Legal Counsel

1 month ago

Mumbai, India Roquette Frères S.A. Full time

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients.

Want to help us make a difference?
Using plant-based resources, we collaborate with our customers and partners to imagine and offer ingredients to better feed people and treat patients.
Each of our ingredients responds to unique and essential needs, and they enable healthier lifestyles.

To meet our challenges, we are looking for a Legal Counsel within the India Legal team This position will be located in Mumbai .

Our Team

In India, Roquette is the industry leader supplying to both Global and leading Indian companies. Its 5 manufacturing plants and a commercial office in India touch several lives on a daily basis. To support its global ambitions, India is a key priority for Roquette in terms of investments to support profitable growth in Asia Pacific region.

Their mission ?

The Legal function brings legal, regulatory & I.P (Intellectual Property) expertise as your business partner by providing leadership strategic advises, risk-mitigation & practical solutions.

To support Roquette’s growth ambition we want to build a strong legal team across the group which can act as a real business partner for each business unit and function and protect the company’s interests.
Reporting to the Head of Legal, India, the candidate is responsible in ensuring that Roquette businesses in India operate in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. This role demands for a proactive business enabler, providing commercially minded and pragmatic, timely and accurate legal advice in a variety of legal topics. This involves possessing a good balance of legal and business acumen with analytical ability and attention to detail.

Your experience and talents will make the difference to:

Managing internal and Oversee legal compliances for all business operations and assets of Roquette India entities Assist business functions on all legal matters in day-to-day business including ensuring that contracts (both supplier and customer) of Roquette businesses in the country are fit for purpose and include appropriate protections for the businesses, including through the implementation of Group-wide policies designed to optimise and standardise contractual terms and mitigate contractual risk. Review, draft and negotiate contracts Support the Head of Legal India with the effective management of commercial disputes and litigation to which the businesses become involved including, where relevant, liaising with insurers and the effective reporting of such matters to relevant members of Legal and other key stakeholders Drive and support Compliance initiatives for Roquette businesses in the country, working in conjunction with the Compliance team, where necessary, having responsibility for ensuring appropriate directives, policies, procedures, and training for the businesses in the region are generally in place, including, where applicable, the implementation of Group-wide directives, policies and procedures Advise and support Roquette on Privacy compliance in the country, including being appointed as the Data Protection Officer where local laws require the appointment Monitor legal and regulatory developments relevant to the activities of Roquette businesses and operations in the country and its clients in order to anticipate future risks and issues and provide updates to the Head of Legal India, compliance colleagues and other key stakeholders where necessary to ensure that Roquette businesses in the country are prepared to respond to any such developments Support the Group Company Secretary with the administration of legal entities in the region and the implementation and compliance with internal corporate governance policies, controls and procedures Provide ad hoc compliance and legal support, training and advice to Roquette Group generally Assist with new business, acquisitions and/or disposals by the Roquette Group generally and specifically in relation to its businesses in the region Review, update and create precedent agreements and legal processes as needed and appropriate Assisting in driving compliance with relevant laws and regulations for the business operations especially relating to environment and labour laws, factories act and other manufacturing intensive laws Proficient on changes in the data privacy field and implementation of the new data privacy laws for the corporation Experienced with digital / AI related solutions and tools to provide better and quicker in-house legal services to internal clients including on contract management, compliance trackers, contract life cycle management etc

What we will love about you:

A high level of integrity and mature management skills Ability to operate in an international and culturally diverse environment Ability to organize, prioritize and deliver multiple projects under provided time frames Ability to work in a matrixed environment and collaborate with internal stake-holders Professional and commercial approach to problem solving and strong team ethic is essential Highly self-motivated with a positive and approachable attitude Well developed communication skills with the ability to articulate concisely A proven track record of learning agility and growth mindset Excellent critical thinking, analytical, reasoning and negotiation skills Creative problem-solving skills Thrives and motivated by process and efficiency improvements Ability to navigate complex issues

And also …

Law degree from a reputed law school At least 8-10 years of post-qualification experience, with minimum 5 years working in a reputable law firm Experience within the chemical / food / pharmaceutical / FMCG / healthcare / tech industry A thorough knowledge of corporate and commercial laws and working knowledge of labour, environmental and manufacturing laws

If you identify yourself in this position, please apply by uploading your resume and let's start the journey together

Roquette is proud to be a global company where you can find personal and professional growth through multiple diverse experiences.

Roquette believes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion must be woven into everything we do, from the products we make, through the relationships we build with our partners, and most importantly within the teams we create and how we interact together.

As we continue to grow, Roquette understands that to be successful we must always be inclusive in our approach, by creating a workforce that represents the world we live in, and the communities and customers we serve.

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