Insurance Senior Specialist

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Litigation Management
• Manage and defend all ongoing and future litigation matters across India and the Indian Subcontinent.
• Develop litigation strategies, assess legal risks, and drive cost-effective dispute resolution and settlements.
• Coordinate with external counsels, advocates, and senior advocates across courts and tribunals.
• Review legal pleadings, petitions, replies, and case documentation.
• Maintain litigation repositories, case records, and reporting systems.
• Handle debt recovery matters, legal notices, dunning letters, and responses to regulatory notices.
• Represent the organization before regulatory and investigating authorities, including Customs, DRI, CBI, Police, CESTAT, and other government bodies.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, business rules, and global litigation reporting requirements.
• Contract Management & M&A
• Draft, review, negotiate, and vet commercial contracts related to logistics, freight forwarding, warehousing, customs clearance, transportation, procurement, leasing, and other business operations.
• Handle agreements including NDAs, indemnities, bank guarantees, RFQs/RFPs, service agreements, and vendor/customer contracts.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, divestments, slump sales, and share purchase transactions.
• Ensure contractual compliance with internal governance policies and regulatory requirements.
• Provide legal guidance to business teams on contractual and commercial matters.
• Government & Regulatory Liaison
• Liaise with government departments, regulatory authorities, and statutory bodies as required.
• Manage documentation, regulatory submissions, approvals, and follow-ups with relevant authorities.
• Claims & Insurance Management
• Oversee claims handling, registration, processing, and reporting.
• Coordinate with insurers and internal stakeholders on insurance-related matters.
• Review insurance clauses in contracts and provide legal advice.
• Maintain claims databases and filing systems for effective tracking and reporting.

Qualifications & Experience

• LL.B. / LL.M. from a recognized university.
• 10–15+ years of experience in litigation, contracts, compliance, and corporate legal matters.
• Strong exposure to logistics, freight forwarding, supply chain, transportation, or related industries preferred.
• Experience handling M&A transactions and commercial contract negotiations.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Key Competencies
• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Commercial Contracting
• Corporate & Regulatory Compliance
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Claims & Insurance Management
• Debt Recovery
• Government Liaison
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation