JOB POST: Tata Steel Is Hiring a Legal Counsel In Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India.

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About the Organisation

Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes per annum. It is one of the world’s most geographically-diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world. The group (excluding SEA operations) recorded a consolidated turnover of US $19.7 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2020. A Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM organisation, Tata Steel Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 65,000. Tata Steel has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked amongst top 5 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016. Besides being a member of ResponsibleSteelTM and worldsteel’s Climate Action Programme, Tata Steel has won several awards and recognitions including the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Kalinganagar Plant – a first in India, and Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17. The Company, ranked as India’s most valuable Metals & Mining brand by Brand Finance, received the ‘Honourable Mention’ at the National CSR Awards 2019, Steel Sustainability Champion 2019 by worldsteel, CII Greenco Star Performer Award 2019, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2020 from Ethisphere Institute, Best Risk Management Framework & Systems Award (2020) by CNBC TV-18, and Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 by ICAI, among several others.

About the Job Opportunity

To handle litigation arising out of indirect taxes especially GST cases at the level of adjudicating authority and appellate authority (Commissioner (Appeal)). To do legal analysis of the statutory provisions, notifications and circulars pertaining to excise, service tax and customs

Job Responsibilities:

a) Coordination with internal and external agencies:

1. To coordinate and interact with the Indirect Taxes CoE for analysing the issues involved in the show cause notices for preparation of defence reply or appeal, as the case may be. If SCN/appeal has reference to out locations then interact with F&A of such out location.

2. Gather information/data required for analysing the issue in dispute and for drafting reply to SCN or appeal, as the case may be.

3. Coordinate with Advocates/law firms for managing the litigation.

b) Legal analysis:

1. To do extensive legal research with the help of electronic/online research tools for developing the contentions to be incorporated in the reply to the SCNs/appeal.

2. Remain updated with the development in indirect tax law. Support team of Indirect Taxation, Legal (I&L) with: (i) latest case laws, notifications and circulars on the subject.

(ii) legal research for preparing in house opinions.

c) Drafting :

1. Draft reply to Show cause notices and petition for appeal, as the case may be.

2. Where the preparation of reply/appeal petition has to be referred to an external agency then support such external agency with well researched note prepared on the basis of legal and factual inputs collected in the aforesaid manner.

d) Represent TSL before adjudicating authority and Appellate Authorities (Commissioner (Appeal) & CESTAT)

To argue the case before adjudicating authority and appellate authority (Commissioner (Appeal), if required.

e) Interaction with Law firms and Advocates:

1. Take initiative in briefing the counsels.

2. Support the counsel with notes on issues referred to him containing the factual and legal aspects of the matter.

Eligibility & Qualifications:

LLB (5 years course) or LLB (3 years course)
Should have actively handled GST litigations for at least 3 years.
Should be well acquainted with hierarchy of GST, Excise and service tax authorities and have practical exposure to procedures involved in adjudication and appellate proceedings relating to GST, excise and service tax cases.
The candidate should be well versed with statutes pertaining to GST, Central Excise and service tax and the rules issued thereunder regarding convert credit, valuation, filings of appeals, tariff etc.
Knowledge of allied laws like CPC, IPC, Cr PC, Indian Evidence Act, Indian Contract Act etc.
Should be able to effectively brief the Advocates.
Must have good analytical and drafting skills.
The candidate should have good inter-personal & communication skill and should be able to mentor the sub-ordinate colleagues.
The person should be self-motivated with high desire to get the result.
Should be computer savvy (Excel, PPT etc.)