Employment Lawyer India- Legal Counsel

India
- Legal
- Group Functions

**Job Reference #**
- 321780BR

**City**
- Mumbai, Pune

**Job Type**
- Full Time

**Your role**
- Do you have experience dealing with employment legal matters in India? Do you thrive on managing a diverse case load? Do you enjoy partnering closely with stakeholders to provide strategic legal advice? We're looking for someone like this to:

- provide employment legal advice and support for our India operations
- partner closely with various functions like Human Resources, Employee Relations, Group Investigations and a range of business clients, to deliver quality and practical legal advice and solutions
- strategically and proactively manage employment legal risks and contentious employment issues, including employment litigation

**Your team**
- You'll be working in the APAC Employment Legal team as India legal counsel based in Pune or Mumbai. We're responsible for all employment legal issues across all our business divisions in India. You'll work within a collaborative and diverse regional team of lawyers, and report into the South Asia team lead of APAC Employment Legal.

**Your expertise**
- India qualified lawyer with solid post-qualification experience (PQE) - ideally 5 years +
- experience in managing employment legal issues (ideally in financial services), either in private practice or in house
- strong understanding of Indian labour and employment laws and regulations, in particular concerning HR operations, investigations, disciplinary, and termination scenarios.
- self-motivated individual who is capable of delivering clear, solution-oriented, firm but fair, commercial and practical legal advice aligned with business objectives, while ensuring compliance with applicable law
- strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable in engaging and persuading all levels of employees, including senior management
- excellent organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to set priorities, manage multiple responsibilities and deliver against deadlines
- curiosity to stay updated on legal and regulatory changes affecting our workforce in India, with the ability to train a non-legal audience on legal concepts or developments in the law
- high standard of literacy in English, both written and oral; national and local language proficiency useful but not mandatory

**About us**
- UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.

**Join us**
- At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We’re dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That’s why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we’re more than ourselves.

We’re committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

**Contact Details**
- UBS Business Solutions SA
UBS Recruiting

**Disclaimer / Policy statements**
- UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.