Lead Legal Litigation

Function

Legal

Pay Band

M3 to M5

Role

The incumbent will undertake the anticipation, review and mitigation of risk, managing and taking strategic decisions in respect of litigations and providing support to internal user departments by providing legal advisory and opinions.

A purpose driven role for you

To anticipate, identify, evaluate, prioritize legal exposures and risks and to implement steps to eliminate/minimize, monitor and control such risks.

b. To conduct root cause analysis of any risk presently run by the organisation and devise methods to mitigate those risks.

c. Dedicated focus towards preparing SOPs, down lining and ensuring successful implementation of the processes for termination of channel partners and recovery of outstanding to ensure risk control.

e. Budgeting in relation to new matters and existing matters.

A Day in the life

a. Pre-Litigation stage – Devising risk mitigation plan, anticipating litigation risk and monitoring communication, maintaining all relevant documentation to ensure protection during litigation stages. Endeavouring resolution of issues through legal notices/replies to notices.

b. Litigation stage – Reviewing evidence, documents available, filings and advising on recourses available. Strategizing the way forward. Targeting closure of frivolous litigation and making effective usage of ADR methods through mediation and conciliation to optimise the use of resources.


c. Ongoing litigations -Reviewing the pending litigation strategies and advice modification basis legal evolutions/latest case laws.
Ensuring timely and accurate filing of legal processes. Maintaining MIS of litigations and proper case management system.

d. Effective and proper coordination with external lawyers and internal stakeholders to ensure timely reply, filing and proper follow up /conclusion of matters. Identifying the effective lawyers for obtaining effective orders / judgments.

e. Vetting of pleadings, agreements, negotiating and finalization of agreements. Internalising and ensuring compliance with all terms of order/awards or settlement agreements.

h. Ensuring accuracy of billings and timely payment. Preparing litigation budget and assisting on provisioning for high value litigations. Maintaining proper audit trail.

i. Keeping the organisation abreast of impending or latest legislative update.

j. Advising on any business/strategic changes ensuring compliance with current and impending legislative changes.

Academic Qualification & Experience

● B.A. LLB
● 7+ years

Technical Skills/Knowledge

● Have gained extensive knowledge of various facets of law and how to utilize the same at organization level. Keep myself abreast with the latest amendments, legislations, industry norms.

Behavioural Skills

● Effective communicator & negotiator with excellent interpersonal, analytical and problem solving skills.

What will it be like to work for Hero

As the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for the last 22 years, Hero is where you will get to work with the brightest innovators, passionate about being the best in what they do. You will become a part of India’s proudest legacy, a brand that is celebrated by 110 million Indians and is now taking over the world with its manufacturing superpower. If you are someone who dreams big and goes after their dreams with absolute conviction, Hero is your place to be. At Hero, we are building a cutting-edge future of mobility, pushing frontiers of innovation and aiming for the very best. Choose to be with the best, choose to be your best.

About Hero

Headquartered in New Delhi (India), Hero MotoCorp is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters for 22 consecutive years. We are at the forefront of developing modern, technologically superior and eco-friendly mobility solutions for its millions of customers around the world.

Hero MotoCorp has rapidly transformed into a true multinational organization with a presence in 47 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

We have achieved the coveted milestone of 110 million cumulative production and sales since inception. Aligned with its Vision “Be the Future of Mobility”, Hero MotoCorp plans to achieve its next 100 million sales by 2030.

We have a globally benchmarked manufacturing and Research & Development (R&D) ecosystem that is spread across global geographies. Its R&D facilities are located in India and Germany - the Centre of Innovation and Technology (CIT) at Jaipur, India, and the Tech Centre Germany (TCG), near Munich. Hero MotoCorp’s eight ‘green’ manufacturing facilities are spread across India (6), Colombia (1) and Bangladesh (1).

Hero MotoCorp is the pre-eminent leader in the Indian two-wheeler market. It is the only motorcycle manufacturing company listed in Dow Jones Sustainability Index.

In 2022, Hero MotoCorp launched a separate brand for emerging mobility solutions, including Electric Vehicles (EV) - VIDA, Powered by Hero. VIDA has commenced sales of VIDA V1 – its first EV – in India and plans to launch the product in global markets.

We are one of the largest global corporate promoters of multiple sporting disciplines. Hero is globally associated with golf, football, field hockey, cricket and motorsports. Hero MotoSports Team Rally is one of India’s flag-bearers in global rally racing. The iconic golfer Tiger Woods is Hero MotoCorp’s Global Corporate Partner.

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