Senior Legal Counsel - India

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BASIC FUNCTIONS AND PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES : This Legal Counsel will be a member of the Asia-Pacific Region legal team and will work closely with the senior management teams of several business units based in India. This position also will support other general commercial, corporate and contractual matters, and will advise on intellectual property, regulatory compliance and dispute matters. Specific accountabilities and responsibilities are expected to include the following: Serve as legal advisor to Wolters Kluwer's customer-facing Health and Tax & Accounting businesses in India, including direct negotiation of contracts with customers and vendors and advice on regulatory issues applicable to that business. Provide legal and compliance support to Wolters Kluwer's India-based internal software-development and business-support functions. Advise people managers and India-based Human-Resources teams on issues pertaining to Wolters Kluwer's 4,000 approx. employees in India and support Human Resource team on ensuring compliance with the Labour Codes in India. Manage external counsel supporting Wolters Kluwer's businesses in India, including in the context of regulatory compliance, commercial transactions, employment law and real estate; Work closely with contract managers, corporate secretary and compliance professionals in India to ensure effective and efficient support for those functions; Providing comprehensive legal counseling regarding a broad spectrum of corporate, commercial, and intellectual property matters impacting the businesses, including matters and legal issues related to on-premise and cloud-hosted software and software-related services. Counseling on regulatory and compliance matters impacting the businesses. Helping to educate the business teams about Wolters Kluwer's Code of Business Ethics and related policies, contracting forms, intellectual property rights and obligations, data privacy and data protection laws, commercial and legal risks and internal contract review and approval procedures. Developing an in-depth knowledge and understanding of Wolters Kluwer, its people, organization, markets, products, customers, competitors and regulatory environment, in order to identify trends and provide high level legal/commercial advice to the businesses. Supporting the implementation of, and ensuring compliance with, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, as well as other applicable laws, including information technology laws and regulations, pharmaceutical sector requirements, and the medical ethics code and medical regulations. Supporting litigation matters in India, including drafting legal notices, cease and desist/demand notices, responding to various legal documents, and preparing other related documentation, while advising the business on the most appropriate legal strategy and next steps. Drafting and reviewing a range of legal documents including service agreements, confidentiality agreements and technology agreements. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE : Candidates are required to have both a bachelor's degree in law from a highly regarded, nationally recognized educational institution and be fluent in English. The successful candidate will have a minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible corporate/commercial legal experience, preferably including experience with both a top-tier law firm and an established corporate law department. This experience should include negotiation of commercial contracts involving information technology, as well as support of a large workforce in India and advising managers and human-resources professionals on issues of labor and employment law. Experience with real-estate transactions also is desirable. ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES : Fluent in English Licensed to practice law in India. Strong intellect, excellent legal acumen and rigorous analytical skills, including : demonstrated proficiency in accurately evaluating, understanding and translating complex legal concepts, and converting that understanding into customary contractual terms or, when needed for enforcement or defense in contested situations, pleadings; the willingness, talent and capability to be both an effective hands-on lawyer and a proactive manager of teams that may include internal cross-disciplinary business managers and outside counsel; significant, substantive and up-to-date knowledge of a wide range of commercial, corporate, employment and intellectual property-related legal subject areas, with particular legal skill in dealing with the intersection of intellectual property and contractual law; and sound and well-respected legal and business judgment. Excellent legal drafting and negotiating skills, including competencies in : eliciting critical technical, financial and business information from diverse client constituencies (including business managers across all levels and positions/roles); understanding legal requirements and contractual provisions and their foreseeable, practic