Asst. Manager Legal

Role:

The legal and secretarial team plays a pivotal role in the day to day operations of the Company and ensures that the Company remains compliant with all applicable laws in each jurisdiction wherever it conducts its business. It provides timely advice to senior management, management, shareholders, directors and other stakeholders to help them take correct and timely decisions. The team provides support to each business unit and is responsible for all the legal, secretarial and compliance functions of the WNS group. The team assists in drafting, negotiating, finalizing and implementing corporate governance policies, contracts with vendors, customers, employee, etc. Secretarial and legal compliance of each of the companies in the group is supported, updated and monitored by this team. The legal team has to work very closely work with various international legal counsels of repute.

Desired Profile

Contract management and compliance:

To implement and manage the contracts and maintain complete contract files/audit trail in central repositorySet a process for monitoring compliance of the contractsidentify non-compliance issues and support their resolution

Participate actively in the Risk Management Process by providing a summary of contract compliance issues to Contract Management

Preparing synopsis of contractual requirements Contracts Management in central repository:

Creation and management of contract databases preparing summaries of all contracts to extract Discuss with the operations team to monitor the compliance with operations team

Notify Business teams of open/ delinquent contracts spread awareness of contractual compliance.

Contract review:

Assisting in drafting, negotiating and finalization of international, customer, vendor, employment and other contracts & agreements;

interacting with counsels in various jurisdictions to get their advice on local laws and implementing the same within the company

To provide support to the legal counsel and/.or compliance officer in timely advising the Management about legal and regulatory developments, their impact, plans to implement and ensuring due compliance

Developing standard systems & procedures, their implementation and monitoring to ensure due compliance of laws in each jurisdiction

Support on laws relating to international business operationsCo-ordination with overseas offices on legal & compliance matters

Support the compliance team to ensure that all group operations of the company spread over 11 countries remains compliant with the local laws and company policies.

Working as a part of the team on cross border transaction projects including mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, Joint Ventures, etc.

Dealing with regulatory agencies, court and arbitration matters

assisting and managing legal records.

Must Have Skills/Qualifications

Minimum of 2-3 years experience in the field preferably from an IT or ITeS background

Degree in law

Demonstrated ability to proactively seek required documents and drive required outcomes

Experience in reviewing and drafting legal documents and contracts

Proficient at Microsoft Word and Excel

Fluency in English

Demonstrate written and oral communications skills and the ability to articulate ideas effectively

Strong interpersonal skills

Strong communication and conceptual skills

Proven ability to meet tight deadlines

Ability to mentor a team and expand its capabilities