SUN PHARMAMumbai Metropolitan RegionOn-siteFull-time6–10 years
Listing expiry: 18 October 2026
About the role
Role Overview
Provide legal and commercial advisory support for business development and operations across emerging markets. The role involves negotiating and managing commercial agreements, advising on cross-border transactions, strengthening regulatory compliance, managing legal risks and disputes, and supporting business leaders with practical, risk-based legal advice.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead legal negotiations for business development contracts, memoranda of understanding, letters of intent, project bids, tenders, and partnership agreements.
- Structure commercial models, joint ventures, collaboration agreements, and investment proposals from a legal perspective.
- Ensure cross-border transactions comply with applicable regional laws, anti-corruption standards, and internal governance requirements.
- Conduct legal due diligence on business proposals, distributors, agents, and strategic partners.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements covering distribution, supply, services, licensing, confidentiality, technology, procurement, quality, consultancy, clinical studies, warehousing, contract manufacturing, recruitment, digital services, settlements, and other business arrangements.
- Support market expansion, partner onboarding, and cross-border transactions while balancing legal requirements with commercial objectives.
- Ensure compliance with laws and regulations applicable to operations in emerging markets.
- Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Market Research, Marketing, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, and other functions to strengthen compliance frameworks.
- Identify legal risks, recommend mitigation strategies, handle pre-litigation matters, manage external counsel, and support dispute resolution.
- Conduct contract risk assessments and maintain a legal risk register for emerging markets.
- Act as a key legal adviser to business leaders and build relationships with regional management and global legal teams.
- Develop and update internal policies, standard operating procedures, and legal playbooks.
- Deliver legal awareness and compliance training to relevant teams.
Qualifications & Experience
- LLB qualification required; an LLM is preferable.
- 6–10 years of post-qualification experience, ideally in multinational corporations or reputed law firms.
- Pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred.
- Experience working with Human Resources, business leaders, and external counsel across emerging markets to support employment-law compliance is an added advantage.
- Experience advising on employment and labour law matters across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America is an added advantage.
- Ability to provide practical, risk-based legal advice that balances business objectives with evolving labour laws in emerging economies.
Additional Details
- The role covers legal and intellectual property functions supporting emerging markets.