Legal Head

Legal Head – Roles & Responsibilities

• Agreement & Contract Management
• Draft, review, negotiate, and finalize all types of agreements, work orders, purchase orders (POs), bonds, and corporate guarantees.

Indemnities & Guarantees

• Draft and review indemnity and guarantee instruments (including indemnity bonds), ensuring enforceability and clarity.
• Monitor and update financial instruments like Letters of Credit, Parent Company Guarantees (PCGs), and bonds, in compliance with policy Expertia+1Lawctopus+1Lawctopus.
• Ensure indemnity and guarantee records are properly filed, insured, and accessible for audits.

Record-Keeping & Renewal Management

• Maintain a comprehensive, searchable legal document register including expiry dates and renewal clauses.
• Take proactive action to renew or extend agreements before expiry, coordinating with relevant departments.
• Implement reminders and monitor compliance through legal-tech tools or contract lifecycle systems .

Legal Business & Contract Liaison

• Act as the in-house legal liaison presenting updates, risks, and recommendations to the Contracts Department and business units.
• Interpret business requirements, prohibitions, or regulatory constraints for legal compliance.
• Provide strategic legal input during contract formulation and negotiation to balance risk and business goals .

Legal Correspondence & Notices

• Draft all legally‑significant communications, including notices, demand letters, legal correspondence—internal and external.
• Ensure all formal communications are legally sound, correctly formatted, and recorded.
• Coordinate issuance, response tracking, and archiving of annexures, ensuring completeness.

Legal Cell: Draft & Record Oversight

• Establish and lead a central legal-cell team responsible for:
• Drafting all legal documents (agreements, notices, indemnities, guarantee bonds).
• Accurate legal recordkeeping with audit-ready documentation.
• Maintaining version control, sign-off workflows, and storage security Wikipedia+2Expertia+2Devex+2fractionalfin.com+4Wikipedia+4Expertia+4contractzy.io.

Risk Management & Compliance Monitoring

• Identify legal risk areas related to contracts and business operations; propose mitigation strategies.
• Perform periodic legal audits to ensure adherence to statutory obligations and internal policies.
• Stay updated on applicable laws and industry practices, sharing changes and impact analyses with relevant teams ContractsCounsel+8contractzy.io+8oilandgasjobsearch.com+8.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Procurement, Finance, Operations, and Compliance teams to align legal strategy with commercial objectives.
• Support business units by explaining contract terms, legal impacts, and prohibitions.
• Train non-legal staff (e.g., contract managers, project leads) on legal fundamentals, drafting standards, recordkeeping, and renewal protocols.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dumartarai, Raipur, Chhattisgarh: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

• Master's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 25/07/2025
Expected Start Date: 01/08/2025