Legal Counsel, Litigation, Legal and Compliance
Job Description
Title: Legal Counsel, Litigation, Legal and Compliance
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ LLB from any reputed public/private university
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Monitor litigation to be filed or are pending before the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (High Court Division and Appellate Division) and coordinate with external counsel engaged for expeditious conclusion with minimal legal costs and risk.
∎ Monitor litigation related to staff cases to be filed or are pending at different courts and tribunals and coordinate with litigation team for expeditious conclusion with minimal legal risk.
∎ Draft and review pleadings and documents related to litigation/arbitration (including compromise and settlement) and pre-litigation documents (including legal notice, reply to legal notice, intellectual property infringement notices, and others).
∎ Draft, review and give legal opinions on proposals for legal action and existing litigation, compliant with laws and internal policies/procedures, with proactive measures and approaches to reduce legal exposure and legal risks, and optimal recovery and protection of legal interests.
∎ Maintain litigation information in litigation databases, ensuring input of current and updated information.
∎ Draft, review, conduct legal research, prepare legal memorandum and give legal opinions on laws, legal claims, legal issues (including employment issues) and internal organisational documents, identifying potential legal risks, assessing the issues impacting legal risk and possible mitigations.
∎ Learn and perform other department jobs including potential/existing litigation matters, operation/maintenance of case management database, compliance related tasks etc.
∎ Visit and make representations, as necessary, field offices, branches, courts, tribunals and other dispute resolution forums, govt. offices, law chambers, enterprises and other places as assigned.
∎ Communicate among Head Office department staff and with Field Office department staff as necessary, on responsibilities and tasks assigned.
∎ Provide reports on a regular basis and as directed or requested, on legal services and tasks assigned.
∎ Understand and ensure compliance with organisational policies and procedures.
∎ Maintain confidentiality when preparing, sharing and storage of information and documents.
∎ Any other task assigned by the supervisor and department time to time.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Knowledge on identifying legal issues, alternative solutions and good at drafting of pleadings.
∎ Sound knowledge on assessment and mitigation of legal, regulatory, reputational and ethical issues and independently update relevant legal issues.
∎ Good knowledge of laws related to negotiable instruments, employment, contract, commercial, administrative and intellectual property also sources of laws and regulations, methods of legal research and statutory interpretation.
∎ Excellent knowledge and understanding of legal system, litigation, dispute resolution processes and remedies in Bangladesh.
∎ Good business understanding, having accountability, self-management, analysis and reasoning, problem solving skills.
∎ Should have good communication skills in both Bangla and English.
∎ Strong networks in legal community.
∎ Sound knowledge on computer proficiency.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and life Insurance and others.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 May 2022
Company Information:
∎ 22 May 2022
∎ BRAC
∎ Address : BRAC Centre, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212
∎ Web : www.brac.net
∎ Business : BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Category: NGO/Development
: BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners and the community have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation. We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin or socio-economic condition. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender- diverse individuals and people with disabilities. Any personal persuasion will result in disqualification of candidature.
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 29th May 2022
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