Details of the Organization

upGrad - started in 2015, is a pioneer in the online education revolution, focused on powering career success for a global workforce of over 1.3 billion. It is one of the few Integrated LifeLongLearning Tech Companies in the world, spanning the college learner to the working professional from the age group of 18 to 55+ years and across undergrad courses, campus & job-linked programs, studying abroad, short form to executive programs to Degrees, Master's and Doctoral, with a learner base of over 3 million across 100+ countries and over 300 university partners and robust enterprise business with a client base of 1000 companies worldwide.

Details of the Job/Internship

upGrad is hiring Legal Associate to join their office in Mumbai. They are Seeking dedicated legal professional with 2-3 years of post-qualification experience, specializing in compliance, risk management, and litigation coordination, seeking a challenging role to leverage strong communication and organizational skills from the Education/Internet/E-Commerce/Media/ FMCG or any service industry.

Role and Responsibilities

• Assist businesses with compliance and risk management-related matters and where necessary, coordinate with various departments and ensure the compliances, conducting legal audits and due diligence.
• Draft and revise company policies (internal and consumer-facing).
• Drafting of legal notices, representations and replies against notices issued by statutory authorities, issuing legal advice and assistance in connection thereto.
• Handling of labour issues and ensuring support to HR in implementing internal policies of the company.
• Co-ordination with Advocates and Counsels in connection with company litigation including but not limited to consumer litigation.
• Preparation and review of all pleadings related to such litigations.
• Anticipate legal support needs of the business and help define and drive the strategic plans of the Business.
• Building IP portfolio for the company by filing new trademark applications, filing oppositions against infringing marks, issuing takedown/ cease & desist notices etc.

Eligibility

• Minimum LLB /LLM from a reputed College/ University
• 2-3 Years of Post-Qualification Experience
• Strong communication skills in English (both written and oral).
• Sound Knowledge of Computers-MS Word and Excel
• Well-versed in offering general legal and commercial advice.
• Preferred from Education/Internet/ E-Commerce/Media/FMCG Or Any Service Industry Organization and prioritization skills, Effective time management, detail and accuracy.

Salary/Stipend

It will be discussed with the candidate itself

Type of Opportunity

Fulltime

Country

India

State

Maharashtra

City

Mumbai

Address

Nishuvi, Ground Floor, 75, Dr Annie Besant Rd, Worli, Mumbai - 400018, Maharashtra, India