Adani Natural ResourcesAhmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaOn-siteFull-time5–9 years
Listing expiry: 23 October 2026
About the role
Role Overview
The Associate Manager – Legal role involves managing legal matters for the trading business, including litigation, arbitration, commercial contracts, and regulatory compliance. The position supports business stakeholders through dispute resolution, contract negotiation, legal advisory, risk mitigation, and coordination with external counsel and regulatory authorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage arbitration, litigation, recovery, contractual, commercial, and regulatory disputes across India.
- Draft, review, and finalise pleadings, including claims, counterclaims, written statements, replies, rejoinders, affidavits, applications, appeals, and legal notices.
- Coordinate with external counsel, law firms, and advocates and represent business interests before courts, tribunals, and arbitral forums.
- Develop dispute resolution strategies, conduct legal research, assess risks, and provide legal opinions to management.
- Maintain litigation management information systems, case trackers, legal budgets, and advocate bills, and provide timely updates on ongoing matters.
- Draft, review, vet, and negotiate domestic and international commercial contracts and agreements.
- Provide legal support for trade, procurement, supply, service, consultancy, non-disclosure agreements, memoranda of understanding, and other business contracts.
- Advise stakeholders on contractual risks, liabilities, indemnities, claims, dispute resolution mechanisms, and risk mitigation.
- Review and negotiate charter party agreements, vessel hiring agreements, shipping contracts, freight agreements, and logistics-related documentation.
- Manage the contract lifecycle, including execution, amendments, renewals, terminations, and regulatory compliance.
- Advise on sanctions compliance, anti-bribery and anti-corruption regulations, international trade laws, and other regulatory requirements.
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, including the Contract Act, Arbitration Act, Companies Act, commercial laws, and maritime laws.
- Liaise with government authorities, regulators, statutory bodies, and external agencies on legal and compliance matters.
- Identify legal, regulatory, and commercial risks and recommend mitigation strategies to safeguard business interests.
- Conduct compliance reviews and legal awareness sessions and provide proactive legal support on emerging regulatory developments.
Qualifications & Experience
- Essential: LLB from a reputed institution.
- Desired: LLM.
- 5 to 9 years of post-qualification experience (PQE).
- Candidates from the trading, logistics, or infrastructure sectors are desirable.
- Experience managing large contracts and commercial disputes is required.