About Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited is an Indian fashion retail company headquartered in Mumbai. ABFRL has a network of 3031+ stores with a presence across approximately 25,000 multi-brand outlets with 6,500+ points of sales in department stores across India.

About the Job Opportunity at Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd

ABFRL is seeking to hire a legal professional with 2-4 years of experience, for the role of Senior Executive-Legal. The Senior Executive-Legal will be reporting to the Senior General Manager.

The Executive will be responsible for owning and advising ABFRL business on mitigation of legal risks arising out of leasing of stores, franchisee management and Litigation for the South region, as well as to support regional counsel and their respective teams.

Role and Responsibilities

The role of the Job Opportunity at Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd extends to pan India for the entire ABFRL business. The laws/regulations whether relating to leasing, retail compliance, litigations, etc., vary from state to state that makes the decision making process complex.

Managing common legal regional teams to support businesses separately within the timelines that are often steep is also a challenge. Following are the operational challenges:

• Synergy in leasing and litigation processes between PT and MFL and ensure seamless support to both the businesses
• Resolve issues arising out of legal due diligence of properties proposed to be taken on leases that are escalated by regional legal counsel and play advisory service to cross-functional teams
• Review of legal risks arising out of Due diligence of properties conducted by external lawyers and recommend approval or rejection of property
• Negotiation of leases, CAM documents, Renewal of the lease, etc
• Provide SOPs for driving higher % of Registration of leases or any leasing requirement
• Negotiation  of costs with lawyers
• Prosecute the third party or defend MFL in all litigations pan India
• Advice on legal issues concerning the franchisee, landlords, etc.,
• Initiate or defend legal action (civil/criminal/labour/consumer).
• Resolution of cases of violation of legal and values-Filing of police complaints, advice on the process for disciplinary inquiry, etc
• Work with external counsel on the resolution of employee value violations cases
• Work with lawyers on strategizing actions to be taken in litigations

• Conduct training programs for creating awareness and Publishing Monthly Leasing dashboard
• Maintenance of database of leases of pan India on the legal portal for access to customers ( RBD, Finance, Brand Ops, etc)

Eligibility

• Education: Any graduate, Bachelor of Law
• Experience: 2-4 Years

Skills Required

• Litigation
• Due Diligence
• Legal Advice
• Corporate Law
• Corporate Governance
• Legal Writing

Location

Bangalore, Karnataka

Application Procedure

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