Legal Associate

Role overview

This position is for a Legal Associate based in Bangalore Centre, supporting Unilever’s market legal activities from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The role sits within a large, globally connected legal organization that partners closely with business teams and focuses on innovation, digital tools, and improved legal service delivery.

About the organization

Unilever describes itself as a purpose-led company with well-known brands used by households around the world. The organization emphasizes innovation, curiosity, and collaboration, and provides mentorship and peer support to help people grow while contributing to business and societal impact.

Team context

This role is part of a legal powerhouse based in Bangalore, working within a wider global legal function and alongside operations teams that support the company’s broader strategy through technology-enabled business operations.

Core purpose

The Legal Associate will support the Africa and Indonesia markets with legal research, analysis, and operational work. The position also involves contract support, compliance-related reviews, record management, and helping simplify legal processes through better use of technology and innovation.

Key responsibilities

• Provide legal research, analysis, and operational support for the Africa and Indonesia markets.
• Keep records and files accurate, current, and well organized.
• Handle submission of documents to official authorities and entities.
• Support the drafting, administration, and management of contracts.
• Help improve legal service delivery through process simplification and the use of technology.
• Work with lawyers across Africa and Indonesia to support ongoing legal activities.

Contracting work

• Negotiate commercial terms with third parties so Unilever’s interests are protected, either by using standard templates or adapting the other party’s templates where appropriate.
• Ensure supplier agreements include the right schedules and supporting documents to manage risks linked to third-party suppliers that provide or support Unilever’s information and systems.
• Coordinate with Africa and Indonesia legal teams to make sure the latest clauses, templates, and schedules are being used.

Governance and compliance

• Review changes to standard clauses and call out any departures or risk areas when terms fall outside approved language.
• Keep internal contract templates accurate and updated.
• Spot opportunities to improve contract workflows and help put those improvements into practice.

Stakeholder management

• Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners across functions such as Legal, Procurement, Finance, Digital Marketing, HR, local Data Protection Officers, and other business teams.

Key interfaces

• Legal teams, including external legal counsel
• Procurement
• Data Privacy

Experience and qualifications

A professional qualification in law is required. The ideal candidate will have 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in contract drafting, reviewing, and negotiating. Experience in a large and complex business environment is important, especially where data analysis and balanced risk-based decisions are part of the job. Strong negotiation ability from both legal and procurement perspectives is needed, along with excellent communication skills and the ability to work across multiple time zones and countries.

Preferred background

Experience in consumer goods or retail is considered an advantage. Familiarity with procurement and legal aspects of supplier relationships is also preferred.

Leadership behaviours

• Care deeply
• Focus on what counts
• Stay three steps ahead
• Deliver with excellence

Equal opportunity and ethics

Unilever states that people of every race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, nationality, caste, disability, or marital status are welcome to apply and can bring their purpose to life through their work.

The company also warns that official offers are issued only through its applicant tracking system, and applicants should be cautious of unofficial or potentially fraudulent offer communications.