Assistant Legal Counsel

Site Name: Bengaluru Luxor North Tower

Posted Date: Apr 23 2025

Role and Responsblities:
• Accountable for providing quality contracting support autonomously to the business. This includes providing analysis, drafting and counsel on transactions, including any related legal, policy, regulatory and compliance issues—integrating legal knowledge with sound business understanding and IT systems supporting contracting process.
• This role requires a broad-based provision of legal support and expertise in global IT , ITES, digital and AI transactions including but not limited to variety of contracts related to Software licensing, SAAS, IT Managed Services amongst others as may be required.
• Incumbent is expected to foresee any legal risk associated with the commercial contracts being supported and mitigate the same by taking appropriate measures including but not limited to referring to Playbook, adopting to pragmatic approach and any support required with line manager.
• Collaborate with and provide counsel to numerous relevant GSK stakeholders.
• The role can work on matters of higher complexity with greater support from their line manager or other relevant colleagues.
• Negotiate and draft other legal documents. Conduct research on various legal issues. Perform or support due diligence on proposed transactions.
• Review and interpret new or pending legislation and regulations impacting contracting to ensure compliance and share knowledge with the rest of the team.
• Familiarity with relevant GSK Policies and SOP’s and timely completing the mandatory trainings required for the role.
• Being aware of departmental guidance on best practices, processes, templates, clauses and playbooks.
• Familiarity with global privacy law and GDPR.
• Understands legal and financial risks and implications of contracts.
• Communicates directly with business clients and participate in general business meetings, teams and projects as required to provide timely, effective legal advice.If you have these skills, we would like to speak to you.
• Qualified lawyer with minimum 5 years’ experience in a law firm and/or in-house, including relevant experience in commercial contracting preferred.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as this position supports global business in different geographies.

Inclusion at GSK:

As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Please contact our Recruitment Team at IN.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com to discuss your needs.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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