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About the role:
You will be responsible for handling all legal, contractual and regulatory matters for Zomato and will also be closely interfacing with relevant business heads for all teams/functions.
Our Legal team is an essential part of Zomato’s growth, from conducting negotiations to providing legal advice to the management; we aim to construct novel and innovative solutions to difficult business matters.
Here’s what you’ll do day to day:
- Provide strong contracting, legal and regulatory support to the business teams in contract structuring, preparation, negotiation and legal advisory on day to day issues
- Ability to independently negotiate key business, commercial and legal terms with CXO level professionals, senior in-house counsels and law firm partners across various industries
- Draft, review, negotiate and finalize proposals, NDAs, LOIs, business agreements with various vendors and service providers, strategic partnerships/JV agreements with global players, ad-sales agreements, consulting agreements, content, technology and licensing agreements, marketing agreements – domestic and global
- Advise on interpretation and application of key legal areas including but not limited to copyright, trademarks, data privacy, consumer protection, payment regulations, intermediaries, advertising & marketing laws/regulations
- Contracts, documentation and knowledge management within the legal team and keeping senior management abreast of all relevant laws and policies impacting businesses
- Provide general legal advice and support to other functions e.g. human resources, finance, IT, admin, corporate services, real estate management etc.
- Requesting, obtaining and finalizing legal opinions/advice from outside counsel as needed and managing related budgets
- Manage MIS and provide regular updates to business and legal head
- Preparing and delivering internal training as appropriate
Who fits the bill?
- 8-10 years of post-qualification experience in general corporate and advisory
- Prior experience in M&A and Private Equity transactions will be preferred.
- Exercise independent judgement to effectively draft, review and close agreements/contracts
- Sound research, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good understanding of IPRs, technology laws and advertising laws
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Suitable candidates may apply by sending their resumes to [email protected]
