Razorpay was founded by Shashank Kumar and Harshil Mathur in 2014. Razorpay is building a new-age digital banking hub (Neobank) for businesses in India with the mission is to enable frictionless banking and payments experiences for businesses of all shapes and sizes. What started as a B2B payments company is processing billions of dollars of payments for lakhs of businesses across India.
We are a full-stack financial services organisation, committed to helping Indian businesses with comprehensive and innovative payment and business banking solutions built over robust technology to address the entire length and breadth of the payment and banking journey for any business. Over the past year, we've disbursed loans worth millions of dollars in loans to thousands of businesses. In parallel, Razorpay is reimagining how businesses manage money by simplifying business banking (via Razorpay X) and enabling capital availability for businesses (via Razorpay Capital).
The Role:
The Associate Manager - Litigation will play a crucial role in managing and supporting the company's litigation portfolio. This position requires a seasoned professional with a strong background in litigation, capable of handling diverse legal matters efficiently and effectively. The ideal candidate will possess a thorough understanding of Indian legal procedures, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to work independently while contributing to a team. This role demands a proactive approach to litigation management, ensuring compliance with legal standards and minimizing legal risks. A critical component of this role is the ability to communicate effectively in Kannada, as the position will involve interactions with local authorities and stakeholders.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Litigation Management:
- Manage and oversee all stages of litigation, from pre-litigation to post-judgment, including drafting pleadings, conducting legal research, and preparing for hearings.
- Develop and implement litigation strategies to achieve favorable outcomes.
- Monitor and track litigation progress, ensuring timely responses and adherence to deadlines.
- Coordinate with external counsel, providing necessary information and guidance.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all litigation matters.
- Legal Research and Analysis:
- Conduct in-depth legal research on relevant laws, regulations, and precedents.
- Analyze legal documents and provide clear and concise legal opinions.
- Stay abreast of changes in legislation and case law that may impact the company's legal position.
- Documentation and Reporting:
- Prepare and review legal documents, including contracts, agreements, and notices.
- Generate regular reports on litigation status and outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures.
- Stakeholder Communication:
- Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, external counsel, and regulatory authorities.
- Represent the company in legal proceedings and negotiations.
- Communicate with local authorities and stakeholders in Kannada.
Mandatory Skills and Qualifications:
- Mandatory Skills:
- Proven experience in litigation management, preferably in a corporate setting.
- In-depth knowledge of Indian civil and criminal procedural laws.
- Excellent drafting and legal research skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Effective communication and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work independently 1 and as part of a team.
- Proficiency in Kannada (reading, writing, and speaking) is essential.
- Comfortable with extensive travel, as the role requires visiting multiple states to appear before courts, police, and regulatory authorities. This is a non-negotiable requirement.
- Proficient in MS office suite.
- Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized university.
- 6-7 years of experience in litigation.
- Enrollment with a State Bar Council.
- Any post graduate legal degree is a plus.
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka
Razorpay believes in and follows an equal employment opportunity policy that doesn't discriminate on gender, religion, sexual orientation, colour, nationality, age, etc. We welcome interests and applications from all groups and communities across the globe.
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Power your finance, grow your business.
Razorpay is India’s first full-stack financial solutions company. We are on a mission to enhance the payment experience of over 300 million end consumers. And in doing so, we aim to enable Indian businesses - big and small - accept payments digitally with minimal effort and maximum ease.
Razorpay has grown from being a payment gateway provider to a solutions-driven organization boasting of an extensive products suite to accept and disburse payments as well as raise capital and park money. In a nutshell, we fit into every nook and corner where your business touches money.
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We identify ourselves as disruptors in the digital payments space and our vision is to power the financial ecosystem for other disruptors. Like attracts like and Razorpay actively looks to partner with established companies and startups that have either broken the glass ceiling in their industry or are set to.
The Razorpay Product Suite today comprises verticals, along with Payment Gateway, like Payment Links, Payment Pages, Subscriptions, Smart Collect, Route, Razorpay Capital, RazorpayX, Payroll and Thirdwatch.
Razorpay was started in 2014 by two IIT Roorkee alumni, Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar. Just a short few years later, Razorpay has evolved into a 800-odd strong organization with some of the best talents in the country helping some of the best companies manage their money movement seamlessly.
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We are a bunch of spirited, ambitious and fun folks. And no, we’re not saying this ourselves--leading institutions have recognized Razorpay for the high trust and high-performance culture that we maintain.
Our strength lies in the people we are and we go to great lengths to nurture a family of coders, designers, sellers, marketers, analysts, writers, runners, photographers, gamers, tinkerers, and above all, people who are dreamers and doers at the same time. Be a part of our exciting journey.
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