Legal Executive

Overview

About the Role

Responsibilities

• **Contract Management:**
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements:
• Container leasing agreements
• Transport & haulage contracts
• Vendor/Transporter agreements
• Storage/yard agreements
• Shipping line contracts
• Customer service agreements (CSA/SLAs)
• **Claims, Disputes & Litigation:**
• Handle vessel claims in addition to container claims.
• Handle demurrage/detention disputes with customers and shipping lines.
• Manage container damage claims (cleaning, repair charges).
• Coordinate with external lawyers on litigation, arbitration, and recovery matters.
• Support operations teams during disputes on shortages, misdeclaration, accidents, or cargo contamination.
• Maintain MIS for all open and closed cases.
• **Support to Operations & Business Teams:**
• Provide legal guidance on container repairs, vendor liabilities, loss/damage disputes, and insurance claims.
• Review operational SOPs, ensuring legal safeguards are included.
• Work with procurement to legally vet all vendor onboardings.
• Review customer credit terms, penalty clauses, and payment risks.
• Support business development with compliant contract templates and proposal review.
• **Risk Mitigation & Policy Development:**
• Identify legal risks across container operations, CFS/ICD processes, and transport networks.
• Draft internal regulations, DoA (Delegation of Authority), and risk-control processes.
• Conduct legal training for Ops/Commercial teams on documentation standards and liabilities.
• Ensure company assets (containers, yards, equipment) are legally protected.

Qualifications

• LLB or BA LLB mandatory
• Proven expertise in managing cargo liability matters
• 6–8 years of experience in logistics, shipping, container leasing, freight forwarding, or related domain
• Experience managing contracts, compliance, and claims in a logistics environment.
• Knowledge of legal compliance with regards to SOLAS, MARPOL, MLC, flag state requirements etc.
• Exposure to arbitration, negotiation, and vendor/customer dispute management

Required Skills

• Proven expertise in managing cargo liability matters
• Experience managing contracts, compliance, and claims in a logistics environment.
• Knowledge of legal compliance with regards to SOLAS, MARPOL, MLC, flag state requirements etc.
• Exposure to arbitration, negotiation, and vendor/customer dispute management

Preferred Skills

• 6–8 years of experience in logistics, shipping, container leasing, freight forwarding, or related domain
• Pay range and compensation package
• Not specified in the provided job description.

Equal Opportunity Statement