Legal Counsel

Chennai, Tamil Nādu, Inde

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We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

Linxon helps cities grow, industries expand, and communities thrive by building a crucial part of the power transmission grid. Linxon offers engineering, procurement, management and construction services for execution of large, complex AC power substations including expansions and electrification in five main segments – power generation, railway, utilities, data centers, and battery energy storage. Our core values are Trust, Entrepreneurship, and Collaboration.

What will you do?

• As Legal Counsel in GETS, you will be supporting the global Legal team with a broad range of legal work, except for tax matters, across multiple jurisdictions (AMEA (including India), UK, Europe, and US).
• Review and/or negotiate complex contractual documents, RFPs/Tenders and other relevant legal documentation for local or international EPC projects
• Review of non-disclosure agreements, and other ancillary project related documentation
• Support the various Hub Legal leads on litigation and claims management
• Review and negotiate IT services procurement contracts, including SaaS, cloud-based solutions, software licensing, managed services, and technology support agreements; partner and advise the IT function accordingly
• Support the Data Protection Officer on managing data compliance tasks – e.g., maintaining the RoPA, coordinating DPIAs, providing ad-hoc advice to the business on GDPR compliance obligations, and monitoring of AI compliance
• Assist with legal operational matters such as horizon scanning and legal technology
• Conduct legal research on a wide range of legal topics (including, for example, corporate sustainability reporting requirements). This could be for the purpose of horizon scanning, or for a point of law that Legal needs to provide advice.
• Serve as effective Legal partner to the business, offering pragmatic legal advice and support on all legal-related queries/matters with the goal of managing contractual, legal, and regulatory risks

Experience, Education and other Required:

• A law graduate from a reputable university
• Admission to the Bar
• Private practice/in-house experience as a qualified lawyer (preferably international work environments)
• Possess a strong self-starter doer mindset, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Excellent work ethics and willingness to be challenged, grow, and develop
• Ability to pivot, context-switch, learn and master new domains of knowledge; versatility and eagerness to learn are key to excelling in this role
• Strong legal foundations in terms of having a firm grasp of legal concepts, drafting, negotiation, and research skills
• Diligent, meticulous, and detail-oriented
• Familiar with legal research tools such as Lexology or Practical Law
• Some experience in regulatory compliance work (particularly data/AI compliance) is a plus
• Need to be comfortable with researching different areas of law in different jurisdictions (e.g., interpreting laws and legal documents originating from various jurisdictions)
• Ability to work in fast-paced cross jurisdictional environments with strong communication and collaboration skills
• Possess commercial and legal acumen; adept at balancing competing considerations and exercising judgment
• Occasional travel may be required, within or outside India, based on business need
• Comfortable with supporting and working within a global team based in different parts of the world and in different time zones
• Excellent proficiency in English; other languages a plus

What we offer:

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and benefits,

• 20 days Privilege Leave, 13 days Emergency leave and 14 Public holidays per year.

• Medical Insurance, Life Insurance and Career Progression

• When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Linxon - we encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you'll see things our way, too.

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About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity.

Linxon's vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.

As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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