Assistant Manager – Legal

Job Description

Job Description

Zycus is looking out for an Assistant Manager – Legal who is a trained and specialized Lawyer.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Drafting & vetting of various Commercial Contracts such as Vendor agreements, Software as Service contracts, Business Agreements, Alliance agreements, Product License Agreements, MOU’s, Letter of intent, Non-Disclosure agreements, Teaming agreement, Reseller agreement, Master
• Services agreement, across various regions like India, US, Europe, Australia etc.
• Negotiating Contracts with attorney and concluding Legal documentation thereof
• Draft and maintain various agreement templates.
• Collaboration with legal team and product team members in guidance of Legal team: for infringement study of software product features in guidance of Legal team, getting patentable ideas for drafting and filing patents in India and US. Searching of USPTO patent database and interpreting claims and specifications of US patents.
• Understanding facts of legal issues and draft legal notice and other replies.
• To research on various laws across different regions like India, US, Europe, Australia etc.
• Managing company secretarial work by collaborating with outsourced Company secretary
• Compliance of GDPR and other Laws related to the Company

Requirements

• Candidate should be a graduate/postgraduate in law. Graduation or certification in IPR related Laws will be an added advantage.
• Exposure to US, EU and other region Contract laws, GDPR and IP laws. Exposure to other international contract law or specialization in contracts / commercial law and US patent laws would be desirable.
• Excellent skill of using standard and advanced features of Microsoft Word for reviewing and drafting contracts.
• At least 3 or more years’ experience in a similar function with a Software/IT company.
• Exposure in a global services organization would be of advantage.
• Experience of catering to the internal customer’s queries operating in different time zones.

Job Requirement

• Should have passion in the field of Law and willing to stretch on work.
• Passionate to know about new technologies, data privacy laws, IP related work.
• Demonstrated (hands on experience) in contract drafting, good negotiation, and execution skills i.e. ability to draft, negotiate contracts.
• Strong communication skills and good command over English (both oral and written) and the ability to communicate legal issues and solutions in an articulate, precise and effective manner.
• Should have excellent research, analytical skills and should be able to exercise judgment and discretion to opine on compliance/ legal issues effectively.
• Experience in drafting, negotiating software as service /IT contracts, understanding of SaaS based and cloud based technologies would be a plus.
• A good understanding and application of, US,EU and other region Contract laws, GDPR, US patent laws and other international laws, Intellectual
• Property Laws such as the Patent Laws, Copyright Act & Rules & the Trade Marks Act and rules. Knowledge of E-commerce.
• Good organizational and interpersonal skills, including ability to work effectively within a team and a fast-paced dynamic business environment.
  Leverages business understanding / functional expertise to deliver value to customer.
  Anticipates potential barriers and develops alternate strategies; formulates an informed action plan to solve the problem.
  Personal integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality and to be a trusted member within the legal/compliance team.