Head Legal - Litigation

Function

Legal

Pay Band

M6 and above

Role

Providing overall Legal advice and support to all the departments like Manufacturing, HR, Finance, Spare Part Division, Commercial Marketing, IR, Vendor development, CAD, CIT etc. by providing legal support in Litigation Management, Corporate Legal Support and Advisory, Compliances, IPR management, Legal Training and proactive legal advisory.

A purpose driven role for you

- Managing entire litigation portfolio with an objective to reduce litigations exposure and contest cases filed by and against the company with an intension to get positive orders/judgments.
- Efficiently examining the contracts to provide inputs related to recent regulations/acts/notifications issued by Government Authorities and judgments passed by Courts/Tribunals, with an intention to strengthen the documents so that any conflict and litigation exposure is avoided on the company.
- Managing entire portfolio of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) including Patents, Designs and Trade Marks by filing timely renewals of IPR, filing new registrations and taking appropriate legal action for protection of our registered patents, design and trademarks, including IPR of global business.
- Providing active legal support to plants by issuing legal advisories on Legal compliance matters such as Legal Metrology Act, PF and Gratuity related issues. IR issues, HR issues, Vendor related issues and other strategic issues where legal support and advice is required for minimizing any type of exposure on the company.
- Providing Legal support, Training and Advisories to the Corporate and all departments/functions in any matter which they approach legal for support and advisory so that exposures are minimized/controlled in an effective manner.

A Day in the life

- Formulation of effective strategy to contest such litigation.
Proper coordination with external advocates and support and explain them about our stand.
Vetting and approving the draft petitions/replies/documents received from external Advocates.
- Understanding the requirement and commercials involved in that particular transaction.
Formulating strategy for strengthening of the documents by incorporating points to safeguard company’s interest without compromising with commercial understanding.
- Continuous review of IPR internally and taking action for registration/renewal of such IPR in coordination with concerned commercial and other teams.
Filing and contesting litigations for protecting IPRs as per management mandate.
- Reviewing the current practise followed by Plant with regard to legal compliance.
To provide advisories in matters of labour law, service matters, statutory compliances. Resolving vendor relates issues and other strategic issues.
- Facilitating all department in discussions, negotiations and finalization of different commercial understanding/transactions in a manner that such exposure is avoided/minimized.
Providing advisory to understand the issue and take appropriate steps to get into any transaction without any future legal exposure.

Academic Qualification & Experience

BA LLB
17+ years

Technical Skills/Knowledge

Well acquainted with relevant laws, procedure and business requirement Legal compliance

Behavioural Skills

● Proactive, Effective communicator & negotiator with excellent interpersonal, quick decision making, 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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