Associate Corporate Counsel - India Contracts

Þsignation: Associate Corporate Counsel Roles and Responsibilities: Provide legal counsel and support to regional business operations. Provide expert contracting advice, drafting and negotiation for the Wipro sales team in the region. Identify non-compliance issues, understanding the implications, suggest available courses of action and support their resolution. Interacting with business teams, various stake holders and negotiating with customers and vendors to conclude complex commercial contracts with a focus on IT, BPO and/or outsourcing arrangements. Supporting and counselling business on disputes and litigations including sending and responding to notices, briefing external counsels etc. Conducting Training sessions for various stakeholders. Roles & Responsibilities: Role Demands: The candidate needs to be confident, dynamic and have a pro-active disposition. Strong business and organizational skills are required and the ability to multi-task with various stakeholders including, operations, delivery and finance teams on various aspects of contracting. Should possess effective drafting and communication skills. Needs to have the ability to effectively work with internal clients/external customers and foreign law firms. Should have excellent analytical, and interpersonal skills with professionalism to motivate and supervise others. Should possess strong business acumen, ethics and high integrity. Qualifications: Experience and skill set required: The ideal candidate will be a qualified lawyer with 5-8 years of experience in commercial contracts, handling disputes and litigation, in-house or in private practice, preferably within the IT industry. The Corporate Counsel will be part of the Corporate Legal team and be expected to deal with a wide scope of legal and contractual responsibilities.