ALTBalaji is hiring for the role of Legal Assistant to join its office in Mumbai.
About ALTT
ALTBalaji is an Indian subscription-based video-on-demand platform that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. Launched on 16th April 2017, ALTBalaji is the group’s foray into the digital entertainment sphere to create original OTT content.
About the Opportunity
This is an offline job opportunity based in Mumbai. The legal Assistant would be required to report to the legal head of the Balaji group.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Assist in developing processes, templates, and approval parameters for agreements and contracts for ALTT.
- Providing a comprehensive and high-quality in-house legal service, across a broad range of legal issues to internal customers within the organization, ensuring all activities are in line with legal requirements and risks are mitigated appropriately and including ‘contracting out’ of work to externally impaneled law firms as appropriate, whilst retaining overall responsibility for delivery.
- Define filing norms/ processes for legal/secretarial documentation within the group
- Ensure compliance with all laws/rules/regulations etc. by spreading awareness about the same so as to safeguard Balaji Group from potential litigation.
- Handling Legal matters with a special focus on IP and Labour Criminal and Civil litigation matters.
- Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with internal customers promoting the value of the legal function, for the three broad verticals of Television, Digital, syndication, and support functions to HR, Admin, and Finance departments for contract drafting, negotiation, and closure.
- Advise and update senior management on all legal matters
- Advice and participate in major litigation cases
- Oversee due diligence for the acquisition and lease of properties
- Liaise and coordinate with Lawyers, regulatory bodies, etc.
- Responsible for all company secretarial matters
- Negotiate and finalize legal terms in important contracts
- Overseeing the IPR administration-Trademark and Copyright registrations, fillings, opposition, and management to help build the IPR bank for the Company.
Eligibility
- Applicant must be a law graduate.
- Excellent legal skills, including drafting and negotiating contracts and strategic management of contractual disputes.
- Ability to apply expertise to a range of legal issues.
- Ability to turn around inquiries quickly and tackle issues at short notice.
- Excellent written and oral communication, including the ability to work effectively with a range of people and the ability to deliver advice in a clear and user-friendly way.
- Entirely self-motivated, and self-sufficient, providing the engine room and energy of the Legal Department.
- Familiar with absorbing detail and conveying it in a clear and concise fashion to all levels of the organization.
- Customer service skills/ability to be robust as well as facilitative.
- An ability to understand a complex organization with many different work streams and to balance competing demands.
Attributes
- Communicates Effectively
- Provides appropriate rationale and context to drive commitment
- Organizing and follow-up skills
- Drives Results
- Manages projects, processes, and resources to produce desired outcomes.
- Analyzes problems effectively and takes action to resolve.
- Inspires Creativity and Innovation
- Facilitates the exchange of ideas and the creation of new ones.
- Transfers ideas and successes across boundaries.
- Exhibits Professional Excellence
- Pursues excellence with integrity, passion, and courage.
- Strives for self-improvement.
- Earns the trust and respect of colleagues, partners, and customers.
How to Apply?
Interested applicants may send their CVs to career@balajitelefilms.com.
Location
Mumbai
Contact Information
In case of any queries, please write to career@balajitelefilms.com.
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