Grade: L2
Location: Islamabad
Last date to apply: 18 July 2025
What is Legal Counsel Litigation (HQ)?
This position is responsible for reviewing company records and advising on litigation strategy and options. It involves rendering legal opinions and handling litigation for the company and all its subsidiaries, covering civil, commercial, and regulatory matters before all relevant forums, including courts of law and regulatory bodies. In addition, this role will also be responsible for reviewing, drafting, and providing legal opinions on matters related to the company’s digital ventures, ensuring legal risk mitigation and compliance in the evolving digital landscape.
The role reports to Senior Legal Counsel Regulatory Litigation.
What does Legal Counsel Litigation (HQ) do?
- Liaison with internal stakeholders and external Legal Consultants/counsels for efficient filing/defending court cases/complaints/legal notices, etc. to better watch the interest of the Company and its subsidiaries.
- Liaise with Regulatory authorities as and when required.
- Draft and respond to legal notices/complaints and also prepare other legal documents after seeking necessary inputs from peer departments in consultation with line manager.
- Report your cases and litigious matters through weekly updates and appearing with external legal counsel in court where necessary or so desired by your line manager/peer department.
- Draft written statements/para-wise comments/applications etc. for courts related documents in litigious matters.
- Coordinate and liaise with peer departments and external counsels for smooth sharing of information required for contesting/defending the court cases.
- Provide legal advice/assistance to internal Departments on matters pertaining to interpretation of statutes, regulations, license conditions and agreements.
- Support in regulatory matters to Corporate Regulatory Affairs and provide necessary co-ordination to regulatory bodies wherever needed.
- Provide legal assistance on contract related matters and various commercial project initiative by the Company.
- Handle litigation portals of the company and interact with Group Legal for important legal matters.
- Provide legal advice on arrangements and legal framework on insurance, entertainment, fintech, AdTech, and other technological initiatives, etc.
- Assist the company in various initiative for digital transformation.
- Perform record keeping, update litigation portals and prepare litigation reports.
- Build conducive working environment for engaged and committed team.
Jazz is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support, and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Requirements
What are we looking for and what does it require to be Legal Counsel Litigation (HQ)?
- Experience of independently handling court cases at various Legal Forums including, but not limited to, High Courts, Labour courts and Regulatory authorities.
- Experience of reviewing pleadings and legal notice drafts. Must have the ability to prepare applications, respond to legal notices and other correspondence with several authorities and business partners/consumers.
- Experience with insurance, OTT platforms, fintech and other digital initiatives would be an advantage
- Bar at Law/LLM/LLB Degree with at least 3-5 years working experience in Regulatory and Corporate Litigation and sound knowledge of the laws of Pakistan in general & telecom, fintech, media, entertainment, insurance laws in particular and anticipated litigation therefrom. Corporate experience will be a plus.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
- Drafting and analytical skills.
- Research skills with sound knowledge about various contracts arrangements, in-depth knowledge of company laws and telecom, fintech, insurance and media/entertainment regulations.
- Knowledge of litigation management and know how about Tech & Telecom Industry Litigation.
- Has the ability to handle court matters independently.
- Should be able to get early disposals.
- Advance communication skills for managing cross-functional projects.
Benefits
Why Join Jazz?
As one of the leading employers in the country, Jazz epitomizes the philosophy that each Jazz employee is passionately living a better every day inspired and enabled by visionary leadership, a unique professional culture, a flourishing lifestyle, and continuous learning and development.
Our core values include qualities essential for a positive organizational culture - truthfully guiding entrepreneurial and innovative mindsets, harnessing professional and interpersonal collaboration, and fostering across-the-board customer-obsession.
As one of the largest private sector organizations in Pakistan, our objective is to continue to change the lives of our 75 million customers for the better. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to be part of something transformative, someone who can play a critical role in driving our success. Together, we can empower millions more with the tools necessary to progress in an increasingly digital economy.