Senior Manager - Legal Litigation
Job Summary
Job Description
One 97 Communications Ltd. (Paytm) is a leading fintech company in India, providing a wide range of payment and financial services, including a robust digital platform for payments, bill payments, mobile recharges, and travel bookings. The litigation team manages pan-India litigation across various areas such as civil, consumer, labor, and arbitration, along with daily advisory to the business and coordination with law enforcement agencies. This role involves managing in-house litigation matters on a Pan India basis for the entire One97 group, requiring good legal knowledge, drafting of legal notices, written statements, replies, representations, presentations, and providing legal advice. Responsibilities include handling police complaints, court appearances, managing external counsel, risk management, coordinating with authorities, ensuring regulatory compliance, and conducting legal research. The ideal candidate will have strong drafting skills, negotiation skills, and trial experience.
Must have:
- Litigation Management and Control
- Good legal knowledge
- Drafting legal notices, statements, replies
- Handling police complaints/notices
- Managing external counsel
- Coordination with cross-functional teams
- Legal research
- Develop and implement litigation strategies
- Manage case files
- Excellent drafting skills
- Negotiation skills
- Strong trial experience
- Familiarity with court procedures
- LLB/LLM degree
Good to have:
- Experience in specific litigation areas (commercial, employment, IP)
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
Perks:
- Merit based culture
- Opportunity to work at scale
- Democratic setup
- Space for creativity
- Environment encouraging diverse perspectives
- Wealth creation opportunities
4 skills required
Job Details
About Us: One 97 Communications Ltd. (“Paytm”) is India's leading fintech company, engaged in providing a wide range of payment and financial services under the well-known brand ‘Paytm’. Paytm also operates a robust digital platform facilitating in-store payments, utility bill payments, mobile recharges, travel bookings, and more. Additionally, Paytm is active in mobile marketing and telecom-based value-added services, including SMS messaging solutions and content distribution infrastructure.
About the team: The litigation team manages pan India Litigation (i.e civil, consumer, labor, arbitration, etc. day to day Advisory to business, coordination with Law Enforcement Agency.
About the role: We are seeking the candidature of an effective & efficient individual in a managerial position, who would be aligned with the Litigation team and will be dealing with in-house Litigation matters on a Pan India basis, for the entire One97 group.
Expectations/ Requirements:
Litigation Management and Control.
Good legal Knowledge, Drafting of legal notices, written statements, replies, representations, presentations, and Legal advice on day-to-day operations.
Handling Police complaints/notices/letters, Court appearances on behalf of the Company.
Managing external counsel, Risk management, Coordinating and dealing with various authorities.
Coordination with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with all the prescribed regulatory norms.
Legal research and miscellaneous legal work. Draft and review pleadings, motions, and other court documents- Develop and implement litigation strategies- Manage case files and maintain accurate records.
Superpowers/ Skills that will help you succeed in this role
10- 12 years of work experience in handling litigation matters.
Minimum 4-5 years of experience working in-house in litigation.
Experience in specific areas of litigation (e.g., commercial, employment, intellectual property).
Familiarity with court procedures and rules.
Good interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and coordinate complex issues.
Attention to detail and the ability to work independently and efficiently.
Sound Knowledge of the Litigation process.
Excellent drafting skillsNegotiations skills.
Strong trial experience, Familiarity with court procedures and rules.
Education: Must be a graduate in LLB/LLM.
Why join us:
Merit based culture that thrives on self-motivated & driven individuals who are set out to make a successful career in India’s fastest growing Fintech Organization. Agile & democratic setup that gives space to your creativity, offers opportunity to work at scale coupled with an environment that encourages diverse perspective at all times.
Compensation:If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants – and we are committed to it. India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here. It’s your opportunity to be a part of the story!
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