Legal Counsel - Alleima India Pvt. Ltd.

LocationPune, India

About Us

Alleima India Private Limited is looking for a business minded, experienced and socially confident Legal Counsel to strengthen our global Legal Support team with focus on India. In addition, this position will also occasionally support Alleima’s other offices and facilities in Dubai, UAE and potentially other Southeast Asian countries. This is a versatile position right in the center of our multinational business, where you get the chance to combine your interest in legal and regulatory matters, business, and collaboration in a truly global setting, and together with an amazing team of dedicated colleagues.

Alleima was formerly Sandvik Materials Technology, a business area segment within the Sandvik Group. As of August 31, 2022, Alleima became a standalone company publicly traded on the Swedish NASDAQ (Stockholm) stock exchange. We have an exciting portfolio that holds some of the strongest brands in the market as a world-leading manufacturer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys and heating systems for the most demanding industries. In 2024, Alleima had around 6,500 employees globally and a total revenue of approx. 1.8 billion USD.

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The job - empowering the business to make confident decisions

Legal Support is responsible for enabling the business to take informed and balanced decisions across all legal disciplines worldwide by providing qualitative legal advice and proactively assessing and mitigating key risks of our business. Your primary focus and responsibility would be India, where we have our head office and R&D center in Pune, Maharashtra and manufacturing units in Mehsana, Gujarat and Hosur, Tamil Nadu. In addition, this position will also occasionally support Alleima’s other offices and facilities in Dubai, UAE and potentially other Southeast Asian countries. This requires accuracy, strong integrity and solid business understanding, as well as proficiency across many legal, regulatory and compliance disciplines. Besides providing legal advice in relation to drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements, an important part of your job is to ensure that we stay compliant with legal and regulatory requirements and applicable laws, as well as advice on competition and anti-bribery legislations, employment law, trade and public policy matters and dispute resolution. This includes implementation of relevant policies and procedures, as well as management of legal training and legal risk management of agreements.

Joining our team means working with competent and supportive colleagues around the globe, an interesting multinational network and a feedback-friendly, flexible and collaborative team aiming to add true value to the business. With a lot of freedom to shape your work, you develop your own career path. You report to the Alleima Head of Legal Support. This role would be based out of our India head office in Pune, Maharashtra. Travel between our sites in India and some domestic and international travel is a natural part of the job.

Your responsibilities are as follows:

• Solid experience to independently handle (draft, review and negotiate) all types of commercial contracts and tender conditions in Alleima’s business.  

• Guide and advice on distribution and agency set-ups.

• Advise on legal disputes and handle litigation/arbitration matters.

• Advise on real estate issues and construction projects.

• Advise on various internal policies of Alleima.

• Draft legal opinions and risk assessment reports as and when required.

• Track legal and regulatory updates and share important updates with the legal team.

• General legal advice to business and other legal matters as required.

• Work with external legal counsel on specific matters ranging from litigation to expert advice requests within expected cost constraints.

• Advice on labour/employment law matters.

• Advice and support on various regulatory matters, such as trade compliance, import/export restrictions, sanctions and embargoes, antitrust and industry standards (BIS).

• Being conversant with various norms and regulations applicable to the steel industry.

• Advice on anti-trust/competition, data privacy and anti-bribery legislations.

• Continue current initiatives to develop global sales templates, training and processes to complement the sales process.

• Experience with mergers and acquisitions is an asset.

About You

We place great value on your personal qualities, characterized by your practical, analytical and decisive mindset, your strong integrity and the ability to get things done.

You are self-motivated and take initiatives, and as a true team player, you thrive on helping us grow.

Gaining trust is key in your job, and you do this by building long-term relationships and by offering advice and guidance based on legal experience, sound judgment and thorough business understanding.

Qualifications And Experience

• You possess a Bachelor of Law (LL.B)  degree in India and at least 8 – 10 years’ work experience preferably gained in-house with a multi-national company and/or with a leading law firm.

• Experience of analysis of complex issues.  Attention to detail, ability to communicate in a concise and lucid manner and willingness to marshal the relevant facts is important. Excellent English, additional languages are an advantage. 

• You have the legal experience needed to act independently and to find legally adequate solutions to various situations, as well as a keen interest to further deepen your knowledge within legal areas and the business, of particular importance.

Our Culture 

At Alleima, we are technology-driven, innovative and entrepreneurial. Success is a team effort, and we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. So, we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our differences. 

Additional Information

How to Apply:

Alleima employee may upload updated profile in Workday through own login and apply or refer a candidate against the JR No. R0038890, no later than March 5, 2025.

Or

Please send your application by registering on our site Open jobs — Alleima and uploading your CV against the JR No. R0038890, no later than March 5, 2025.

For further information about this position, please contact:

Prateek Shete, [email protected]

For further information about the recruitment process, please contact:

Amita Patil, Recruiter, [email protected]