AddressAbout Company
More Retail is one of India's largest and fastest-growing Omni Channel Food & Grocery retailers. MRPL is committed to building India's most customer-obsessed business with the world's best omnichannel food and grocery experience and all of this on a massive scale.
Purpose of the Role
This incumbent will be responsible for managing and supervising the entire legal portfolio for North region.
Principal Responsibilities
- Legal due diligence, title verification to take the properties suitable to the business on lease basis and leave and license basis.
- Drafting of Lease deeds, Leave and License Agreements and various underlying contracts and agreements to secure the interest of the company.
- Understanding business requirements and negotiating the contract terms with internal stake holders and third parties with a view to finalize and close the agreements within set timelines.
- Litigation management for the Region including MIS, vetting and drafting of pleadings, affidavits, notices, reply to notices etc
- Engage advocates, brief and co-ordinate with advocates and internal business departments for ongoing litigation matters/upcoming including Civil Suits, Section-138 NI Act, legal recoveries, FSSAI matters, Legal Metrology cases, consumer cases, other civil and criminal cases, maintaining trackers and reporting the same to management.
- Attending litigation matters before courts, Arbitration proceedings and handle other civil and criminal matters in courts, tribunals, before Adjudicating Officers and before statutory bodies etc.
- Supervising litigation to ensure speedy closure of cases by jointly formulating strategies/ arguments in close coordination with external counsels
- Responsible for closure of all Legal and statutory issues and requirements of the region including monitoring of compliances and license requirements under FSSA, LMA etc in collaboration with compliance team.
- Handling all notices in drafting representations and issuing or replying to the noitces received from vendors or from Statutory bodies like FSSA, LMA etc.
- Interpreting and providing legal opinion on applicable laws, Legal and statutory requirements to enable smooth functioning of business, advising business on various compliances with recent updates on the applicable laws.
- Drafting and vetting various commercial contracts pertaining to supplier, vendor, confidentiality contracts, lease deeds, rent agreements, Settlement agreements, Assignment Agreement, and other property related documents.
- Working closely and effectively with business team and with senior management team to understand their needs and assist them in negotiating contracts with third parties.
- Providing legal support and day to day legal advice to internal stakeholders
- Ensuring compliances FSSAI, LMA and other statutory Compliances for the business.
- Ensure to abreast with laws related to IP, IB Code, RTI Act, commercial laws and amendments to existing laws from time to time.
Knowledge/ Education
- A graduate with LLB/LLM background
- 8+ years of experience post degree in Law is necessary
Values
- Collaboration
- Customer Obsession
- Frugality
- Innovation
- Grit
- Integrity
- Growing Talent
