Urban Company (formerly known as Urban Clap) is looking to hire a strong candidate for the job role of Legal Counsel, for its office in Gurgaon (Gurugram).

About the Company
Urban Company (formerly known as Urban Clap) is an Indian gig marketplace that offers home installation, maintenance and repair services, and home beauty and wellness services. In 2014, the company was founded by Abhiraj Singh Bhal, Varun Khaitan and Raghav Chandra.
In March 2020, the company was servicing 22 locations within and outside India, had a network of 25,000 professionals, and was performing 800,000 service tasks every month.

About the Opportunity
The Urban Company is currently looking to hire a strong candidate to join their Legal team as a Legal Counsel. The incumbent will work with various internal teams (across geographies) to co-create solutions with them to strengthen Urban Company and mitigate all legal risk. He/She will also be required to strengthen and manage the company’s compliance processes.

Number of Vacancies
01 (One)

Roles and Responsibilities
  • Compliance and Corporate Governance – Manage and own compliances (ongoing business and Board level), policy drafting and implementation, resolution of issues from internal or external stakeholders including regulators
  • Dispute and litigation management – strategize and co-ordinate with the external counsel on any disputes (including pre-litigation and ADR), undertake organization-wide legal projects and manage it towards implementation and track ongoing adherence
  • Advisory & Contracting – Provide legal support on a range of corporate and commercial questions for specific verticals and categories, such as marketing, telecommunications and trust & safety among others
  • Cross functional risks – Assess and advise across practice areas such as FDI, competition, consumer and operational risks with respect the operation and expansion of the home and beauty categories in India and overseas
  • K&I – create and manage wide projects, knowledge repository and compliances of the company 
Eligibility Criteria
Lawyer with 5-7 years of post-qualification experience

Skills, Abilities, and Competencies
  • Prior experience with growth phase in-house teams and law firms
  • Prior experience with identifying and managing compliances from inception to closure
  • Relevant experience in: General corporate and commercial laws, Mergers and acquisitions, Investments, Dispute resolution, Compliance, Employment and labour laws (preferred, but not mandatory)
  • Prior experience with international law firms would be an added bonus
  • Prior experience with a listed company would be an added bonus
  • Ability to run mandates autonomously and with minimum supervision
  • Ability to strategise and assess potential risk
  • Ability to coordinate with different business teams, senior management, and external counsel on multiple mandates
  • Adaptive to changing needs of business and that of the legal landscape
  • Be a great team player – your legal advice and solutions will be based on a deep understanding of your internal client’s needs
  • Always be aware of the essential corporate function that the legal team undertakes
  • Be decisive – a fast-growing business needs people who can take decisions quickly
  • Excellent communication and drafting skills
  • Attention to detail
Location
Gurgaon (Gurugram), Haryana

How to Apply?


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