth business environment, and comfort with ambiguity inherent to such a task
• Extensive experience in general corporate, real estate and nance in India, with a demonstrated expertise of working with a diverse team
• Sufficient experience to advise business leaders on industry practices and to negotiate directly with partner-level counsel to customers and vendors.
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex documents and situations quickly
• Ability to respond creatively to drafting and negotiation challenges, with focus on driving to efficient solutions
• Ability to multitask and continuously prioritise and reprioritise critical actions
• Must be detail-oriented, organized, and self-motivated, and able to work independently and under time pressure
• Eager, adept, and concise communicator; avid user of telephone
• Fluent in written and spoken English. Proficiency in written and spoken Telugu is preferred

Qualification:

• 11+ years of experience
• LLB