Job Description

Summary

As a member of Legal team, you will be supporting the legal and commercial activities of GE\xe2\x80\x99s Steam Power business; interfacing with legal, compliance and secretarial professionals and contract managers in GE Steam Power and the broader GE.

Your Role:

• Assisting in managing disputes (litigation & arbitration) in Steam Power business in India, including supervising outside counsel, maintaining trackers and records for litigation matters as needed;
• Attending court hearings, reviewing of pleadings, assisting the legal counsel, attending briefing conferences.
• Working with business stakeholders to draft, review and finalize, a wide range of commercial contracts, especially with vendors of the Steam Power Business in India;
• Assisting in dealing with commercial claims from vendors/customers, advising on legal issues arising from such claims and putting into action the next steps;
• Provide legal advisory to internal teams on varied day to day issues;
• Assisting bid management teams in managing legal documentation for bids etc.;
• Work with the manager on legal practice standards initiative, on planning and executing department processes and budgets, improvements and training.
• Assisting stakeholders in GE Steam business in India on project compliance related issues, from time to time, including management of labour related issues.
• Additional responsibilities may include management of administrative tools for legal costs & budget in the region.
• Assist the reporting manager to structure, draft, negotiate and advise on a wide range of legal matters in India, from standard commercial contracts to advising on ongoing project related commercial and compliance issues.

Basic Qualifications(requirements):

• Degree in Law, qualified to practice in India
• 2 to 3 years of experience with a law firm and/or corporate legal department of a reputed business organization.
• Litigation experience is a must.
• Experience in dispute resolution (litigation and/or arbitration) for commercial contracts, with experience and ability to assess underlying commercial claims on merits.

Desired Qualifications: Experience & strong skills in drafting and reviewing commercial contracts is important, previous exposure to the power sector would be desirable. Experience in dealing with labour compliances would be an added advantage.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No