Head of Legal, India

Leadership & Strategy: Provision of highquality, timely, and commercially focused legal advice to the Hyderabad management team, with significant handson experience in Indian employment law, commercial contracting, and company secretarial matters alongside broader corporate, governance, and disputerelated issues.Partner closely with functional managers to ensure a consistent approach to goal setting, performance reviews, promotions, development discussions, and the annual talent review and compensation process.Drive talent acquisition, development, and retention strategies in collaboration with the local HR team and functional managers.Foster a culture of accountability and partnership to resolve issues, address action items, and ensure adherence to company policies.Develop and maintain strong strategic partnerships and collaborate with leaders across all functions within India.Functional Excellence: Act as the primary point of contact for daytoday legal queries under Indian law, providing practical, timely advice to business, HR, Finance, and Operations teams.Provide handson legal support across the employee lifecycle, including hiring, disciplinary actions, performance management, investigations, terminations, and interpretation and implementation of HR policies and local labor laws.Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on routine and recurring commercial agreements governed by Indian law including vendor, consulting, IT, lease, confidentiality, and services agreements.Perform and oversee company secretarial, governance, and statutory compliance activities for IIPL as a core BAU responsibility, including board and committee processes, statutory filings, maintenance of corporate records, and coordination with external advisors.Ensure that daytoday legal support is delivered in line with Indian regulatory requirements while remaining consistent with Invescos global legal and compliance standards.Ensure productive relationships with regulators (where applicable), IIPL stakeholders and functional managers by demonstrating superior responsiveness, accountability and client service.Coordinate with the Compliance department to ensure proper r .