Manager - EM Legal
Role Overview
The Manager - Legal (EM) supports Sun Pharma's Emerging Markets business within the Legal and Intellectual Property function.
The role advises business leaders on commercial transactions, compliance, risk management, disputes, and cross-border activities.
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Role overview
The Manager - Legal (EM) supports Sun Pharma's Emerging Markets business within the Legal and Intellectual Property function.
The role advises business leaders on commercial transactions, compliance, risk management, disputes, and cross-border activities.
Location
- The listed location is Mumbai, Sun House.
Business development support
- Lead negotiations for business development contracts, MOUs, LOIs, project bids, tenders, and partnership agreements.
- Provide legal structuring for commercial models, joint ventures, collaboration agreements, and investment proposals.
- Ensure cross-border deals comply with regional laws, anti-corruption standards, and internal governance processes.
- Conduct legal due diligence for business proposals, distributors, agents, and strategic partners.
Contracting and commercial advisory
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial, distribution, supply, service, licensing, technology, procurement, quality, consultancy, clinical study, warehousing, and manufacturing agreements.
- Support market expansion initiatives, partner onboarding, and cross-border transactions.
- Provide clear, actionable legal advice that balances legal considerations with commercial objectives.
Regulatory, risk, and disputes
- Ensure adherence to regional laws and regulations relevant to Emerging Markets operations.
- Work with Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Market Research, Marketing, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, and HR teams to strengthen compliance frameworks.
- Identify legal risks and propose mitigation strategies for business decisions, transactions, and projects.
- Handle pre-litigation matters, manage external counsel, support dispute resolution, and maintain the Emerging Markets legal risk register.
Stakeholder management
- Serve as a key legal advisor to Emerging Markets business leaders.
- Partner with Business Development, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, HR, Operations, regional management, and global legal counterparts.
Policy and training
- Develop, update, and cascade internal policies, SOPs, and legal playbooks.
- Conduct legal awareness and compliance training across Emerging Markets teams.
Job requirements
- LLB qualification is required; LLM is preferable.
- 6-10 years of post-qualification experience, ideally in multinational corporations or reputed law firms.
- Pharmaceutical industry experience is preferable.
- Emerging Markets experience involving employment legislation, human resources, or labour law is an added advantage.
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